Have the same kind of ID plate on the dash, and indeed no "B" pillar plate (owning nr 1239).
Once bumped into a nice article/topic about all of the different ID plates, but can't find it back again
Edit: of course, Provamo's VIN decoder article, thats what you are looking for!
http://www.provamo.com/
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