New C15?? Restoration Project

[nbarkley]

I will post my process so far but I do need some help in deciphering the chassis number (I did not get any data plates with this).

I am certain the chassis number is 2124577731 (refer to image) and I found this at the front passenger side rail and was stamped into the steel.

From my research so far I thought it was of a 45 vintage, however, another place has described the first digit as the year of manufacture being 42.

The next 4 numbers do not make too much sense and the last 5 I believe is the production line number. Can I please ask for any help in shedding some light on this. Thanks

[Keith Webb]

That certainly does not look like a correct chassis number. If it is a C15A it will be something like this: 2844400396 where the first 2 is the production year, 8444 is the chassis type then the rest is the sequential number. It is then followed by a suffix letter denoting the assembly plant - for example M = Melbourne.

It is normally stamped on the vertical face of the left front chassis rail.

Possibly your number is an ID put on by a previous authority who owned it.

Originally Posted by nbarkley

I will post my process so far but I do need some help in deciphering the chassis number (I did not get any data plates with this).

I am certain the chassis number is 2124577731 (refer to image) and I found this at the front passenger side rail and was stamped into the steel.

From my research so far I thought it was of a 45 vintage, however, another place has described the first digit as the year of manufacture being 42.

The next 4 numbers do not make too much sense and the last 5 I believe is the production line number. Can I please ask for any help in shedding some light on this. Thanks

[Keith Webb]

Arrow indicates where your chassis number should be. Interesting to see it appears to have the side plates for a winch - if it also has a 2 speed transfer case it is possibly a CGT chassis in which case you're looking for a 28440 chassis number. Hope this helps.

[nbarkley]

Thanks for the reply and information Keith, I will have a closer look at that section of the chassis.

[Grant Bowker]

I don't know whether this applies to Australia, but I have had the experience of the Ministry of Transportation in Ontario assign a (17 digit, meets current pattern) VIN to an ex-military Sankey trailer as a replacement for the original number that was on the data plate when I bought it from Crown Assets.
Perhaps there wasn't an original data plate for your C15 and "the system" assigned a number? This is only a suggestion, no idea how likely it is to be correct.

[nbarkley]

Checked the chassis and there are no markings at all, I am just guessing that they were removed at some point. I am now using the engine number to hopefully locate the correct chassis number. Checked a few linked sites from here and the numbers are very close/fit in to a a 1942 Field Artillery Tractor 4x4 Cab 13 101" (C.GT Gun Tractor). I do have a wooden steering wheel and the sunshine roof. I am aware that they can be easily changed. Thank you also Grant.

[Keith Webb]

You can also look a little further back, I have seen them stamped almost under the cab.

The Australian No8 CGT had an integral steel body with a normal front roof hatch.

I see yours has 16" rather than 20" wheels, if it has the higher ratio diffs then it was not a CGT.

But anything can happen in a restoration/rebuild!

Originally Posted by nbarkley

Checked the chassis and there are no markings at all, I am just guessing that they were removed at some point. I am now using the engine number to hopefully locate the correct chassis number. Checked a few linked sites from here and the numbers are very close/fit in to a a 1942 Field Artillery Tractor 4x4 Cab 13 101" (C.GT Gun Tractor). I do have a wooden steering wheel and the sunshine roof. I am aware that they can be easily changed. Thank you also Grant.