vin search help

[LCMK1]

guys, trying to find out some info on the VIN below. how can you tell what model it is? he is claiming that it is a gen GTI. thoughts?

VIN NO: 177 3 454 709

ENGINE NO: *JN 032 709*

Any help appreciated!

cheers Luke

[LCMK1]

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so if this was a gen 77 GTI it should have

1.6lt not 1.8
4 speed not 5
roof? really not sure on this one
no mk1 gti's are oz delivered

keen to hear your thoughts

cheers

[roccodingo]

1.6lt not 1.8 ( tick)
4 speed not 5 ( tick)

Should also have been LHD as the first RHD models were 79 build year. Dont know what year the factory introduced the steel sunroof, would be 1980 at a guess, maybe the year before..

Only ever saw Regents VW ( dealer here in Perth ) sell 1 factory GTI, it was a 83 Campaign edition ~ $23000 at the time ( 1983)

You can get confirmation from the Wolfsburg museum but it will cost you 35 Euro and take about 6 weeks.....

[Ironman]

Volkswagen VIN Decoder / VW VIN Decoder
Year: 1977
Model: Golf Mk 1, including cabriolet
Serial Production No.: 454709

[Lima]

Two more reasons why it's probably not a GTI:

I BELIEVE IT IS AN AUSTRALIAN DELIVERED CAR. (No Mk1 GTIs were delivered to Australia, regardless of year made; as rocco said a 1977 model would be LHD anyway.)

WAS ORIGINALLY YELLOW. (Not a Mk1 GTI colour.)

Either he got told porkies when he bought the car and doesn't have a clue, or he's trying to suck someone into buying genuinely fake GTI.

[Lima]

Only ever saw Regents VW ( dealer here in Perth ) sell 1 factory GTI, it was a 83 Campaign edition ~ $23000 at the time ( 1983)

That's interesting, would have to be a one off import, surely.

[LCMK1]

thanks guys. all interesting feeback.

[SpeciP3]

Out of interest any of you guys who have tried the vin search get a specific model eg GLS, etc?

[roccodingo]

Pic of the factory Identification for my imported Scirocco.



Tells me it was a GL when it left the factory.

More imprtantly it tells me the date it left the factory , Greater than 30 years = NO import duty on the vehicle..