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Anybody know where the chassis number is stamped on a Brumby ?

Under the bonnet, stamped on the firewall between the compliance plate and the spare tyre.

Is that the only one ? I thought they had to be stamped on a chassis rail as well ?

has to be on part of the main body construction
ie firewall is ok but on a door etc is not!

Cool thanks

It's not a big 4wd with a separable chassis. Even then I don't think they do numbers on the actual chassis these days, it's all about the body.

Cheers

Bennie

Like everyone has mentioned, it's on the body because it's a monocoque design, it needs to be stamped to the main body section. It is also stamped into the compliance plates and must be matching for rego.

Torana has it on the chassis and not on the body.........
And you don't even need any tags to get it registered as long as the chassis number has been rego'd before..............

How do I know this - because my new Torana has no tags but Licencing said it can still be rego'd

LX Torana does not a monocoque body

The reason you don't need plates is when these were driven off the Ark, they didn't have polution regs to "comply" with

RSR 555 wrote:LX Torana does not a monocoque body

Yes it is

RSR 555 wrote:The reason you don't need plates is when these were driven off the Ark, they didn't have polution regs to "comply" with

Yes they did

RSR 555 wrote:LX Torana does not a monocoque body

niterida wrote:Yes it is

Oh.. so the front rails are NOT removable from the main body?

Sorry, I was under the impression that a 'monocoque' (meaning one shell) meant that there was only one frame to the vehicle and not multible parts???

RSR 555 wrote:The reason you don't need plates is when these were driven off the Ark, they didn't have polution regs to "comply" with

niterida wrote:Yes they did

Did what? Drive off the Ark :p:p hahaha

Only polution stuff on my SS Hatchback was a hose from the oil cap to the air cleaner housing.

RSR 555 wrote:Oh.. so the front rails are NOT removable from the main body?

Sorry, I was under the impression that a 'monocoque' (meaning one shell) meant that there was only one frame to the vehicle and not multible parts???

Nah the frame is not removeable - your thinking of the HQ.

RSR 555 wrote:Did what? Drive off the Ark :p:p hahaha

Only polution stuff on my SS Hatchback was a hose from the oil cap to the air cleaner housing.

Theres more than that - sealed carby screws so you can't adjust the idle etc etc. Yours probably had most of it removed anyway.

And the only car around when Noah was driving would have been a Mk 1 Brumby hahahahahahahaha

niterida wrote:Nah the frame is not removeable - your thinking of the HQ.

You could be right there.. I know there has been many bottles of bourbon since I had my SS.

niterida wrote:Theres more than that - sealed carby screws so you can't adjust the idle etc etc. Yours probably had most of it removed anyway.

More than likely.. it wasn't very stock

niterida wrote:And the only car around when Noah was driving would have been a Mk 1 Brumby hahahahahahahaha

I do believe the Torana is older than the Gen1 Brumby

RSR 555 wrote:I do believe the Torana is older than the Gen1 Brumby

Maybe but which one looks younger ??

niterida wrote:Maybe but which one looks younger ??

Ok.. we'll ask the good people of AUSubaru...

Where's your pic of your torrie??

Looks good to me :



then again maybe not :

niterida wrote:you don't even need any tags to get it registered as long as the chassis number has been rego'd before.

Never heard of this before Must be a WA think

niterida wrote:

#$@# me!! What's the plan with this one - you going to repair all of that? Nasty stuff rust, I hate the stuff - HATE IT!

Yeah the LC/LJ toranas are monoque as well, no removable chassis from front to rear. I would have classified the HQ as the same due to the body having the front end mounted on the body without chassis rails under the car, I'm sure these things are the same as the HK's in that department, if not I'm crossing over from the HK/T/G's that do this.

Maybe I should look up it's meaning...

Cheers

Bennie

Yeah its going to be fixed up - rust is easy fixed - just takes time and patience and a lot of welding wire..............
Hatchbacks are hard to find in any condition and are worth a fortune. A guy on the torana forum just sold a bare repaired shell (just a base SL) in primer for $15,000 !!
Plan is to either run completely standard Torana with a fuel injected 304 or just use the body and put Toyota Supra/LS400/Celsior 1UZ V8 and complete running gear under it. Leaning towards the toyota

1uz!!!
Hydrochloric acid is great for rust!