14-01-2019, 11:18 PM
(14-01-2019, 12:41 PM)JonE Wrote: I'm pretty sure that Bill Sheehan and perhaps Ian Williams have both mentioned 1929 as being the most common range for there being no chassis number found. (Mine too... but that's in UK)
From anecdotal evidence Bill has noted that many export chassis to Australia were unstamped, culminating in a large number in 1929. Some appear to have had a stenciled number on the rear crossmember - often unfortunately painted over during later restoration.
For many years UK researchers stated that it was highly unlikely that any chassis left the factory unstamped , often suggesting that the number could have been ground off !
Even they must be now having doubts.
As luck would have it the factory books held at the Gaydon Motor Museum in UK cover some of this period and if you have the engine number from the original vehicle registration in Victoria it is often possible to find the chassis number - listed as a 'Chassis for export'
Cheers, Tony P.