27-03-19, 04:42
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lithgow, NSW, Australia
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Originally Posted by Tony Smith
It looks like whoever wrote the note, first wrote the original contracts by manufacturer in ink as a search list for contracts, then next to that wrote the tally and reference in pencil as he discovered the results. They must have stopped searching when they found the Morris info they were looking for!  .
I don't mean to detract from a Morris thread, but it is a pity that they never uncovered the tally for converted Chev Portees, as this figure has never been definitively quoted. |
From THIS THREAD:
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Originally Posted by David Ellery
Hi David. Yes the serial no is correct, here's the whole lot of the data plate . Model 84-40x2, Serial 1844013289, engine 3709130, Body Serial 606, Trim XR, Paint F.C.98. as well on another brass plate there is as follows, Contract no v 4229, Supply Mech 2028.
Cheers David...
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It would seem that the contract to convert the Chev Portees to GS or 17Pdr Tractors was V4229. Is there a source to discover the number of vehicles converted under this contract?
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