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need help. have a hk monaro with fireall number ending in m (which i thought meant melbourne) but under it it has a S stamped. is it a sydney car or melb car. i want to check what is correct on the id tags. i am hoping its not a dud i looking at.
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now nick,
please explain what you mean by an "S" under the "M" ? did you dig out body filler????? has it got 80 codes of paint on the firewall??
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As far as I can work out HK firewall numbers are a lottery, my car is Brisbane built and according to advice from here the firewall stamp should end in BB but it only has one B. From what Ive read here bodies were shipped from plant to plant so maybe the dropped S is still correct. Calling all Gurus.
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yes but should my aloy tags read for meb built or sydney. the s sits below the m at the end f the firewall number example below
hk 3#####7M
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"S" made on a Saturday????
"S" maybe s***box?????
"S" maybe for "suckers" late that think there are worth something?????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, geee, im funny...lololol
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have u seen that kings cross shooting clip frank? its all over the net today. "the fatter wog said to the skinnier wog" and
"jake has seen enough"
and "ill call on my fooly sik boys"
must see
chk chk boom
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The M probably denotes Monaro.
I just dont understand what you mean by "am I looking at a a dud."
Just because some numbers dont match up doesnt mean its a dud. Sheesh.
If it has 2 doors its still a Monaro, unless its one of those 2 door Commodores, then thats different. Dont worry, whos gonna know if the numbers dont match. Still a cool car.
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why dont you call each other instead of wasting time. i have posted for serious answers. go to the pub section for this crap please
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id say it stands for snob then
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not snob just trying not to get ripped off like many have
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not snob just trying not to get ripped off like many have
did i mention "S" for sukker before?? as many are??
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could mean stolen from melbourne
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I was talking to Dr Terry about this the other day but ive never seen it on HK-HT. Conversation was about HD/HR. AFAIK top letter was the plant that constructed the body, bottom one is the assembly plant. As said Im not sure if this applies to HK-HT. This is similar to say HJ-HZ vans where body is from say Adelaide and rest is Sydney, however as HK-HT have chassis number in the firewall it has to be put there by the body constructor the lower letter shows where the car was assembled. At least thats how I think it goes...
Of the HK-HG ive seen so far with factory mismatching plates ive only ever seen 1. It was a HG van built late in 1971. It was an Adelaide constructed body and hence had Adelaide BODY and ADR tags (and hence chassis number) but Sydney VIN tag. Unfortunatey this doent help your situation as HGs lost the twin letters, well at least those built this late with an AHG chassis number.
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i have seen the same thing on hg with A chassis but perth vin, i take it this is because perth didnt build the bodys and got them from adelaide like a ckd
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so the general consensus is that the alloy tags wil have to read melbourne or sydney?
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I think that is correct. For a HK it should be a Melbourne BODY tag with the chassis number correct for the BODY number, and a Sydney VIN tag also correct for the timeframe. Im not sure what Melbourne built bodies are doing being assembled in Sydney though. Maybe they stopped for a body plant overhaul or something like that. I have to talk to Dr Terry today and ill ask him what he thinks then. _______________________________________________________ If we all had the same (good) taste, who would buy all the Fords? Edited by user Friday, 22 May 2009 5:40:00 PM(UTC)
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Quite simple.
The top number is stamped intot he firwall when the body is assembled and the other letter is hand stamped to show what assembly plant the body is sent to.
So in your case the body was built in Melbourne and was given final assembly in Sydney.
The reason some HKs do not have the second letter is the strength of the hand stamping, most get covered by paint very easily.
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Warren so does th aluminium read sydney????? or mlb please
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I talked with the Doc today, and he like me couldnt fathom many reasons why a Melbourne body was assembled in Sydney, unless the Sydney body plant was out of action for some reason.
Itd be a Sydney VIN plate.
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