By Ronan Glon

• Vw Engine Serial Number Lookup
• New Beetle Engine

Air-Cooled VW Engine Identification Letter I.D. Codes & Displacement Chart Includes Type 1 (Beetle, Ghia, 181), Type 2 (Split & Bay Van), Type 3 (Variant) and Type 4 (411, 412, Bay Van and Porsche 914) Engine. The candidates were, Datsun 510, Toyota Corolla (with the 1600cc engine option), Ford Pinto, VW Super Beetle. A 71 510 with a VG30ET swap just went up on Bring A Trailer. A little rough, really needs a makeover.

There were over 160 American car manufacturers in 1919.

That number dropped to about 15 by 1969 and the industry has consolidated at 11 in 2021.

Many of the automakers that disappeared during the first part of the 20th century didn't leave a trace. New York's Houpt doesn't have an owner's club and Ottokar (Cleveland) doesn't have its own museum. However, others had a profound effect on American citizens and the country's economy when they closed. Thousands of jobs disappeared overnight and several factories closed, some never to re-open.

Vw Engine Serial Number Lookup

Join us for a look at the rise and fall of the once-glorious American automakers that no longer exist:

New Beetle Engine