Thread: 80 Inch 'Tuppence'

Nick

Yes it indeed looks to be a 1952-53, square seatbacks, no sidelamps in the firewall, (although it has a 1948-51 RH mudguard) it has a LHS 52-53 mudguard and the inverted "T" grill of the correct period. The 1954 engine is essentially the same as the 52-53 engine apart from the number so could have been a reconditioned exchange unit.

Addit: A bit of news, 36661008 was originally delivered to the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority on 23/04/1953, it had engine 36106168, ignition key 594 prob "FA594" (as did most SMHEA 80 of the period) and canvas roof. I can not find a record of the 47101831 engine in the NSW allocations books, which means either the engine was fitted to a vehicle assembled by a different state assembly plant or it was a replacement engine in the parts chain, possibly for the Snowy Hydro.

Diana

Originally Posted by Charlie's brother

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Hi All, Here are some photos of the 80 on the day she arrived back home. When I went to find the chassis number all I could find was a 5 digit number starting with 0, so I presumed that it was a 1950 model. After reading the book I found that the chassis number is 3666 1008, so it is 1953 and a CKD. Interestingly it has an engine number of 47101831 which is an engine from 1954 so someone may have been playing around at a later date..

As you can see from the photos it requires cut and polish, some minor stitching on the seats and possibly a tune up. There is lovely oil in the engine but it is out of water!

Cheers Nick.

great pictures
I have a series one spare parts car
your looks the same as mine
it is 1950 and has side lights on the bulkhead......
yours does not? so it must be later.