restoring

**doggindan1** · 18-09-2011, 04:19 PM

if i can i'll be trying to rebuild this shell

**playwme** · 18-09-2011, 07:08 PM

In that case, I hope you're not married and I hope your pockets are deep.

**doggindan1** · 18-09-2011, 07:29 PM

not married and no deep pockets here eather but i'll try as hard as i can to me i only need a front end if i can get that i recon the rest can be repaired

**doggindan1** · 19-09-2011, 07:36 PM

what is there no way of tracking down the original chassis ?????????
some info would be great

**playwme** · 19-09-2011, 08:02 PM

Nope. If you were shagging someone who worked at the RTA they might look up the number and see if it's still registered. Then they'd get found out and fired cause they're not supposed to do that..

That chassis was pulled out over 20 years ago for an unknown reason, most likely damaged. It could be anywhere by now or could have been cut up or scrapped at the time. You'd have to have an insane amount of luck to find that thing now. Any records the police had showing why the chassis were changed are unlikely to have been transferred to a computer database, and chances (slim) are even if they could find that record they wouldn't tell you who owned the vehicle or did the work at the time.

Seriously, buy a better example. A panelbeater is going to charge you more than the cost of a good example just to repair yours, then there's the extra value a matching chassis will give it when finished. Your van is best suited to someone who is bloody good at welding and can do it all on the cheap. Otherwise it's likely to end up as one of those eBay unfinished projects that sells for about a quarter of what has been spent on it so far.

**doggindan1** · 19-09-2011, 08:09 PM

i'm intent on doing this one i've had her since i was 17 and a half had a heap of great memories in her been every where in her as well she looked after me so i'm gona do the same for her if i come across the chassis thats a bounus if not it the same to me as the first day i laid eyes on her

**Vombil** · 19-09-2011, 11:19 PM

fair call Donginindan. I didnt realise youd had it so long. Def worth doing some sort of welding course

**Absinth** · 20-09-2011, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by playwme

Nope. If you were shagging someone who worked at the RTA they might look up the number and see if it's still registered. Then they'd get found out and fired cause they're not supposed to do. far.

Not true. My HX Monaro had a HQ chassis rail fitted after a collision with a pole, I rang Qld Transport and they told me over the phone that the correct HX chassis number was not registered and neither it or the HQ one now fitted to it were stolen. They won't give out personal info but are quite helpful with vehicle only related stuff.

**playwme** · 20-09-2011, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Absinth

They won't give out personal info but are quite helpful with vehicle only related stuff.

That's sort of what I was trying to say in a lazy way. Knowing if it is registered doesn't really help a lot. It can be suprising what they will tell you if you get the right person (and if you're really polite and friendly) but giving out personal info is their big no-no.