..Now VIN...and the saga continues (rain+fuses)

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

The VIN should tell you the year, and it is on the car in a few places, I 
think in the rain tray stamped in the metal as well as the little plaque on 
the dash. (so you can check to see that they all match, and you're not 
driving a dash swapped car, where else are they hidden?)  The VIN should go 
VWV***53*JK######, where the *s are various designations about engine, body 
style,  etc. The tenth character (on yours) should tell the year, an A being 
1980, and going up until T for 1996, not sure what they did after that, I 
guess I could go brave the freezing rain and check my 99. Anyways, an 88 
should have a J there. And the older ones start at 5 for 75, and go up to 9 
for 79, a bit easier to figure out. (But they may all have those shorter 
VINS which confuse the DMV)  Other info is in the VIN as well, like the VWV 
indicates a European VW passenger car, we all love the 53 on this list ( 
means Scirocco) and the K means it was made in Osnabrueck. The last numbers 
tell you what number it was off the line that year( mine's #245), so you can 
tell if your Scirocco and another are twins. (If you really get into it, 
there's a "born on" date on the tranny too, but that may predate the car's 
productin buy a few months)

Sort of like becoming a Cabbage Patch parent, all this birth certificate 
data? (I mean, does it really matter? It does to us eh...)




FWIW, mine has power mirrors, but a manual roof and windows. Take out the 
roof and you have your configuration, so it's not impossible that the 
original owner was a tall guy who ordered it with no sunroof.
Cathy


>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>To: mit@lunartransmission.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: ..and the saga continues (rain+fuses)
>Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:45:05 +0000
>
>
>>don’t believe that even exists on a fuse board. So I grabbed a 15 (it
>>matched with the read wiper fuse) and threw it in. It worked, but on the 
>>way
>>home I noticed that there was a clicking noise coming from the fuse box
>>every time the wiper would engage. Is there something wrong?
>
>The fuse is correct and the clicking is a relay to start/stop the wiper. 
>All is well  :)
>
>
>
>>I’ve also noticed that everyone else’s 1988 rocco has a sunroof and/or
>>electric windows. Mine has neither, but has power mirrors. I makes me 
>>think
>>im not really driving an ’88 but something totally older. Is there a place
>>where i can check my car type, engine, accessories, ect. ?
>>
>Not all roccs had the same accessories from the factory. I have never had a 
>MKI with a sun roof or power any thing. But then mine is the grand mother 
>of yours :)
>
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