Was it a Staff Car - 1940 Chev

[John W Mackie]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Hi Jess

Little confused .If you already have the Vic. Reg. Certificate ?? You don't need to do the AOMC search , the reg. paper should display the original owners details , engine , chassis nr and any subsequent change of ownership. Regarding the staff car paint job you want to pursue ,it wasn't unusual for a civilian vehicle to be transferred over to the Dept of Defence , this scenario occured even after the initial 'impressed vehicle' period was over.. I have a wartime Vic. Reg certificate for a Inter truck that was transfered to the DD around 1942.

Hi Mike,
The rego papers only show the people we bought it off and so forth, but we would like to try and find it's original history from the 40's onwards if possible.
Unfortunately we haven't had any luck from the AOMC, basically the engine number appears to have come out of a 1934 car; however it's a 1953 engine, so I'm a tad bit confused, so next step is to do an FOI from VIC roads and see if they have any extra info they might give us.

Thanks