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[Bazza]

Hi Mate

No problems there. "S" Model 2 door, completed in Adelaide on 30/5/73 and sold by dealer 442 during July '73. The original 173 engine number was CD334254.

Cheers

Bazza

[S pack]

hello all im looking at buying a lj 2 door and just would like someone to tell me what the numbers on the VIN mean number is 8C69LGH281667J. any help would be awsone and would also like to no how many plates its ment to have, been trying to do research myself but there is so many people saying different things.

8 = General Motors Holden
C = level of luxury, in this case an SL
69 = 4 DOOR SEDAN
L = 202 6cyl engine
C (not G) = model year 1973
H2 = Brisbane (Acacia Ridge assembly plant)
281667 = the PSN production sequence number. The 2 in H2 is also the first digit of the PSN.
J = LJ series

The car should have 3 plates. The long skinny one on the right side of the rad support panel.
BTW that vin you have supplied should not be on a 2 door Torana. Or the car in question was a 4 door converted to a 2 door???
There should be a body ID plate on the left side of the rad support panel.
The body plate has the model number, body number, trim and paint codes and drivetrain options.
There should be a compliance plate on the plenum shelf up behind the master cyl and or brake booster.
The compliance plate has the ADR numbers, the month and year of manufacture and chassis number which must match the chassis number stamped in the left front wheelhouse panel.
The compliance plate will also state if the car is a 2 dr or 4dr sedan.

Edited by S pack, 26 December 2012 - 08:35 PM.

[Dr Terry]

That VIN belongs to a 1973 LJ SL 202 4-door sedan. I think that the 6th digit should be a C, not a G.

The car should have 3 plates, the skinny VIN plate, the body ID plate & the ADR compliance plate.

Dr Terry

[Ice]

And should have 3 complaince plates

[S pack]

the compliance plate says that it it a LJ Torana Sedan 2 door

If the chassis number on the compliance plate matches with the number stamped in the left wheel house panel then that is the most important thing for registration.

Forget about the skinny VIN tag, it doesn't belong to that car and should be removed.

Also, the Model number on the Body ID Plate should be 82311, if it is 82569 then that plate is also from the 4 dr SL.

Edited by S pack, 26 December 2012 - 10:52 PM.

[S pack]

The rivets in the VIN tag look to be original so I'm suspecting this 10/73 LJ 'S' 2dr has been repaired using at least the radiator support panel from a 4dr SL, possibly other panels like nose cone, fenders and bonnet from the 4dr SL were also used but that is pure conjecture.

Seeing as the person who repaired the car was obviously too lazy to remove the 4dr VIN tag and install the correct 2dr VIN tag I will assume the Body ID plate (if fitted) currently on the radiator support panel is also from the 4dr SL.

The good news is the Compliance plate and chassis number correlate.

Edited by S pack, 27 December 2012 - 05:06 PM.