SO 73

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by matty, Nov 24, 2015.

  1. matty

    matty Supporter

    A bit more info i have found that may match the fact on the m code decoder it says westfaila under the paint codes

    Busses produced for a special purpose often don't have the standard paint color codes. They have a 'Sonderlackierung', which means they have a special paint color. Examples of such vehicles are: Westfalia campmobiles, Army vehicles, Fire Trucks and German mail vehicles.They have a code starting with a '5' or a '9' in most cases. For example: '9135' stands for 'postgelb' ('Mail Yellow') a color used exclusively for the 'Deutsche Bundespost' (German Mail).
    It's not clear why VW used special paint codes for Westfalia campmobiles. The colors on these busses are actually standardcolors, but are indicated by a special code.
     
  2. 77 Westy

    77 Westy Supporter

    My Westy was Jaffa from the factory, resprayed 2011 with the L90D upper half but the interior still has the original Jaffa. 100_0883 (Large).JPG
     
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  3. bernjb56

    bernjb56 Supporter

    Fixed it for you - amusing quirk of the site :rolleyes:
     
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  4. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    @matty, your m-code is almost identical to mine aprt from having 123 - unparasited engine and radio supression.
    What's an unparasited engine?
    Mine's a Devon. :thumbsup:
     
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  5. No air con pump?
     
  6. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Even google doesn't know what unparasited means, though someone on samba guessed it could mean it didn't have smog equipment. Mine is earlier than Matty's (Oct 73 planned build date) so possibly none had smog stuff then so it didn't need differentiating. That sort of makes sense?
     
  7. MorkC68

    MorkC68 Administrator

    Lowies westy is an original orange one; ex San Diego on a 73/74 model
     
  8. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Keep up at the back. :D
     
  9. MorkC68

    MorkC68 Administrator

    Its hard to see past everyone disagreeing :D
     
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  10. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    So we can disengage the whole westy thing then, that's good news :thumbsup:

    My cert has some extra gubbins about roof and the SO73 thing...but then it is a westy.
     
  11. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Not quite. Matty's westy thing didn't come from the M-Plate, it was on his birth certificate and I don't have one of those to compare.
    But I'm with Rickyroo, they don't have proper records so just make stuff up or perhaps fill in boxes like we do on the decoder and accidentally left in a code from a westy they did previously that should have been blank.
     
  12. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    Mine just has L90 pastel white on the cert and the m code decoder...
     
  13. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    Anyone got a non westy birth cert?
     
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  14. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Type2.com says...

    073 Pop-up roof campmobile
     
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  15. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    I'll just say it again but SO73 is a westie.
    I don't doubt they occasionally make mistakes. I know they don't make the details on your birth certificates up.
     

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