>
> how'd you get this information?  i'd really like a "birth certificate"
> also.  maybe a list mailing to get the certificates for our respective
> rides for whomever is interested.
>
No need to do a list mailing.

Simply point your web browser to http://people.zeelandnet.nl/ploon and
then click on the "Write VW AG" link.  There is a form to fill out,
simply supply your VIN and request their production information.

A week or two later you will receive in the snail mail an envelope from
Volkswagen all the way from Germany with the info in it.

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Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia
1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm