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the reason I am wanting to know what year the engine came out of is I was hoping it would be the same engine that would have been in my 1953 80' but this engine came out of an 86'(year unknown) what ways besides the engine number can you tell the difference between the 2 engines?
Hi All,
Thought I would post up a little of the research I have done on my 51 and how I have gone about it, in hope it might help a few other new Aulroians.
Most of this will be a re-hash to the more experienced on here, but thought it would be good to have it all in the one place
Gaydon
Heritage Motor Centre Motor Museum, Gaydon ask for web enquiry to confirm the dealer your car was supplied.
AULRO
If your vehicle is one of the lucky cars that went to NSW or WA you can post on here and some very kind people can check the records and let you know, I'm not going to post there names here, because if you don't already know then please keep reading Aulro until you find out for yourself.
AOMC
Thirdly and in my case, if your car went to Victoria, you can contact AOMC www.aomc.asn.au and they will provide a rego number and first date of registration, unfortunately all Land Rovers fall into the category of when the previous owners information where destroyed, at least you can make a start with the first rego number.
Local State Road Authority
Fourthly you can contact your friendly local state road authority and write them a beautiful letter in the hope that one person who reads it might have some compassion to help you, I found a nice little template on Researching the history of your car | Ford RS Owners Club Australia to prove it's possible, I've only sent mine today so not sure what info I can get back yet!
Then there is Land rover themselves, not sure of the address and what other info you get other than Gaydon, if anyone knows please post address and info supplied
And you can also try any of those VIN checkers online, I didn't have any luck with those.
There is also the national archive data base but I've only just started looking in there, without much luck so far...
Hope this might be of some help and as always please add any info you have found.
Best Regards
LRD4
Looking for more info in regards to my 80" I was told it came from a gent from Victoria who bought it along with other heavy equipment from SMHES auctions? so far this is all I can find
Chassis No:06111525
Engine No:06111955
0
Model year: 1950
6
Model: Land Rover, Series I, 80in, petrol
1
Body type: Basic
1
Destination: unknown destination code
1525
Serial number
The vehicle 06111525 (or any vehicle within over 100 serials of it) does not appear in the NSW "Grenville Motors, allocation books" so it is unlikely a vehicle supplied to the SMHEA, it could however be a vehicle supplied from Regent Motors through a dealer somewhere like Wodonga and used on the scheme but not one of the SMHEA fleet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost Landy
Hello. Newbie to the site. Just bought a 1955 86" for my daughter, honest, ahem, she's 1 :-) Chassis number 57661820. Has a Holden 138 (so I'm told), (no idea, I'm from the land of the haggis!). Could someone please point me in the right direction as to where I might obtain any history for "Wee Nellie" as she's been named?
I enquired with DOT here in WA but they had no record of it or the serial number from the grey engine.
Many thanks
195586inch
Speaking of identification, I bet your missus doesn't call you 195586inch :angel:
:D
Welcome to the site mate. I'm new to this too so I'm being silly instead of helping. Others will come on soon enough and sort things out for you.
Have you tried CalVIN ?
Feeding your number into CalVIN gives:
5 Model year: 1955
7 Model: Land Rover, Series I, petrol
6 Body type: 86in, completely knocked down (CKD)
6 Destination: Right-hand drive (RHD), export market
1820 Serial number
Calvin? Thought was the spray my better half got me for Christmas 17 years ago. Still half full.
I did manage to get that info from the forums but had hoped to delv deeper into the history of my wee car.
:-)
Unfortuantely the number 57661820 does not appear in the NSW books.Quote:
Originally Posted by 195586inch
Hi Diana,
s2a query, chassis no. 24319536G
engine no. 24136026A
it's a station wagon as I own it but reg'd as a ute, 88in
calvin says it was ckd rhd and it does have a pressed metal corp number , but the car is outside and wrapped up and it's cold here, so if needed I will make a special trip out there.
Is it possible to find if the engine matches the chassis number?
Only if the vehicle was sold in NSW, because the records on most other Eastern states have been lost.
In your case however, your vehicle is unmolested. :BigThumb:
Did you ever get other details on its history?
It was originally a NSW Police vehicle, delivered on 20th May 1971, always a hard top, it may have had security mesh (like cargo barriers are made from) installed inside and a cargo barrier, most Police 88" in that era did.
Dunlop Road Track major tyres, ignition key F?-896, Drivers door and tailgate F?-683 & 891.
The rego looks like it was BIO-022 but can't be sure.
Isuzutoo-eh also has a NSW Police SIIa.