86 was significant model change year. If you have a 2.1l it is an obvious 86.

Dennis,
From my phone.
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From: Alain Thibault<mailto:alainthibault@TELUS.NET>
Sent: ‎1/‎28/‎2014 12:04 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: VIN # meaning

Thanks...that would mean that the van was the 41 144 th to be produced in that year 1986. I am asking because the sticker  in the door jam shows 1985 but my van is a 1986 with some 1985 (and older)  remains such as the camper light fixture (original). That bothers me because I am trying to determine if the camper wiring would be of 1985 or 1986 before installing my Gowesty aux battery kit as the instructions are different whether it is a 1985 or 1986...

Le 27 janv. 2014 à 20:49, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> a écrit :

> http://www.vanagon.com/info/vin/index.htm
>
> On Jan 27, 2014, at 9:38 PM, Alain Thibault <alainthibault@TELUS.NET> wrote:
>
> Allo all
> Could someone tell me the meaning of the last 6 digits of the VIN numbers, those after the letter referring to the Assembly Plant such as in this (G041144)
>
> Thanks
>
> Alain
>