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#301 meanmachine72

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 09:18 AM

Hi GRUMPY73

It sounds like we are on the same page. I have never had any doubts about Boyded being 865. It really does become problematic when people (in good faith) cite current codes.

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hi bazza...i think that the list needs to be pruned..that is if say J.A. Gilbert of waitara dealer number 025 and Suttons of waitara dealer 574 should be on the one line..

like this
025 J.A Gilbert Waitara now Suttons waitara 574
that way we compact the list and people can see that the dealership changed hands at some stage and is still on the same site..thats just one example there are others that can be treated this way as well..what ya think????

Edited by meanmachine72, 20 October 2009 - 09:19 AM.


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Posted 20 October 2009 - 09:44 AM

Hi meanmachine72

gtrtorana may have a view on this.

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 11:05 PM

It's very hard to build a 100% correct list with Holden/dealer codes changing so many times over the years. The list needs to be updated but I have had very limited down time lately (Wife and I had a baby girl monday night 19th Oct among other things). If you have any info on a dealer and are 100% sure that the info you have is correct, feel free to add/modify the list. Adding the dealers opperating dates and matching old vs new dealers numbers would be a great thing. I have had people asking about dealer numbers from the early days right up to the years of the Commodores. This makes the task all the more difficult but over time, we will get there. Considering the list started with only 12 dealers and has now 130 odd dealers, we have done a good job.

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 11:33 PM

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025 J.A Gilbert Waitara now Suttons waitara 574
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And then further down the page?
574 Suttons Waitara. Formerly 025 J.A Gilbert Waitara

Would fill the gaps.

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 05:39 AM

This is what I have,could be getting more, but have no idea if theses code may help some forum members.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 06:38 AM

Hi All.

I have an issue with 865 listed as "Metro Motors" ( I have just read back and noticed Bazza and Grumpy bringing up the same point)
An extract from page 8 of this thread below

According to the GMH Vin list, my LC GTR went to dealer 865.
The original owner protection plan, states it was bought from

A.C.T Motors PTY LTD
3 Lonsdale St. Braddon A.C.T


Also traded as LES EATON Holden from I think about late 70/72 onwards.
Most likely this name would have been associated with 865 when the VIN list was put together?
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This car is listed on the VIN disk and was sold in A.C.T. The car was built late 70s and sold in December.
It was traded back about 18 months later to the same dealer and resold. It still has the LES EATON sticker on the back window.

Importantly the Dealer code 865 also appears to be consistent with other N.S.W / east side dealer codes.

This dealer ceased trading a year or two or three after 72. I cant be sure of the exact time / date.

I am not sure how this all fits in with the Boyded theory? Perhaps this car was meant for Boyded and was redirected??

Any feedback ? ? ?

Edited by dpz, 21 October 2009 - 06:45 AM.


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Posted 21 October 2009 - 10:23 AM

Hello dpz
i understand where you are coming from. I strongly believe that your car was either redirected or reallocated to your dealer due to
priority or in the last case the fische / disc is in error which is not impossible.Boyded's i have traced back to the 50's. they were listed in the back of an FJ handbook i have found listing them in sydney & wollongong. they took over the site at Parramatta from Heldon Motors about 1965/66.
Another way of confirmation is if you look at the fische in the early days prior to april 70 you will see in the column where the zone is specified you will occassionally see the alpha letter of the first name of the business ie 865-B (boyded) 561-M (muirs) 562-S (suttons chullora)
etc.with 865 consintently coming up with B in the zone in can not be wrong.I have confirmation 495 was in fact a.c.t. motors.
I hope this is of some help.

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 11:21 AM

This is what I have,could be getting more, but have no idea if theses code may help some forum members.
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Good....get some more and tell me about dealer 999..... :spoton:

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 12:10 PM

Here is another one we have now off a HQ SS.
521 Grahames Garage in Gloucester NSW
I am now looking for all of these as well


Wanted HQ SS dealer codes.
069
447
453
462
493
496
520
534
555
612
659
662
666
746
769
848
851
852
863
893
898
899

Cheers Paul.


Hello HQ SS I can help you with the following codes
496 esmonds motors queanbeyan a.c.t
555 charleswort & co moss vale nsw
612

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 12:17 PM


Here is another one we have now off a HQ SS.
521 Grahames Garage in Gloucester NSW
I am now looking for all of these as well


Wanted HQ SS dealer codes.
069
447
453
462
493
496
520
534
555
612
659
662
666
746
769
848
851
852
863
893
898
899

Cheers Paul.


Hello HQ SS I can help you with the following codes
496 esmonds motors queanbeyan a.c.t
555 charlesworth & co moss vale nsw
612 suttons motors homebush nsw
659 claridge motors malvern sa
848 webster mtrs midland w.a.
852 lance gibbons gosnells w.a.
863 hardes auto house taree nsw
898 g & b motors wynnum qld
899 harrison car sales albion qld
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 09:35 PM

Thanks Grumpy.
They are very much appreciated.
You will have just made a few HQ SS's owners days.
Thanks again Paul.

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Posted 22 October 2009 - 02:55 PM

good to see you on here grumpy helping out!! you are a great man as is bazza and the rest of the crew on here!! always willing to help fellow torry members starting with 12 codes as gtr pointed out and now 140 odd the members need a big pat on the back but lets keep it going guys!!!!

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 11:47 AM

Hi all, great site you have here.

Just wondering if anyone can help me with my dealer code ('61 EK Special)

The code seems to have been lightly scratched into the firewall.................152. It'a a NSW car, if that helps.

It has a Savell Bros service sticker on the front door, though I'm not so sure it's a Savell car.




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Posted 02 November 2009 - 10:44 AM

Hi all, great site you have here.

Just wondering if anyone can help me with my dealer code ('61 EK Special)

The code seems to have been lightly scratched into the firewall.................152. It'a a NSW car, if that helps.

It has a Savell Bros service sticker on the front door, though I'm not so sure it's a Savell car.




Thanks


Hello Coop SAVELL BROS. dealer code is 614 they were located at 412 forrest road Hurstville NSW.
I very much doubt that they would scratch their dealer code in the firewall, what some of the
dealers did was stencilled their business name in paint on the underside of the bonnet. i have
seen MUIRS @ ASHFIELD and W.H.LOBER @ MIRANDA do this. Dealer code 152 appears to be
an Adelaide based code as early adelaide no's run through to 156 before starting again in
the low 630's.Footnote i have also seen company's like lober's stencill the firewall with their
name & phone no for the service also have seen an A9X sedan with MUIRS stencilled under
the bonnet scoop. Hope this helps.

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 06:56 PM

G'day,

According to the VIN on my LC S it was sold be dealer code 610 and has a stencil saying Hawkesbury Valley Motors Windsor. Its unrestored and I doubt the granny who owned it would have bodged it up!

Cheers,

Dan

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 07:14 PM

G'day,

According to the VIN on my LC S it was sold be dealer code 610 and has a stencil saying Hawkesbury Valley Motors Windsor. Its unrestored and I doubt the granny who owned it would have bodged it up!

Cheers,

Dan


Forgot to mention it still has its original rego plates, with Hawkesbury Valley Motors surounds.

Dan

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 08:48 PM


G'day,

According to the VIN on my LC S it was sold be dealer code 610 and has a stencil saying Hawkesbury Valley Motors Windsor. Its unrestored and I doubt the granny who owned it would have bodged it up!

Cheers,

Dan


Forgot to mention it still has its original rego plates, with Hawkesbury Valley Motors surounds.

Dan



hi dan,,good spoto!!some pics would be nice!!!

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 09:03 PM



G'day,

According to the VIN on my LC S it was sold be dealer code 610 and has a stencil saying Hawkesbury Valley Motors Windsor. Its unrestored and I doubt the granny who owned it would have bodged it up!

Cheers,

Dan


Forgot to mention it still has its original rego plates, with Hawkesbury Valley Motors surounds.

Dan



hi dan,,good spoto!!some pics would be nice!!!


Here we go, the first two are from the day I got it, taken of a dodgy camera phone. The last ones from just before Torana fest;

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 01:59 PM

Good work with the list it is really progressing, but I was just wondering whether anyone knows dealer 403? I beleive it is somewhere in country Victoria.

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 04:50 PM


Hi all, great site you have here.

Just wondering if anyone can help me with my dealer code ('61 EK Special)

The code seems to have been lightly scratched into the firewall.................152. It'a a NSW car, if that helps.

It has a Savell Bros service sticker on the front door, though I'm not so sure it's a Savell car.




Thanks


Hello Coop SAVELL BROS. dealer code is 614 they were located at 412 forrest road Hurstville NSW.
I very much doubt that they would scratch their dealer code in the firewall, what some of the
dealers did was stencilled their business name in paint on the underside of the bonnet. i have
seen MUIRS @ ASHFIELD and W.H.LOBER @ MIRANDA do this. Dealer code 152 appears to be
an Adelaide based code as early adelaide no's run through to 156 before starting again in
the low 630's.Footnote i have also seen company's like lober's stencill the firewall with their
name & phone no for the service also have seen an A9X sedan with MUIRS stencilled under
the bonnet scoop. Hope this helps.





Thanks, Grumpy 73. Apparently with Sydney built cars in the early 60's, GMH used to scratch the dealer code that the car was going to on the upper firewall. I don't know why they did that, though I have seen it on a few similar models

It's a Sydney built car, and has the original NSW number plates, so I'm presuming it got sold by a NSW dealer

Savell also stencilled their details under the bonnet, though mine has nothing.

I'll keep investigating. Thanks for your help Posted Image

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 08:06 PM

It would appear that we have dealer 999 covered......No dealer at all....N� problems though.Cheers

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 08:19 AM

It would appear that we have dealer 999 covered......No dealer at all....N� problems though.Cheers



Pantah dealer code 999 appears to be an internal code that is used within several of the plants, to explain it in a bit more detail i have seen
999-1 (qld) 999-2 (nsw) 999-3 (vic) 999-4 (sa) listed,so the code is not unique to one state & or plant.999 collectively han not had a lot of cars
allocated against this no. maybe this code could be a fleet evaluation code.

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:56 AM

Hi

I notice that when "999 D" or "000 D" is used there is no production date entered. I believe that, in these cases at least, the 999 or 000 is the default entry for 'no date'. Another thing that I notice is that the majority of "999" 1.2.3.4.5 or X cases, there is a very long gap between theproduction date and sell date. Examples; a car produced on 26/11/69 not sold until 12/70, another producedon 21/11/69 not sold until12/70 and so on.



It's all supposition - but it makes sense to me at least.

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 10:26 AM

dealer demonstrators maybe???

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 12:40 PM


Hi all, great site you have here.

Just wondering if anyone can help me with my dealer code ('61 EK Special)

The code seems to have been lightly scratched into the firewall.................152. It'a a NSW car, if that helps.

It has a Savell Bros service sticker on the front door, though I'm not so sure it's a Savell car.




Thanks


Hello Coop SAVELL BROS. dealer code is 614 they were located at 412 forrest road Hurstville NSW.
I very much doubt that they would scratch their dealer code in the firewall, what some of the
dealers did was stencilled their business name in paint on the underside of the bonnet. i have
seen MUIRS @ ASHFIELD and W.H.LOBER @ MIRANDA do this. Dealer code 152 appears to be
an Adelaide based code as early adelaide no's run through to 156 before starting again in
the low 630's.Footnote i have also seen company's like lober's stencill the firewall with their
name & phone no for the service also have seen an A9X sedan with MUIRS stencilled under
the bonnet scoop. Hope this helps.



Hi

I wonder if they were allocated 614 when they moved?

Cheers

Bazza

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