Might be more about the registration date than the build date...or....it was Friday afternoon and you got whatever was lying around???
Hiya Pod and welcome to TLB You can apply to VW germany for a birth certificate for your van, It tells you pretty much what the M-Plate says and exactly when it was manufactured. No fuel flap, square bumpers and lock in the sliding door all point to a later bus, although bits are often replaced during the 40 odd years of the vans life so far....
he,s a good little fellow but not stop bloody nippin just puttin it down to teethin our women keeps lookin on some forums for answers is it a case of take him as we find him ? had him from 8 wks
