Rick wrote: 'The ARN was painted in 1 inch high white letters and numbers up near the top of the firewall.' Unusual to see the registration number there, Rick: the underbonnet nomenclature specifications include the make, model and year, but did not include the registration, although this might have been included if space permitted. These underbonnet specs came into existence in mid-1942, with orders for vehs already in service to have the data painted on at Unit level. Naturally, many were not.
Matt: if you have a chassis and engine number for your proposed acquisition, I'll see what can be found. No promises, of course: all services used them, and the RAAF and Navy records are pretty woeful. Rick's been lucky: his research located a known AIF registration, which led to a known departure date from Australia and the ship it went overseas aboard, so a very nice historical example, and well restored to boot.
Mike
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