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Title: Body-S/F ID Post by: fink on May 06, 2013, 07:45:19 AM 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! ???
Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: mcl1959 on May 06, 2013, 05:45:20 PM 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 Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: fink on May 06, 2013, 08:30:48 PM Cheers Ken ! :-*
Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: brett_f on May 06, 2013, 08:54:41 PM Gaz, I think you have a cut and shut ;D ;D ;D
Brett Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: fink on May 08, 2013, 06:02:32 PM 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. 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.Ken 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! Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: Stewy on May 08, 2013, 10:26:23 PM 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) Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: fink on May 09, 2013, 08:01:38 AM Thanks Stewy,i posted the nmbrs for Ken,i'm just curious on the build date, Gaz!
Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: RET on May 10, 2013, 07:54:04 PM 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 Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: Stewy on May 10, 2013, 08:40:08 PM 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) Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: RET on May 11, 2013, 12:05:29 AM Yes, you know whenever I say Elizabeth I mean Woodville...
Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: mcl1959 on May 11, 2013, 01:52:49 PM For accurate dating I need the chassis number please
Regards. Ken Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: fink on May 17, 2013, 06:53:15 PM No problem Ken,here goes-737911M,thanks Gaz! ;D
Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: mcl1959 on May 19, 2013, 04:00:17 PM Gaz, production date from my database is second / third week of November 1957. Around about the tenth.
Ken Title: Re: Body-S/F ID Post by: fink on May 19, 2013, 08:15:47 PM Thanks Ken :)
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