Thread: Vin/chassis help

From the Four Wheel Drives catalogue it should be at the rear left behind the spring hanger.

The number should be on the bracket that holds the shackle at the rear of the LH back spring, on the flat bit facing out. It is likely to need the paint removing to see.

It will be a plain eight digit number, with a single letter suffix if it is a 2a, not the long alphanumeric you may expect from a VIN.

In the unlikely event that it is not an Australian assembled one, it may have the number elsewhere, possibly on the same place as it was on your Defender, but it should only be in one location.

John

Been looking at vin/chassis details myself.

This is a good site for chassis info.

Land Rover FAQ - History, Production, Sales - Chassis Numbering

cheers Rich

Except that it doesn't give much information about vehicles assembled outside the UK.

e.g. 80" and 86: assembled by Annand & Thompson after 1951 had the chassis number stamped on the top of the LHS chassis rail.

UK assembled vehicles SIIa SIIB SIII have the chassis number on the RHS front spring hanger bracket and SIIb assembled in South Africa in the 1970s had them on the LHS front spring hanger.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

e.g. 80" and 86: assembled by Annand & Thompson after 1951 had the chassis number stamped on the top of the LHS chassis rail.

Do you know if this is true for later series vehicles assembled by A&T?

Sam

Thanks for the assistance guys I'll tell him tonight & may take a few pics with my phone & put them on.

i'm in the UK and all my UK Series motors have the number on the outside of the drivers side dumb iron, so does my 1970/71 2a ex-mili' 88" from New Zealand..

they all predate the vin numbers so are only 8 numbers plus suffix letter, i've not looked at any later motors or researched any other countries motors

Originally Posted by NiteMare

i'm in the UK and all my UK Series motors have the number on the outside of the drivers side dumb iron, so does my 1970/71 2a ex-mili' 88" from New Zealand..

they all predate the vin numbers so are only 8 numbers plus suffix letter, i've not looked at any later motors or researched any other countries motors

We're not going to get into a semantics match are we?

Front "spring hangers" are synonymous with "dumb irons" just not everyone understands the archaic term dumb irons.

Dumbirons = The front extensions of the side members of a chassis frame in older designs, to which were fitted the front ends of the leaf springs carrying the front axle. ( http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/DU.HTM )Spring hanger = A rubber-bushing bracket on a vehicle chassis on which a leaf Spring eye is mounted. Automotive Dictionary - "SP"

It is important to remember the number is stamped on the bracket and not on the chassis side rail like it is on later coil sprung Land Rovers (which don't dumb irons).