The location of the chassis (VIN) number on Type 1 vehicles was originally on a small welded on plate in front of the gear lever, later moved to a direct stamping behind the hand brake and then to under the rear seat, in each instance on the chassis back-bone. See 'Appearance of Serial numbers on the car/van in documentation' below. 1-063 289ġst January 1956 to 31st July 1964 The 1- was dropped and vehicles numbered sequentially.

They were also 1600 CC's and produced 65 to 75 HP.Until 31st December 1955 Chassis (VIN) Numbers were six digit (and a few at the end of the period seven digits) prefixed with 1 -, that is the digit 1 and a dash. 2 Carbs, Rectangular exhaust ports, Slanted or angled generator mount, 5 Main Bearings, External Oil Filter and the serial number is preceeded by a Star and the letter 'P'. Pictures and identification can be found elsewhere on this forum. Some special order Snow Trac's came with Porsche Industrials. It was designed to ground out over a certain RPM. Most all of the VW industrials had a unique spring loaded distributor rotor that prevented the engine from being over-reved. 126 engines also had 126 on the intake manifold and it was larger diameter than what came on the same year bug engine providing less restriction and better flow, consequently More Horse Power. You have to go by the number on the Block. But Beware, the Fan housing could well have come from another engine. 126 Motors have 126 preceeding the serial number on the Block(Below generator pedistal) and on the Fan Housing. It had very high compression, 10 to 1, and was 1584 CC. Briefly, probably for one year, ST4's came with 1500 CC 50 HP Motors.Īll the Snow Trac's after this (around 1967) came with the '1600', 126 Motor. 'F' was the 1300, only produced in 1966, H is a 1500, AE & D Motors are 1600's. They usually have a letter designator preceeding the serial number. VW Car/Bus/Transporter/Karman Ghia engines all have an entirely different serial number series and can all be identified by John Muir's 'Idiot Book'. The 40 HP has real Cam bearings but still wasn't a very good choice for rebuilding. It only came in 1958,59 and some 1960 machines at which time they up graded to the 40 HP.

This made it a poor candidate for rebuilding. It had a predisessor that I don't know much about except that is was a 36 HP, had a cast in place generator pedistal and the Camshaft rode directly in the case with no bearing inserts. The 40 Horse Industrial only produced about 35 actual horsepower. This engine has a prefix something like 106 instead of a letter preceding the serial number. There are several VW industrials as follows: The 1192 CC is the '40 HP' or '1200'.

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