The same...That's the number that is on it throughout, at least all I can find!
The same...That's the number that is on it throughout, at least all I can find!
Mainly the experience of the guy in the Heritage Trust. Just his opinion, presumably based on where the majority of CKD vehicles at that time were sent, and given it had a regular Solihull chassis plate, rather than the 'Leyland Australia' plate that was mostly used down there.What makes them think it went to SA if they dont have records....when you say quarry was that in the UK?...
The engine was replaced with an early Defender 5MD engine rather than the original 3MD engine before I got it, so the original engine number is unknown and the current number is irrelevant, I'm afraid.The engine number on the paperwork is the same as chassis number?...what is the engine number stamped on the block?...
Mainly the experience of the guy in the Heritage Trust. Just his opinion, presumably based on where the majority of CKD vehicles at that time were sent, and given it had a regular Solihull chassis plate, rather than the 'Leyland Australia' plate that was mostly used down there.
Quarry....yes, that's what I had deduced given the difference between the likely build date of 1979 (given the brake sizes) and the registration date, and having been told a previous owner was a quarrying company.
The engine was replaced with an early Defender 5MD engine rather than the original 3MD engine before I got it, so the original engine number is unknown and the current number is irrelevant, I'm afraid.
Oops, sorry!The engine number was to OP sorry for confusion posted both in same reply
It had this horrific roof on it, but its off now...
The point I was getting at was you where not in the UK , did not look that close to map.Sorry Blackburn, but I'm not in South Africa, I am in Eswatini (previously Swaziland).
The wagon has never been registered in SA, which is another odd thing to the story!