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Saw this on Facebook marketplace todayImage


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Was it the whole car or just the plate?


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FJWALLY wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:14 pm Was it the whole car or just the plate?


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Has anyone seen the $10k ute???
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Not too bad. Standard station sedan, S2 army?


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S2 is paint code for RAF blue grey but that is code 253 7026.


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SunnyTim wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:01 pm FE standard wagon RAF wow

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FE wagon full stop. Jeff Stewart has one he calls Fergus which should be at all Holden day coming up.


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This one has got me curious. The RPO codes are for 6-ply tyres, Fram filter and extinguisher with bracket. I draw a blank ion the paint and trim codes - anyone got a link explaining how 768/2380 trim/paint makes it RAAF please?

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https://www.fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/ ... codes.html


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Bottom right of the chart shows S2 is RAAF Blue Grey 253 7026. I’m just surmising.


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Best thing to do is ask Ken McLean on FE-FC . . . there isn't much Ken doesn't know.

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Qoote from Ken McLean on the FE FC site: It’s a dept of civil aviation wagon, colour is Golden Yellow which can be seen in the dash photo and the engine bay photo.
The codes on the bottom as follows
311 - 6 ply tyres (standard is 4 ply for a wagon)
325 - Fram oil filter fitted
288 - fire extinguisher fitted in passenger side footwell

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It’s funny... in a modern age, we think of serial numbers and product codes as being precise and logical. Order a part number 7468-a-567 from a supplier, and that’s what you get. The early manufacturers were a bit more flexible.

It’s got S9 in the trim code, which Clay’s link shows as Golden Yellow paint. Why it doesn’t have the corresponding 253-5140 in the paint code is anyone’s guess... the 253-2380 stamped as a paint code is a mystery, as is the 768 trim code.

S2 stamped in the body number is RAAF, but it ain’t the 253-7026 RAAF Blue Grey paint code.

I bet there is a story somewhere linking the RAAF to Civil Aviation.

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As an ex RAAF Motor Transport Fitter from the late 70’s through to ‘98, I can add that all vehicles and equipment that was used on the airfield were painted GSE ( Ground Support Equipment ) Yellow, which was a golden yellow. So all generators, bomb loaders, aircraft tugs etc were gse yellow mainly for visibility reasons. This wagon was probably used by Air Traffic Controllers who used to do regular patrols of the runways and airfield. All other vehicles were painted in RAAF Blue Grey.
When I joined up un ‘77, Air traffic controllers were using CL Valiant wagons.
I hope this information helps clear up the mystery.
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