Tinware writing, Was this on all cars…?? Options

[Clubsport32]

Hi All

Have seen this on an unrestored car…does anybody have anymore details…? I assume the 022 refers to the 1.7L but what about the other number?

Any insight would be appreciated…thanks

Andy

[wonkipop]

its part of my real job - historical research.

we got stuck down here in the world's longest lockdowns.
i found a lot of this stuff a year ago "in prison" and filed it away.
i pulled these photos i had and looked at them closely.

the last photo looks to me like production line inspectors going over the engines?
engines look finished.
the guy with the cotton coat on has the classic look of a QA guy.
and at the moment or just before the stamps look like they appear.

the thread i found had some anecdotes from german members here talking about recollections by former VW employees - good stories but didn't gell with these photos or the idea of stamping the engines late in the production build process. if the photos are to be trusted the stamps are not there on tin when delivered from suppliers or sub contractor i d stamps.

i know these stamps were not on type 1/type 3 engines.
i had a german built squareback 40 years ago with the original tin on the engine.
no numbers on that. saw plenty of beetles back then, aus and german built.
no numbers.

interesting stuff.


quirky little detail - in last photo - the timing plugs are not installed.
probably the guy who did the final tune on the engines once installed at the very end of the production line had a pocket full of those and screwed them in at the end of the tune before the car was run on the rolling road.