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bartul1981
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 Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:32 pm Post subject: 386 North American equipment |
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Hi,
On Bus from 1963 on Mplate I have code 386 that stands for- North American equipment.
Anybody knows details about North American equipment ? What does it stands for?
Kind regards,
Bartul |
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joefriday
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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See this link found in the technical section. Other codes immediately above 386 list some of options. Is yours a 67 double door 21 window?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/mcodest2.php |
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:14 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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I have 11 windows...
I really don't think that 386 is North American equipment...
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:16 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Normally it means things like:
Sealed beam headlights
Overrider bumpers
MPH speedometer
Red taillights
Safety glass windshields |
Here you go, reply form factory.
Non of the equipment above is on the bus...
Dear Mr. Covic,
we don’t find the answers of your questions.
The Color SK 603D – Special color without color name
218 – Wheel trim rings
219 und 386 – Not handed down
The Bus was built 10.04.1963.
Delivery to Germany 30.04.1963.
Kind regards,
Corporate History Department
Volkswagen Group Communications
i.A. i.A.
Ria Oswald Lutz Ballentin
e-Mail: [email protected]
27.07.16
www.volkswagen-ag.com |
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Lind
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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| bartul1981 wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
Normally it means things like:
Sealed beam headlights
Overrider bumpers
MPH speedometer
Red taillights
Safety glass windshields |
Here you go, reply form factory.
Non of the equipment above is on the bus...
Dear Mr. Covic,
we don’t find the answers of your questions.
The Color SK 603D – Special color without color name
218 – Wheel trim rings
219 und 386 – Not handed down
The Bus was built 10.04.1963.
Delivery to Germany 30.04.1963.
Kind regards,
Corporate History Department
Volkswagen Group Communications
i.A. i.A.
Ria Oswald Lutz Ballentin
e-Mail: [email protected]
27.07.16
www.volkswagen-ag.com |
So you can just email them to find out the information that they do not know about your bus? awesome.
The VW factory does not have complete records or a good working knowledge of buses and bus options. They commonly list options which are incorrect.
386 is an rare code which I have never seen on a USA delivered bus. It is a spec package, as all the 300 and 400 series codes are. Most German delivered, home market buses have no spec package code.
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:19 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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| Lind wrote: |
| bartul1981 wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
Normally it means things like:
Sealed beam headlights
Overrider bumpers
MPH speedometer
Red taillights
Safety glass windshields |
Here you go, reply form factory.
Non of the equipment above is on the bus...
Dear Mr. Covic,
we don’t find the answers of your questions.
The Color SK 603D – Special color without color name
218 – Wheel trim rings
219 und 386 – Not handed down
The Bus was built 10.04.1963.
Delivery to Germany 30.04.1963.
Kind regards,
Corporate History Department
Volkswagen Group Communications
i.A. i.A.
Ria Oswald Lutz Ballentin
e-Mail: [email protected]
27.07.16
www.volkswagen-ag.com |
So you can just email them to find out the information that they do not know about your bus? awesome.
The VW factory does not have complete records or a good working knowledge of buses and bus options. They commonly list options which are incorrect.
386 is an rare code which I have never seen on a USA delivered bus. It is a spec package, as all the 300 and 400 series codes are. Most German delivered, home market buses have no spec package code. |
did you see 218 – Wheel trim rings anytime?
This forum is biggest knowledge base, I believe bigger then factory and never the less this is first time that I see 218 and 219 mentioning on it...
somehow I don't think that this code 386 has to do with anything with the north american equipment...
someone who bought the bus from the factory had lot of many since it came with lot of extras and special colour, but whyyyyy didn't he buy samba  as I would be owner now  |
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:17 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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I will ask them to confirm...
| EverettB wrote: |
218 - Wheel Trim Rings is an existing code from the Beetle M-code listing.
I think they might have made a mistake here. |
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:30 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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I got the VW certificate and according to it
M218 Safety line for trailer hitch
M219 Exhaust hase hose for stationary heater
M386 Wheelhouse cover front with carpeting
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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| EverettB wrote: |
218/219 are interesting.
386 is from the Bay Window M-code list. |
So what do you think, is 386 Not American equipment or Wheelhouse cover??? |
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 1:05 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| bartul1981 wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
218/219 are interesting.
386 is from the Bay Window M-code list. |
So what do you think, is 386 Not American equipment or Wheelhouse cover??? |
I think 386 is some of sort of combination code. This is based on almost everything else in that 3XX range being the combination codes and the previous posts in this thread
Here's the other known Bus with 386:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6908623#6908623
386 is also what they said above, but for Bay Window Buses. |
Also I want to ask what meen First delivery to department of postal tehnical duties / Germany?
Does it meen that bus was sold to postal tehnical service or VW delivered it to somebody through the postal tehnical duties? |
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:47 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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Van is blue, but below you have few other colours...
Im not curtain that it was a post van, and it is written department of postal technical duties...
Colour code is form M-plate |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:42 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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Wow, Ive never seen a euro 63 with bullets before. Innie vents and bullets must be super rare. Is the nose still original to the bus? Early or late headlight buckets? The buckets should have the wax pencil SK code written inside.
I did a google image search last night and found a pic that looked gray/green with red and white striped bumpers which was a postal bus, I wonder if it was a mechanic support vehicle. Would make sense if the trailer codes were correct.
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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| AlteWagen wrote: |
Wow, Ive never seen a euro 63 with bullets before. Innie vents and bullets must be super rare. Is the nose still original to the bus? Early or late headlight buckets? The buckets should have the wax pencil SK code written inside.
I did a google image search last night and found a pic that looked gray/green with red and white striped bumpers which was a postal bus, I wonder if it was a mechanic support vehicle. Would make sense if the trailer codes were correct. |
I believe nose is still original and I dont know about headlights... I have SK code but it is unknown what was the colour of that SK code...
In next few days I will take sandpaper and try to figure out what was the colour... |
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bartul1981
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:34 am Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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I asked Wolfsburg again about M386 and delivery and this is what I got:
Dear Mr. Covic,
thank you for your Mail.
I have to say that M 386 could not be for a wheelhouse.
The car was delivered to the German postal technical department and not to some person who works at the post.
I believe also that the German post has not an North American equipment inside.
With best regards
Roswitha Hendel
Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen
Dieselstraße 35
38446 Wolfsburg |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: 386 North American equipment |
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Obviously the option was for computer control
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