23-01-2020, 10:31 PM
Mark,
1. Chassis Ordered from Longbridge
2. Bodies are built while they are waiting for chassis
3. Bodies and chassis are united
4. Australian agents engrave number onto car no. plate. Who issues the number?
5. Body number is stamped on transmission tunnel at Longbridge or Aus?
i believe only the major body builders (Holdens, Melbourne Motor Body, Floods ) would have received an order from Austin Distributors for a number of bodies to be prepared when the Longbridge chassis order was placed- I suspect the myriad small builders would order chassis as and when they were ready to build.
I don't know if Longbridge issued a block of tunnel numbers to Austin Distributors but from local experience the numbers were stamped in Australa by the body builder.
From the surviving Longbridge record books at Gaydon, the Car Numbers were issued and recorded by the Factory so it would seem to be logical that Longbridge 'engraved' the car number plate.
1. Chassis Ordered from Longbridge
2. Bodies are built while they are waiting for chassis
3. Bodies and chassis are united
4. Australian agents engrave number onto car no. plate. Who issues the number?
5. Body number is stamped on transmission tunnel at Longbridge or Aus?
i believe only the major body builders (Holdens, Melbourne Motor Body, Floods ) would have received an order from Austin Distributors for a number of bodies to be prepared when the Longbridge chassis order was placed- I suspect the myriad small builders would order chassis as and when they were ready to build.
I don't know if Longbridge issued a block of tunnel numbers to Austin Distributors but from local experience the numbers were stamped in Australa by the body builder.
From the surviving Longbridge record books at Gaydon, the Car Numbers were issued and recorded by the Factory so it would seem to be logical that Longbridge 'engraved' the car number plate.