Please find below several tables to calculate the build month of your VW T3 (For German and Austrian produced vehicles only.)
Calculating the build month of your T3 is quite simple, simply take the 10th digit of the 17 VIN (vehicle identification number) and tally it up to the table below and this will give you the model year.
The tenth digit gives you the model year, these run from August to July and not January to December as you may think, they also start in the previous year so watch out!
The serial number is the last 6 digits(the numbers)
| 10th digit of chassis number. | Model year. | Build dates from.. |
| A | 1980 | 1st august ’79 to 31st July ’80 |
| B | 1981 | 1st august ’80 to 31st July ’81 |
| C | 1982 | 1st august ’81 to 31st July ’82 |
| D | 1983 | 1st august ’82 to 31st July ’83 |
| E | 1984 | 1st august ’83 to 31st July ’84 |
| F | 1985 | 1st august ’84 to 31st July ’85 |
| G | 1986 | 1st august ’85 to 31st July ’86 |
| H | 1987 | 1st august ’86 to 31st July ’87 |
| J | 1988 | 1st august ’87 to 31st July ’88 |
| K | 1989 | 1st august ’88 to 31st July ’89 |
| L | 1990 | 1st august ’89 to 31st July ’90 |
| M | 1991 | 1st august ’90 to 31st July ’91 |
| N | 1992 | 1st august ’91 to 31st July ’92 |
| 1980 Model Year – A | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From/ |
| 0000 001 | 01/05/79 |
| 0010 874 | 31/07/79 |
| 0013 069 | 31/08/79 |
| 0022 968 | 30/09/79 |
| 0034 419 | 31/10/79 |
| 0048 105 | 30/11/79 |
| 0057 680 | 31/12/79 |
| 0070 410 | 31/01/79 |
| 0090 348 | 29/02/70 |
| 0103 711 | 31/03/80 |
| 0119 174 | 31/04/80 |
| 0129 627 | 31/05/80 |
| 0148 211 | 30/06/80 |
| 0150 805 | 31/07/80 |
| 1981 Model Year – B | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/80 |
| 015 559 | 31/08/80 |
| 034 641 | 30/09/80 |
| 054 858 | 31/10/80 |
| 066 643 | 30/11/80 |
| 079 861 | 31/12/80 |
| 095 074 | 31/01/81 |
| 109 034 | 28/02/81 |
| 125 780 | 31/03/81 |
| 138 194 | 30/04/81 |
| 152 582 | 31/05/81 |
| 175 000 | 30/06/81 |
| 1982 Model Year – C | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/07/81 |
| 010 687 | 31/07/81 |
| 023 204 | 31/08/81 |
| 038 350 | 30/09/81 |
| 046 299 | 31/10/81 |
| 063 015 | 30/11/81 |
| 072 654 | 31/12/81 |
| 089 151 | 31/01/82 |
| 102 735 | 28/02/82 |
| 117 944 | 31/03/82 |
| 129 212 | 30/04/82 |
| 144 339 | 31/05/82 |
| 152 976 | 30/06/82 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/82 |
| 1983 Model Year – D | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/82 |
| 013 641 | 31/08/82 |
| 024 283 | 30/09/82 |
| 033 907 | 31/10/82 |
| 045 992 | 30/11/82 |
| 051 580 | 31/12/82 |
| 062 766 | 31/01/83 |
| 074 462 | 28/02/83 |
| 087 510 | 31/03/83 |
| 097 412 | 30/04/83 |
| 107 338 | 31/05/83 |
| 115 048 | 31/07/83 |
| 1984 Model Year – E | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/83 |
| 017 130 | 31/08/83 |
| 030 692 | 30/09/83 |
| 043 403 | 31/10/83 |
| 056 804 | 30/11/83 |
| 067 824 | 31/12/83 |
| 081 562 | 31/01/84 |
| 094 461 | 29/02/84 |
| 105 852 | 31/03/84 |
| 117 870 | 30/04/84 |
| 129 579 | 31/05/84 |
| 132 312 | 30/06/84 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/84 |
| 1985 Model Year – F | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/84 |
| 007 131 | 31/08/84 |
| 020 287 | 30/09/84 |
| 033 707 | 31/10/84 |
| 049 614 | 30/11/84 |
| 058 765 | 31/12/84 |
| 073 793 | 31/01/85 |
| 083 543 | 28/02/85 |
| 097 525 | 31/03/85 |
| 109 368 | 30/04/85 |
| 119 101 | 31/05/85 |
| 129 585 | 30/06/85 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/85 |
| 1986 Model Year – G | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/85 |
| 017 340 | 31/08/85 |
| 026 691 | 30/09/85 |
| 037 754 | 31/10/85 |
| 048 497 | 30/11/85 |
| 055 689 | 31/12/85 |
| 068 279 | 31/01/86 |
| 081 888 | 28/02/86 |
| 093 123 | 31/03/86 |
| 107 082 | 30/04/86 |
| 118 221 | 31/05/86 |
| 126 906 | 30/06/86 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/86 |
| 1987 Model Year – H | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/86 |
| 017 849 | 31/08/86 |
| 028 558 | 30/09/86 |
| 040 808 | 31/10/86 |
| 052 165 | 30/11/86 |
| 061 284 | 31/12/86 |
| 072 878 | 31/01/87 |
| 086 328 | 28/02/87 |
| 100 066 | 31/03/87 |
| 112 271 | 30/04/87 |
| 123 639 | 31/05/87 |
| 130 318 | 30/06/87 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/87 |
| 1988 Model Year – J | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/87 |
| 016 652 | 31/08/87 |
| 024 569 | 30/09/87 |
| 034 293 | 31/10/87 |
| 045 748 | 30/11/87 |
| 050 666 | 31/12/87 |
| 060 498 | 31/01/88 |
| 070 111 | 29/02/88 |
| 081 314 | 31/03/88 |
| 091 749 | 30/04/88 |
| 098 911 | 31/05/88 |
| 099 344 | 30/06/88 |
| 120 000 | 31/07/88 |
| 1989 Model Year – K | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/88 |
| 025 780 | 31/08/88 |
| 036 346 | 30/09/88 |
| 044 869 | 31/10/88 |
| 056 764 | 30/11/88 |
| 064 850 | 31/12/88 |
| 077 879 | 31/01/89 |
| 086 038 | 28/02/89 |
| 095 469 | 31/03/89 |
| 106 241 | 30/04/89 |
| 114 142 | 31/05/89 |
| 125 725 | 30/06/89 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/89 |
| 1990 Model Year – L | |
| Serial Number | Manu Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/89 |
| 007 602 | 31/08/89 |
| 017 914 | 30/09/89 |
| 027 101 | 31/10/89 |
| 038 054 | 30/11/89 |
| 045 388 | 31/12/89 |
| 056 781 | 31/01/90 |
| 066 743 | 28/02/90 |
| 077 879 | 31/03/90 |
| 086 200 | 30/04/90 |
| 094 046 | 31/05/90 |
| 103 116 | 30/06/90 |
| 175 000 | 31/07/90 |
| 1991 Model Year – M | |
| Serial Number | Manu. Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/90 |
| 004 249 | 31/08/90 |
| 005 711 | 30/09/90 |
| 007 445 | 31/10/90 |
| 009 378 | 30/11/90 |
| 009 378 | 31/12/90 |
| 010 527 | 31/01/91 |
| 012 044 | 28/02/91 |
| 012 793 | 31/03/91 |
| 013 951 | 30/04/91 |
| 014 924 | 31/05/91 |
| 016 168 | 30/06/91 |
| 020 000 | 31/07/91 |
| 1992 Model Year – N | |
| Serial Number | Manu. Date From |
| 000 001 | 01/08/91 |
| 000 109 | 31/08/91 |
| 000 113 | 30/09/91 |
| 000 306 | 31/10/91 |
| 000 805 | 30/11/91 |
| 001 265 | 31/12/91 |
| 002 183 | 31/01/92 |
| 003 453 | 28/02/92 |
| 004 566 | 31/03/92 |
| 005 717 | 30/04/92 |
| 006 526 | 31/05/92 |
| 011 279 | 30/06/92 |
| 015 000 | 31/07/92 |