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 still a bit of a speculation.

its hard to get a real exhaustive sampling.

between members and what you could find on BAT from old ads i got about 30 reasonable cars on file.
the BAT is surprisingly one of the handiest resources - people take a lot of photos to sell the cars. and sometimes the fluke shots are in there to identify things.

the only way to really know is the VW archive.

i'm going to see if i can find the contact details for the director of the museum and archive. if i do i will write a letter and see if i can interest them in looking into it.
if i lived in germany i would just go and knock on their door and talk my way in.

it was a bit of fun to get this far with it.
thanks to you alerting us to the EC-A or EC-B thing.
didn't even know about that stuff until a few weeks ago.


its entirely possible what you suggest with the plug and play thing.
but its the only thing i can think of where you would want the engines coming from hamburg, already completed to have the right taco plate on.
they were building some cars to order for customers.
i was astonished to find out that some 1.8s came with the guages from the get go and it was not a dealer install item.

its all academic - only so if the numbers go according to my theory.
and its only a theory.