WB UTE Info

[wbute]

The A in the body tag tells you it is 1981 build.

[wbute]

You cant get the adr plate off something else because it has the chassis number on it.

[adam perth]

The A in the body tag tells you it is 1981 build.

the A at the end of the body number is for Adelaide build. All WB's were Adelaide build...

the AWB, BWB bit is the the chassis number, which is on the year / month tag which he is missing.

but the number should be on the chassis near the steering box..

i was told that my WB stato (AWB500500) was april 1981 or thereabouts. so yours will be close to that.

[wbute]

No the 8M80LAL5@#$%B =

8=Holden product number, M=Model 80=Body Style, L=6 Cylinder, A=Year of build, L5= Pruduction Plant, @#% = build number, B= last letter of series code.

K=80, A=81, and so on. This is straight from the WB service manual supplement. So its age is identifiable from the vin plate number and the statos are the same.

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the A at the end of the body number is for Adelaide build. All WB's were Adelaide build...

the AWB, BWB bit is the the chassis number, which is on the year / month tag which he is missing.

but the number should be on the chassis near the steering box..

i was told that my WB stato (AWB500500) was april 1981 or thereabouts. so yours will be close to that.

AWB would be 1980 built as its the first ADR letter?

[HK1837]

M actually is the luxury level. In WB M=Holden, N=Kingswood.

L = high comp 202, not 6cyl.

A is the model year, not year of build. A is 9/80 to 8/81.

L522651 is the PSN (plant sequence number which started arond 9/67), many get this wrong and say that the L5 bit is the production plant. This isn't always correct, from memory Elizabeth production ran into Perth PSN's before resetting to L1 so stating L6 is Perth is wrong as Elizabeth used the same code for a few vehicles (yet to be 100% confirmed).

[wbute]

M actually is the luxury level. In WB M=Holden, N=Kingswood.

L = high comp 202, not 6cyl.

A is the model year, not year of build. A is 9/80 to 8/81.

L522651 is the PSN, many get this wrong and say that the L5 bit is the production plant. This isn't always correct, from memory Elizabeth production runs into Perth PSN's so stating L6 is Perth is wrong as Elizabeth uses the same code.

Just quoting from the book really to show that the vin tag could identify the year of the vehicle.
Were there any adr changes on wb or did they just change the adr number when they changed the built year?
Did not know they offered a low comp 6 in WB.

[HK1837]

WB did have ADR changes at various times like HQ did.
AWB seems to finish in 12/80.
BWB appears to run into late 1981, possibly changes to CWB at start of 1982 calendar year.
DWB appears around 8/83.
EWB runs for most (if not all) 1984 and 1985. May possibly start at 1/84.
This may differ also between commercials and passenger vehicles like it did in HQ-HZ.

I'll check on the WM engines. VM were certainly around. It may be like HM (manual low comp LX-UC 202) where it was available but none made.

[wbute]

Just go to show that assumptions are the mother of all f%^k ups! I always assumed they just changed the adr letter at the change of the build year until I joined this site!

Thanks Byron, would be interested in more info when you put it up.