Quote Originally Posted by b-rock-05 View Post
Since my thoughts on the number stamped on the cowel has been clarified as stamped by the factory, can anyone tell me how this relates to the car, as i cannot find this number duplicated on any of the compliance plates or chassis, and its not a body number as i dont belive the early vans if any had body numbers.
It is a body number that was stamped on the cowl at the Elizabeth body plant (can't remember when it stopped, late HQ I think) and on the firewall at the Pagewood body plant (finished during HZ). It won't match any ID tag numbers but there is a pattern to the numbers (which is what I won't reveal as it helps identify non-original bodies). The number will also appear on the production broadcast sheets for Pagewood assembled vehicles and it appears in GMH build records.