Body-S/F ID

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Recently i aquired my 1st FE,a van,the body ID tells me it's a Melb car and the s/frame tells me it's SA.Am i right in thinking they just used what they had at the time because it looks orig where it's joined at the f/wall,thanks Gaz! ???

[mcl1959]

Would be unusual if it is original, most of the time the slack was taken up by SA plant for FE, so a lot of Melbourne assembled cars had the body made in SA.  Not the other way round.

Ken

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Cheers Ken ! :-*

[brett_f]

Gaz, I think you have a cut and shut ;D ;D ;D
Brett

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Would be unusual if it is original, most of the time the slack was taken up by SA plant for FE, so a lot of Melbourne assembled cars had the body made in SA.  Not the other way round.

Ken

Well it doesn't happen very often,but i screwed up,Ken you were spot on,just got the car home and found everything opposite,so here goes.

FE-2104-3032-A
TRIM-157-684
PAINT-256-7471
RPO-333
Can you tell the prod date from this,colour looks ,green with green trim,thanks,Gaz!

[Stewy]

Hi Gaz,
Ocean Mist Green paint with a "cool green" interior trim.
RPO 333 means that the tailgate window factory fitted.
Ken may be able to give you a rough date via the production number but the original engine number is the more accurate.

Cheers Stewy   8)

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Thanks Stewy,i posted the nmbrs for Ken,i'm just curious on the build date, Gaz!

[RET]

FE vans and wagons were only manufactured in Adelaide, so there's only one sequence of numbers. That makes guess-timating a build date from them a little easier. Ken's the guru on that front.

Only the Elizabeth plant had a press big enough to make the roof panel; Fishermans Bend got one late in 1959, so there are a few FC wagons made there, but not many.

Hope that helps.

cheers RET

[Stewy]

Hi RET, interesting info there, only I think you mean the Woodville plant because Elizabeth did not come on line until 1962

Cheers Stewy   8)

[RET]

Yes, you know whenever I say Elizabeth I mean Woodville...

[mcl1959]

For accurate dating I need the chassis number please

Regards. Ken

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No problem Ken,here goes-737911M,thanks Gaz! ;D

[mcl1959]

Gaz, production date from my database is second / third week of November 1957. Around about the tenth.

Ken

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Thanks Ken :)