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And This:
1940 passenger car engines that were assembled in Flint carried 7 digit numbers. Tonawanda assembled engines used a 6 digit numbering system preceeded by the letter B. The range of serial numbers for a 1940 engine are as follows: Flint: 2697268 - 3665902 Tonawanda: B105462 - B221935 1940 engines bearing the prefix BR or just a single R were destined for right drive country production. Canadian production figures are within this group. Obviously duplicating US numbers but hopefully differentiated by vehicle application prefix. Walkerville, Ontario aka Windsor: 1997877 … 3556862 or 3557935 My engine falls in the Tonawanda 6 digit group for 1940?? Last edited by Lang; 13-01-23 at 07:42. |
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Yes the earlier 12cwt's listed would be 1939 models. The AIF had some 1939 models.
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Both of the engines in my Jan. dated utes which are 100% the correct engines , have a CR prefix. The two body tag serial numbers are only two digits apart. re: the body plants . I think Woodville stamped the higher volume models and Fishermen's Bend stamped the lower volume more specialized types. From David Hayward's old site: MIKE KELLY’S 15CWT. HOLDEN-BODIED UTE: BUILT JANUARY 1940? ENGINE CR2,003,874 ARMY BOOK SAYS FIRST 515 SERIES 13 UTES HAD 3-SPEED GEARBOXES AND THEN THE REST HAD 4-SPEED GEARBOXES. THIS ONE HAS A 3-SPEED GEARBOX Note “CR” PREFIX: “C” FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL CHEVROLET 216 AND “CR” FOR RHD LIGHT COMMERCIAL CHEVROLET 216 MOTORS
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike Kelly; 13-01-23 at 06:15. |
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Who knows Mike. I don't think the British Empire Product would weigh heavily on GMH conscience outside the marketing and finance (tarif) departments.
100% American owned Windsor plant sending goods to 100% American owned Australian plant doesn't sound too rigidly British Empire to me. Whatever the source of my engine it still keeps popping up as a 1940 model. Clearly backed by the casting number. I hope I can find the square plate to indicate a confirming number. I notice your engine number agrees with the Canadian production numbers indicated in my last post. Lang |
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Pullman
I had a look at my 1939 and 1940 GMH NASCO parts book for the Australian Army.
GMH refer to the 1940 utility as: Series 12 Pullman. The ute had 10 leaf rear springs . The sedan had 9 leaf. And a different front bumber was fitted to the ute The book mentions the army units had wider rims to accomodate wider tyres.
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Mike C and Mike K
After reading The Authority on a web site saying that 1940 utes had no stamped chassis number and were identified by engine number and data plate serial it really did not seem right. So after stripping the chassis I found this. Can you blokes advance the cause with that information (I have picked the very light stamping out with white-out so it can be easily read) Mike K. The vehicle came with tyres fitted to wider rims which the owner said was original. He also gave me 5 good rims from a car that are a full inch narrower, Hubcaps the same on both. I have fitted 205R85-16 which are close to the same height as the 7.00-16 offered by GMH for Military (and probably commercial use also). |
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Well done finding that number.
My interpretation would be: A Melbourne assembled vehicle 1940 and the number would be sequential to chassis' for that model year. But would the sequential number include sedans or was it just utilities ? The Ute bodies were probably transported over from Woodville to Fishermens Bend. My utes both have the narrow rims. BTW a 1940 light commercial cab/chassis is for sale on Marketplace , ex-CFA same as my two wrecks.
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike Kelly; 13-02-23 at 07:46. |
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Ute Brochure 1940
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Second bit. Note they offered the utes both leaf spring and independent front suspension.
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