Battery Holdens-Chev MCP 216 engine

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I have two 1940 15 cwt civilian pattern utes and both have the battery located in the same location that your vehicle has.

Both of my Chevs are pretty stuffed . The 1940 models are particularly hard to find , very few of them stayed behind in Aust. Mine are both ex CFA and the chassis numbers are almost sequential.


I need a repairable cab the fixed windscreen type .

A chap in Diamond Creek has a very original 1940 15 cwt ( or 1/2 ton pickup in the USA ) model, unrestored . I was offered this vehicle at one time but at 7K $ , I declined . What is interesting is, it has a GMH made wooden body fitted rather than the ute style bodywork . It is ex army as he has found D /I\ D markings on the engine rebuild plate . I lost his contact details .

The 1940 model has a slightly shorter chassis compared to the ubiquitous 1941-47 models .

Hello Mike,

Can you take some photographs of the cover and battery area of your truck? The base of my truck has rusted out.

Can you please let me know where to look for the chassis number on a Holdens assembled Chevy? I have had a number of attempts at looking for it and have not been able to locate it. The next question would be having established the chassis number would it be possible to locate the ARN from that?

I do realise that engines and chassis get swapped over in service and in civilian life. However, a chassis number would be a good place to start the search at.

There is the faint outline of an ARN on the bonnet however when I wrote to the AWM they said that it was probably a combination of a number of different ARNs over-painted on top of each other and no such number existed on their records.

Kind Regards
Lionel