My recently imported 1990 syncro doka has the dash plate w/ ZZZ code.  It
also has the VIN on the other locations you mentioned. The VIN did not
compute w/ the Maine DMV, & so the woman simply went out & verified the VIN
on the doka in the parking lot. They also did not require a title as the
vehicle was made before 1995, even tho I had one.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:

>       I have never seen a "ZZZ" van with a dash VIN . Dash mounted VINS are
> a N/A thing . I would look in the right front door jam or on the rear apron
> below the bumper .
>
>
>                                                               Stacy
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Ben <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > All hidden VIN's have the ZZZ as far as I have seen/know.
> >
> > If the 'unmolested' door jamb sticker has a North American VIN (that is:
> > no ZZZ), then it's a fairly safe bet it was imported for NA consumption.
> I
> > would be very suspicious as to why the vehicle did not have a dash as
> that
> > is a favored tactic used by black market importers (differentiated from
> > grey market). The sticker can be reasonably easy to reproduce though
> > quality is often spotty.
> >
> >
> > BenT
> > sent from my electronic leash
> >
> > On Jun 9, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > fwiw ,
> > > On the candian syncro Doka I registered for a guy, Oregon title etc..
> > >
> > > the Canadian door frame VIN did not have ZZZ in it.
> > > We got it with no dash, so it didn't have any dash VIN.
> > > the frame VIN though,  had the ZZZ's ...
> > > the State Police guy passed it.
> > >
> > > point is, I think, so far, only the seldom-seen frame VIN has the Z's
> in
> > it.
> >
>
>
>
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>

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Tom Buese