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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!  |
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2013, 05:45:20 PM » |
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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
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2013, 08:30:48 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2013, 08:54:41 PM » |
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Gaz, I think you have a cut and shut  Brett |
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2013, 06:02:32 PM » |
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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! |
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2013, 10:26:23 PM » |
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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  |
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2013, 08:01:38 AM » |
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Thanks Stewy,i posted the nmbrs for Ken,i'm just curious on the build date, Gaz!
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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2013, 07:54:04 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2013, 08:40:08 PM » |
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Hi RET, interesting info there, only I think you mean the Woodville plant because Elizabeth did not come on line until 1962 Cheers Stewy |
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2013, 12:05:29 AM » |
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Yes, you know whenever I say Elizabeth I mean Woodville...
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2013, 01:52:49 PM » |
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For accurate dating I need the chassis number please
Regards. Ken
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2013, 06:53:15 PM » |
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No problem Ken,here goes-737911M,thanks Gaz! |
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« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2013, 04:00:17 PM » |
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Gaz, production date from my database is second / third week of November 1957. Around about the tenth.
Ken
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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2013, 08:15:47 PM » |
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Thanks Ken  |
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