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Originally Posted by Bob Moseley
Hi - it wasn't until I saw Mike's response that I realised the depth of information on your post. Having the ARN transcribed as a telephone number threw me. Collating both yours and Mike's information gave a clear picture. One question though is, is 1505 the VIN of the truck with 171446 being its ARN.
I rang my friend with all the available information and he was very thankful. It gives his truck a good provenance.
 Bob |
Bob
Mike Cecil has provided the info on ARN Vs chassis number.
A mate who was a RAEME mechanic and spent time at 2 base workshop in Moorebank (his truck is the first image) suggested that when the trucks returned from Vietnam they had seen hard service and many had chassis damage or needed re-riveting, if this was the case the chassis would be sent to another area of the workshops and they would use a chassis that had already been repaired.
AFAIK this would mean that all the components from one truck would end up sitting on a chassis from another. So in respect of taking the history of the truck from it's current chassis is only half of the truth.
The truck with chassis 4X4 1505 after the rebuild was ARN 171-415 (and likely still at disposal)
Diana
BTW The chassis number of a Mk3 is usually 4X4 ??? (at least that is true of the first contract - 600 units) with the later vehicles particularly the Mk4 having ADE stamped above or before the 4X4 making a Mk4 chassis number e.g. ADE 4X4 2345 or ADE 6X6 3456 for the F1/F2 (Mk5) the term VIN is an international convention that identifies, country of origin/manufacturer/model and serial number that was only introduced in the 1980's so well after the Army Inters. But yes VIN and chassis number are equivalent even though the Au Army identified the truck by it's ARN and the chassis was treated as a spare part.