Australian Car Number

[Steve Bryant]

Steve - might it be that floor is perhaps remade, from the fixings we can see? As per the comment about David's CHA list above, your car being "Australian"  still suggests that it left Britain as a car (and perhaps has or had an EX mark painted on the rear crossmember of  the chassis) because it has an Austin car number. What was it when new?, as we may be able to work out whether that other stamped figure WAS the body number from other numerals in the range.

Sadly AD Vans have no recording of the stamped body number on the Register - a heads up for owners to get on with it! So that doesn't help you. But what you hve recourse to is just ordering the heritage certificate from Gaydon with all your specification from new, because yours is an A9 car. Or you can just check the model/car type for 6 quid - a complete bargain.
You can also go and inspect yourself for free if you make an appointment. Of course, you won't find a body number recorded but you may find whether the body was changed, for instance.

JonE, according to the information I received from British Heritage record holders, my car was exported to Australia as a Chassis Scuttle unit in July 1929. The car as purchased had a steel chummy body on it missing a lot of stuff. A lot of the car had been poorly restored with pop rivets and numerous types of screws and badly welded patches etc. I decided to save the original body until I can work out what is needed to return it to its original state, so for the interim I bought a John Heath replica van body kit to allow me to get the car on the road as a van. The intent is to eventually put it back to being a Chummy:
   
Stephen