If so I would like to see a factory rivet job I have only seen the spot weld variety . State RE ISSUE VIN'S like Colorado have a Special Looking rivet. Not found to be available to the the public. Mike
I think this only applied to the local GM styles vin tags, which looks much more 'agricultural' than the US issued variants. (The number/letter stamping is pretty wild, and the tags themselves very plain.)
Could also be a difference between the CKD tags, which are definitely as I describe above, and those that came on fully imported vehicles.
The Aussie assembled cars had a tag like John mentioned. I have photos but am away ATM. I have a tag from an Aussie delivered 4 door Bel Air and it was spot welded.
Cheers Des
In addition to the tags visual, Can anyone tell me if the Aussie delivered cars had the vin stamped on the chassis as per our USA counterparts?
I have a mate in Qld that has lost the tags (bitter divorce and have been misplaced), He has a photo of one of them from under the bonnet (hood) but not vin and needs them for a roadworthy and registration.
Anyone tell me where if at all they can be reproduced.. Its for a 4 door sedan 210.
Cheers and thanks for any info..
Here is a photo of the Aussie vin tag and an Aussie body tag for a 57 sedan.
I have blanked out the vin # sequence, but it is 6 numbers starting with 2. The vin tag was screwed to the door jamb, and not welded like the US ones.
It is 3 1/4 " long by 1 1/4" and is similar to other tags provided by GMH over the years from the 1930s.
Mouse - these tags are available if your Qld mate needs them.
Here is a photo of the Aussie vin tag and an Aussie body tag for a 57 sedan.
I have blanked out the vin # sequence, but it is 6 numbers starting with 2. The vin tag was screwed to the door jamb, and not welded like the US ones.
It is 3 1/4 " long by 1 1/4" and is similar to other tags provided by GMH over the years from the 1930s.
Mouse - these tags are available if your Qld mate needs them.
Dean
1019 is the GM model # for a 210 4 door sedan.
The HM # - not positive, but I think someone has posted before that it is a Holden body #
The taped over # R 2***** is the Holden engine and chassis #. As mentioned earlier, I have seen a few chassis stamped with this # on the outer rail near the idler arm bolts. The Aussie handbook shows that the engine # and chassis # are the same.
HM - may mean Holden Melbourne, as in the plant where it may have been assembled. If that's what it means maybe there are others starting with :
HB - Brisbane
HA - Adelaide
HS - Sydney
HP - Perth
You may be right Dean. I've only ever seen a couple of those VIN tags. I had a 55 tag from a local car and that had HM. Probably need someone from the other states with those tags still intact to chime in.
My 1956 Chev is an aussie built. The ID tag was riveted in the engine bay whilst the Vin tag was riveted to left lower door pillar. No chassis numbers though even after sand blasting.
I happen to have the Technical Specifications book for the Aussie made 1956 Chevrolet by General Motors Holden. As you will see at the bottom of Page 2, there is no actual chassis stamping. You have an engine stamp, vin tag on left door pillar and firewall body id tag.
Were all the parts needed for assembly of TriFives there in AUS manufactured in AUS (including frames, engines, etc?)? or were some parts provided from the US??
The distinctive differences were that the Aus 57`s were 210`s instead of Belairs and they all had 55/56 double hump dash, I6 engines and three speed column.
Of course there were some small exceptions.
CKD means 'knock down kit' doesn't it? Implying to me that *most parts* to build the car were supplied by Chevrolet to Australia as a 'kit' for assembly there, so the sheet metal and small parts were delivered to AUS in 'kit form'? It would be very interesting to see the 'form' of the kit delivered to AUS...
Do any of you there have a photo of such a kit?? (ie. before assembly)?
My seats were leather, and strangely enough it also had a bolt through the B pillar that mounted the upper seat belt, which was also used on some early Holdens
I've posted some of this before. Paint colours are the same as Holden FJ ('55) and FE ('56 and '57). I've never seen any interior decoding though. FE paint codes: GMH Paint Codes
Do we know which of the Holden colours were put to the Chevy in these years? (Am guessing not all.)
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