Volkswagon

 

VW Beetle (a.k.a. "Bug") Type 1 (1948-1979)

Model Year   Starting Chassis Serial No. (VIN)   Starting Engine Serial No.

1948         72 743                               1-100 788

1949         91 921                               1-122 649

1950         138 554                              1-169 913

1951         220 133                              1-265 600

1952         313 829                              1-379 470

1953         428 156                              1-519 136

1954         575 415                              1-0695282

1955         781 885                              1-0945527

1956         1 020 746                            1-1120615

1957         1 394 119                            1-4595946

1958         1 600 440                            1-937450

1959         2 226 206                            2-721-313

1960         2 528 668                            3-072-320

1961         3 192 507                            5-000-001

1962         4 010 995                            5-958-948

1963         4 846 836                            6-935-204

1964         5 677 119                            7-893-119

1965         115 000 001                          8-796-623

1966         116 000 001                          F-0-000-001

1967         117 000 001                          H-0-204-001

1968         118 000 001                          H-0-204-001

1969         119 000 001                          H-5-414-586

1970         110 2000 001                         B-6-000-001

1971         111 2000 001                         AE-0-005-901

1972         112 2000 000                         AE-0-558-001 (USA)
                                                  AE-0-000-001 (Calif.)

1973         113 2000 001                         AH-0-005-901 (Calif.)
             113 2000 001                         AE-0-917-264 (USA)
             113 2212 117                         AK-0-000-001 (USA)

1974         114 2000 001                         AK-0-239-365 (USA)
                                                  AH-0-101-889 (Calif.)

1975         115 2000 001                         AJ-0-000-001

1976         116 2000 001                         AJ-0-012-406

1977         117 2000 001                         AJ-0-095-936

1978         118 2000 001                         AJ-0-119-688

1979         159 2000 001                         AJ-0-200-000

ENGINE ID CODES

“CODE” below, denotes the engine serial number “prefix.”

TYPE 1

CODE            YEAR       ENGINE        REMARKS

4               1960       1200          40 HP

5                 61       1200          40 HP

6                 62       1200          40 HP

7                 63       1200          40 HP

8                 64       1200          40 HP

9                 65       1200          40 HP

FO                66       1300          8mm Oil-Pump Studs

HO/TO             67       1500          8mm Oil-Pump Studs

H5             68-69       1500          8mm Oil-Pump Studs

B6                70       1600          Dual Relief, Single-Port

AE             71-72       1600          Dual Relief, Dual-Port

AH             73-74       1600          8mm Head Studs w/Case Savers

AJ                75       1600          Fuel Injected, w/o Fuel Pump Mount

Replacement Cases

All cases service parts only – sold only over the counter, not supplied in new cars.  All are dual relief and have 10mm oil passages.

F1                         13/1600

F2                         13/1600

DO                                        40-HP part when last digit is “X”

DI                                        Sometimes a 40-HP part

AB              66-79      1600           Built since ’73 in Mexico, Brazil, Germany

AD                         1600

AK              67-74      15/1600

AM                         1600

AS                                        Sometimes listed as Super Beetle original case, ’73 on

 

TYPE 2
 
CODE            YEAR       ENGINE         REMARK
SEARLY BUS*

Numerals        61-63      1200           See Type 1, 40-HP listings

O               64         1500           Based on 1200, no cam bearings

H               65         1500

HO              66-67      1500           No Crossmember holes

B5              68-69      1600           8mm oil-pump stud, single-relief

B5              70         1600           Dual Relief

AE              71         1600           W/Crossmember holes

LATE BUS**

CB              72-73      1700           Dual Carb, Manual Transmission

CD              73         1700           Dual Carb, Automatic Transmission

AW              73-74      1800           Dual Carb, Manual or Automatic Transmission

AW              75         1800           Fuel Injected

ED              75         2000

GD              76-79      2000           ’79 has Vanagon Heads

GE              79         2000           California only, Vanagon Heads

VANAGON

CV              80-83      2000           Unique case and heads

* All Early Bus engines are similar to Type 1 & are single-carbureted.

** Late Bus engines are Type 4 style and are either dual carbureted or Fuel Injected.  Late Bus engines w/ carburetors have the fuel pump hole in the lower right-front case half. Fuel injected versions do not. The dipstick and oil fill hole are on the right, rear case half.

TYPE 3

CODE            YEAR       ENGINE         REMARKS

O               63-65      1500           Based on 1200. No cam bearings

TO              66-67      1500           6mm Oil Pump Studs

UO              68-69      1600           Fuel Injected. ’69 has crossmember holes

UO              70         1600           Crossmember holes. Dual Relief

U5              71-73      1600           Crossmember holes. 7.7:1 Compression

X               72         1600           7.3:1 Compression

Type 3 cases have no dipstick or oil pressure sending unit holes. Can be added by machine shop.

 

TYPE 4

CODE            YEAR       ENGINE        REMARKS

W               71         1700

EA              72-74      1700

EB              73         1700          California only

EC              73         1700

 

914

CODE            YEAR       ENGINE        REMARKS

W               70-71      1700          8.2:1 Compression, D-Jetronic

EA              72-73      1700          8.2:1 Compression, D-Jetronic

EB              73         1700          7.3:1 Compression, D-Jetronic

EC              74         1800          California only, 7.3:1 Compression, L-Jetronic

AN                         1800          8.6:1 Compression, D-Jetronic

GA              73-74      2000          7.6:1 Compression, 3 Intake Studs, D-Jetronic

GB                         2000          8.0:1 Compression, 3 Intake Studs, D-Jetronic

VO                         1700          European only, magnesium,
                           1800          some brought into U.S. in
                           2000          core engines, hardens and cracks like Type 1-3 case

 

Engines from VW of Brazil

GAS-Gasoline / Alcohol-ALC

BA - 1600 - BRASILIA (1976)

BD - 1600   BEETLE GAS

BG - 1600   GAS AND KOMBI KOMBI EXP

BJ - 1300   BEETLE GAS

BK - 1300   LAC BEETLE BRASILIA

BM - 1300   LAC GOL

BN - 1600   BRAZIL GAS

BV - 1600   GAS VARIANT

BX - 1600   LAC KOMBI KOMBI EXP

BY - 1300   GOL GAS

BZ - 1600   GAS VAN

UF - 1600   BEETLE GAS

UG - 1600   GAS VAN

UJ - 1600   LAC BEETLE

UK - 1600   LAC VAN

Motors above 90

UFA - 1600  BEETLE GAS

UJA - 1600  LAC BEETLE

UGA - 1600  GAS VAN CARAT

Exchange engines

These engines are normally marked with a VW recycle symbol and an X at the end.

Information from a 5/73 USA service bulletin issued 5/73:
Engines with the re-manufactured symbol, a letter, a number and ending with X, indicates a VW Exchange engine.  Before Oct., 1968 the X was not stamped onto the block.

From April of 1972 Shortblocks were sold with the VW remanufacture symbol followed by a letter. No numbers were used, you were to stamp in the old engine number.