VIN PLATE Date of birth

[Shaggy]

Does anybody know what niagara blue colour looks like its the old colour of my van

 

[slammedkustom]

kinda bluey???

if its the old colour have you looked in the nooks n cranneys? petrol flap, engine bay etc?

 

[chris7ian]

1971-72
paint code L53D

from here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/colorstype2.php

 

[Shaggy]

Thank you chris7ian

slammedkustom I went back to the metal on some parts and I found red, green and yellow...hahaha think I have a gobstoppa

Does any body know how to work out the date number mine is "27 5" its a '72 I was looking but keep finding different things 8)

 

[slammedkustom]

i told you it was a cut n shut!
maybe its a 68/69/71/73/77/81 bay window!

 

[Shaggy]

Yeah thats true, but I still wanna know when to give the front some cake and the middle and the back. My van or should I now say micro bus without the seats is abit like the queen, uses up lots of money and has more than one birthday