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Originally Posted by alanw
Thanks Alan, that helps piece things together. Fantastic that you have your Grandfather's car & that it's virtually original - it'd be a great reference point for me - have you posted any pics?
What is your engine number, I'd be interested to see if it's close to the chassis number as mine is?
Thks Gustav,
The full numbers are
Body no. 14636
Serial no. 10914636
Vehicle no. 34700040A
Engine no. 34700043A
If you need any photos of anything specific just let me know.
It is a utility body - not a tray. Photo attached
Rgds
alan
That is cool Alan!Quote:
Originally Posted by alanw
I imagine it's pretty unusual to have chassis & engine numbers so close to each other, as you say one of the first of the sixes & therefore the 347 numbering - I'm hoping that mine being fairly close too may mean I have the original engine.
What sort of carbie does it have? Mine's an SU. Just trying to figure out what's original.
If not too much trouble a pic of the dash/interior & one of the engine bay would be great - no particular rush.
Very nice looking. An interesting comment on it, as from your information it has the original equipment - according to my parts book, the deluxe bonnet (rounded front edge) was standard equipment on the 2a - but most of the Australian assembled 2as I have seen have standard bonnets!
John
Nice looking truck! Can't say I've seen those colours before, but they are pretty good.... for 70's pastel colours :D
Good to see some original beasties getting about.
Is that the original colour? My memory says that all early Australian sixes were an orangy colour and all four cylinder 109s grey, and all 88s green. You could pick the sixes in the distance by the colour. I was working in Roma when they first appeared in early 1967 (I know they came out in 1967, but it was 1967 before I saw any).
John
I have no idea John. I'm too young to know that stuff.... I still think it's a cool 70's colour anyway :p
I've been trying to find some original colour on mine but they seemed to have done a pretty thorough job with the pastel green paint! Tried the LHS hand brake cover plate but they did behind that as well. The only places I've found that aren't pastel green seem to be a grey similar to Alan's ute - certainly no orange anywhere that I can see John. There's some army green pieces underneath such as hand brake brackets so they may be replacement bits.
Had some rain here yesterday, a few drips inside but the roof is far from watertight - the inside corners completely filled up with water. Seems the water that sits in the gutter must seep thru between the rivets - might have to try a bead of silicone all round to seal it.
The bloke I bought it from says he got it from a guy called Dave in Mackay who did all the work on it. Any idea who that might be mate?Quote:
Originally Posted by debruiser
Regards,
Gus
There was a 72 2A 6 cyl at an all British day a few years ago in that colour