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Tim,

As you probably know you only have to get under it to see if it is really a very very early.

Gut feeling is your on the money re a rebirth and a pretty bad rebirth of the ID tag.

JAson

Did anyone notice the over riders are different on each car does it mean one is a fj other fx not up on these models
BILLY

i just love the tow bar, f**k i'd be swearing if i just got the bumper rechromed then missed dropping a trailer onto the hitch (with a tow ball on it of course )
dunno why but i like the blue one more. differnt fuel filler fittings too (not just the caps)
is that a mini in the background?
luke.

Tim ,who would have bothered back then, if they took the time to stamp a tag Id say its legit,looks like it was stamped a while ago.
Trust your first thought
I think its legit

GET IT

The black car has the correct over riders
The Blue sedan has FJ's

But the Blue sedan has the night light switch on the underside of the right tail light fin, that makes it an early production model
Am unable to see if the black sedan has the same.

There is a list of must haves for 48 and early 49's, depending where they were assembled?

still extremly interesting finds.

i'd be happy with either of 'em

hey smooth, where is that switch ur talkin about? i can't see it? and what's it do?
Jimmy

SunnyTim wrote:The blue one is a 53 air-ride hence the FJ overriders.
The other FX like most has had a revamp at some stage, but engine 1036 would make it on of the first 30 48-215's made

Engine 1036 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ??.................................Maybe its one of thsoe ghostly "Canadian Blocks" some say yes,some say no

Prototype no 1 has a body plate the same as all the standard production vehicles. So I doubt anything after that, which is everything, would be hand made. Besides body no 6 is on the Number 1 production 48-215 which is at the Holden museum in Birdswood.

Still a good find though..
Dave

I was told from a very reliable source that no1 prototype 48/215 has 1946 chev on the compliance plate? Never seen it for myself, does this sound rite? Trev .

no 1 Prototype plates reads

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
correspondence to the body must bear these numbers
STYLE NO 19525
BODY NO 1
TRIM NO 101
PAINT NO 1
TOP ACC


19525 was the number given to all the prototype cars.

I have a pic of the plate (but cant find it) of when the car was on public display here in canberra, and it is also pictured in Don Lofflers book.

The switch under the taillight was mandatory in some states right up until the end of production.

ejdave wrote:no 1 Prototype plates reads

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
correspondence to the body must bear these numbers
STYLE NO 19525
BODY NO 1
TRIM NO 101
PAINT NO 1
TOP ACC


19525 was the number given to all the prototype cars.

I have a pic of the plate (but cant find it) of when the car was on public display here in canberra, and it is also pictured in Don Lofflers book.

The switch under the taillight was mandatory in some states right up until the end of production.

I remember my grandfather years ago telling me that in NSW if you parked your car on the kerb at night you had to have the tailight on at all times no matter how long you intended to have the car parked on the kerb.I guess he was referring to a time period around the '50's??.

Might explain the switch under the tailight.??

The switch was for night parking
as many streets had no street lights, and the rear light would show other people driving along that there was a parked car

I had a 49 with the switch and a 50 without.
It all depended on the State the car was built and sold in, as mentioned previously

hmm thats interesting. very sensible people in the 50's ahha
Jimmy