Thread: Snowy mountain hydro scheme, series 1???

I have just recently purchased a 1953 landy that is from the Snowy Hydro Scheme and was wondering if anyone can shed light on this vehicle??
Chassis no: 36660192 Hardtop
I also found a number stamped into a rim 74053, could this be CH-74053 its original Government rego??
Also has on back left of hardtop 4 holes for a plate maby some sort of ID?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Wardy

Originally Posted by Northern Lander

I have just recently purchased a 1953 landy that is from the Snowy Hydro Scheme and was wondering if anyone can shed light on this vehicle??
Chassis no: 36660192 Hardtop
I also found a number stamped into a rim 74053, could this be CH-74053 its original Government rego??
Also has on back left of hardtop 4 holes for a plate maby some sort of ID?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Wardy

The SMHEA vehicles had "C" plates not "CH" plates. It would be unlikely for them to stamp the Commonwealth Rego number into the rims as they were maintained on a fleet basis and wheels swapped around.

The four holes were indeed for an ID plate indicating which division the vehicle was allocated to. Forestry and El Com vehicles working on the scheme had similar plates.

You can see the "S" for Survey on the front of the 86 in the image below.

Hi Diana,
Thankyou for the reply, do you know if there is any information out there for the SMHEA vehicles??
I suppose the rego number could have been C-74053 but might be a long shot.
I have seen ex army vehicles with ARNs stamped into items, and I stamp it into my detachment items to stop others from pinching the tools
Also is there any way of finding out what area a veh worked in?? as in your picture.
Thanks for any info you can supply

Wardy

We can identify all the Land Rovers delivered to the SMHEC and later the SMHEA but we can't identify either their commonwealth rego number or area of work.

Identifying this info is usually done by archeology on the vehicle or oral history. The fire engines are usually the only ones we have been able to identify to rego and location.

The army vehicles can be identified because the ARN book exists in the War Memorial. The National Archives have not identified a record of the commonwealth rego plate numbers. This was originally held by Treasury and seems to have been destroyed.

Diana