I’ve created this blog to better track my progress in restoring my car.  Part of the value of something is the context and history surrounding it.  I’ve been taking paper notes of the two days I’ve spent working on it so far and will be transfering those and future notes here.

A few minutes ago I was decoding the M Plate that has basic info about the car.  The top line shows the day, month, and last digit of the year of production (in this case 09/20/1962).  The next line shows the buses two m-codes that can be decoded via this table.  The bottom line shows that the import location was UF, which is San Francisco.  The “211” indicates that it’s a Type 2 VW Panel Bus with cargo doors on the passenger side.  The word “Blue” refers to the Dove blue color of the bus and the last number 1002394 indicates that it was the 1,002,394th bus VW produced.

The M-Plate from my 1963 Volkswagen Panel Bus

A big thanks to Matt Lancaster and The Samba for posting these lists.