Thread: Chassis number missing?

Originally Posted by Col.Coleman

I went through this when I transferred the rego after buying my stage 1. Told them I didn't know where it was, they were busy and just took it from the plate. Was already registered though. Should look for it but that means scraping off 26 years off crud.

CC

Yeh, It all depends on how busy they are, for sure. For us, it's maybe the long sruffy beard and oil stained work clothes that get them on edge straight away. To get any vehicle registered, we now go in at lunchtime as they can be short staffed due to lunch breaks and far less padantic because of such!

The purchase of a set of stamps can be very benefical indeed. Although we always make sure the said vehicle is totally legit in the first place. No pen pusher is gonna take my hard earnt Landie off me!

cheers
ER

Hi UncleHo

I'm really worried now... still no sign of a number on the chassis anywhere, I'll drag it out into better light and wire-brush back to bare metal hopefully today, if not over the weekend. The vehicle already had the body off when I picked it up, so the compliance plate had been taken off and was loose, so I don't know where exactly it was attached to... on that note, by compliance plate, you are referring to this (see attached), aren't you? The number on the plate looks like this - 902xx992 A, not sure how that fits in!

EDIT TO ADD

Via CalVIN
902; Model: Land Rover, Series III
Body type: Basic
Wheel base: 88in
Engine: petrol
Model years: 1972-1979
Destination: Export, right-hand drive (RHD)
00992 =Serial number
A = Design: Unmodified

So it appears to be legit at least!
I can see me having to buy a set of stamps...

I probably can't offer any more clarification, but feel the urge to add my two cents...
Yours being a suffix A, it was built in just the first couple of years of Series 3 production. It should be confirmed by the date of compliance. My 1974 109 is a suffix C. The compliance plate is rivetted to the radiator support panel, beside the bonnet catch mechanism.
Being that early your chassis number won't be stamped on the front spring hanger, it is stamped on the left rear shackle bush mount. That's where it is on my Series 3. More specifically, it's on the bit of metal which is welded to the outer face of the chassis longitudinal (Oh for the want of a digital camera!). It may be that some PO has replaced the spring bush mount (worn out or rusted) and forgotten to restamp the number.
Hope this helps, even if only a little...

Dan.
69 2a 88" pet4, 74 3 109" pet4, 68 2b FC pet6.

Just an addit. The plate you show is the build plate. It is screwed to the bulkhead under the dash. It will show the chassis no. (902.....A) and a PMC build no. (88.....).
The compliance plate is an unpainted aluminium plate with numbers stamped into it from behind. It should state chassis number (902.....A), vehicle type (Land Rover 88" 4 cylinder...), month and year in which it was complianced (eg. 6/73), seating capacity, GVM, and the relevant ADRs (numbers, eg. 1,..., 27A, etc). It measures about 3" by about 2". From memory, they started fitting them to all Australian built vehicles from January 1972.
Getting around the missing IDs may include REVS checks, and writing to JRA for build date info.
Hope this helps.

Dan.
69 2a 88" pet4, 74 3 109" pet4, 68 2b FC pet6.

Hmmm, now you guys have me in a bit of a panic! I can't find any plates of those description on my Landy. I bought it of an old bloke and he was the original owner from new. Looks like I might have to give him a ring.

All the paper work went through and I have all the numbers on the rego papers.

Just seems a bit strange. I completely forgot to check the plates. I guess it was the rose coloured Landy glasses I had on. Too damn excited I found one I could afford in such good nick and with only one owner. Oh well, live and learn.

Nathanial

If it is a very early Series 3, it is possible it never had a compliance plate. While in theory they were needed from 1972, Series 3 model year 1972 could have actually been built in 1971, and in any case it is likely that they were not fitted to all cars built in 1972, even though they should have been.

John

Hi guys, just a quickie to say I haven't lost heart and thanks for all your PMs and wise words - I have got a clean REVs report and am currently trying to track down a little more info from Queensland Roads re the vehicle (ie if it even had a compliance plate). In the mean time I am proceeding with the renovation. I did, after all take on this one as a bit of fun to get my hand back-in, so to speak; its been quite a few years since I took on any rebuild level type projects... once this one's complete I'm gonna go after a series 1 SWB rebuild! [Nothing like being positive!]

Next stage is to POR15 the chassis... although I do need to install a new bath in the next few weeks too, so don't be surprised if I go off line for a couple of weeks!

TeZZa

G'day TeZZaP

That black plate is your vehicle's ID plate with the Chassis No on it. (should be fixed to the cabinside of the engine firewall) That Chassis No indicates that it was imported as a fully built up vehicle, and was not an Australian Production Vehile built from a CKD kit, the Chassis No 90200001A -onwards is for "RHD Export, Basic,Four Cyl Petrol" so it won't have a PMC build plate.
The Chassis No's for 88"RHD CKD vehicles is 903xxxxxxxxA onwards it would be pre 1975 as in 75 they went to VIN no's SALLB****

It may possibly have an Australian ADR plate on the front horizontal surface of the radiator support panel,it is an aluminium plate that is stamped from behind, it will have something like "this vehicle complies with ADR 27,27a,blah blah, seating cap 3, blah blah." but this was often lost/not replaced when the panel was repaired from rust/accident.

It could have it's chassis no on the Left rear spring hanger as discribed in an earlier post.


cheers.