ID HELP REQUIRED

[Poo Wagon Bloke]

G'day All,
After searching around I have been able to obtain an FC wagon in restorable condition in India Ivory and Corsair Tan.  The wagon has the following details on the ID plate

ID:     FC-229-30008-A
TRIM:   314-855
PAINT:  256-7770
         253-7699


My question is: when was the car made???
Where is the chassis number on the subframe???
Any help would be appreciated  

Thanks,
AD055

PS See you on Sunday at Burwood!!!

[4hammers]

Hi.
Welcome to the wagon fold! Man, you gotta post some pictures.
The Chassis number on the wagon, should be on the drivers side, on the flat area, just baack from where the light wiring terminal thingo is (Does that make sense?). You will also need the engine number. It is on a flat area, just in front of where the dizzy sticks into the motor!
All you need to do, is have a look at the ID Plate decoder, just one benifit of this wonderful site. Click on this link & the rest is self explanatory.

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/idinfo.html

Goodluck,
Rob J

[Poo Wagon Bloke]

4Hammers,
Thanks for the prompt reply.
We found the ID plate decoder, but couldn't complete it without the Chassis number.

The chassis number looks like FC64315M
The engine number is L297623 (FJ number I  think)

I'll try the decoder again now.
I will get Jake my son to take some pics and post them in the next few days.

Hooroo,
Alan and Jake

[RET]

ad055,

That certainly looks like a valid chassis number, and if it's the original one for  the car, it is a fairly late 1959 model.  It was the 63,315th FC assembled in Melbourne, and the 30,008th Special Station Sedan manufactured in Adelaide.

That engine number is from a very early FE Sedan.  Mine was manufactured in September 1956, and its engine number is L299940.  Engines from FJ Utes and Vans that came down the line with the early FE sedans had "U" prefixes.

Hope that helps.

cheers
RET

[TorqueFC]

hey i did that id form thing with ours and as it has a chev i tried ado55 engine number and it came up as  early 1956

hmmm strange

ps: heres our id
NO: FC-225-9086-A  
TRIM: 265-637  
PAINT: 253-2053  
  256-203
Chassis Number: 8-18523-M

[Poo Wagon Bloke]

Hey guys,
Thanks for all the help.
Just not sure about the engine??  Hmmm, may have had a replacement at some stage// What do you think??

We are really looking forward to getting stuck into restoring our FC wagon.  Are there any other wagons on the forum with the same colour scheme ie. India Ivory and Corsair Tan.

Alan and Jake

[RET]

I'd say it had a reco engine at some point in its life, simple as that.  A flying poo-wagon, eh?  There are a few sedans in those colours, can't think of any wagons OTTOMH.  How about some pix?

By the way, in your previous reference to Burwood, if that's Burwood NSW then the show has been and gone, I'm afraid.  Next club meeting is on May 10, next run is to Berrima on May 15 (see events board for the details, all are welcome with or without FE/FC if you want to come and have a look.  Same goes for the club meeting.)

cheers
RET

[Poo Wagon Bloke]

G'day RET,
We're in Ballarat in Victoria so we're off to to Burwood in Melbourne to the Victorian State FE-FC Titles.

See you there? ??? ???

Keep Holden on,
Alan and Jake

[HAD 708]

Alan and Jake
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday at Wattle Park in Burwood Victoria for our inaugural FE FC Vic State Titles we will have 40 cars in attendance so should be a great day. To all other interested Vic FE FC owners come along you are all welcome.
Brett

[TorqueFC]

hey alan and jake what car are you taking to the titles?

[mcl1959]

Good to talk to you at the state titles
I have dated your car as between the 20th and 24th of Dec
1959.  It is the second highest wagon body number on record.

My highest record is FC-229-30146A  which is Dec 29 1959

Regards  Ken

[Poo Wagon Bloke]

G'day Ken,
Is there anyway of finding out who registered our wagon first back in 1959? If not do you know of anyone who could?

Thanks for the help,
Alan and Jake

[mcl1959]

No - privacy act does not permit this info to be let out, in fact records predating computers have now been destroyed I believe

Ken