How to confirm your sandman has it's factory engine number

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Pre ISOVIN Holden used The Holden Vehicle Identified number (Holden VIN) to identify individual vehicles for warranty and such . Holden has no records of early chassis numbers and even transport depts only took engine numbers back in the day . The Holden records are far from prefect but I've found them quite usefully in confirming build details of cars . Eg Confirming the engine number for my Hq Monaro and then using that to find out the original rego number . ( No chassis number was taken when first rego'd )

when i purchased my 71 hq ls350 coupe the guy had a letter of authenticity from holden which had the details on it and they confirmed it as being a hq coupe with a factory fitted 350 with its only option of power steering also noted...but they also said it was a gts...

the gts part was way out of wack but how did they id it as a 350 car??

the details given to them was the vin which in an early ls monaro does not identify its v8 engine capacity...only that it is a v8 optioned ls...

i believe this was around 6 years ago so they may have had some details then?

i do know that in 1996 they confirmed a gts 350 coupe i purchased and sent me a letter but no engine number.

anyhow,i have sent them a nice email with my ls 350 details to see what amazing things they can tell me...

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when i purchased my 71 hq ls350 coupe the guy had a letter of authenticity from holden which had the details on it and they confirmed it as being a hq coupe with a factory fitted 350 with its only option of power steering also noted...but they also said it was a gts...

the gts part was way out of wack but how did they id it as a 350 car??

the details given to them was the vin which in an early ls monaro does not identify its v8 engine capacity...only that it is a v8 optioned ls...

i believe this was around 6 years ago so they may have had some details then?

i do know that in 1996 they confirmed a gts 350 coupe i purchased and sent me a letter but no engine number.

anyhow,i have sent them a nice email with my ls 350 details to see what amazing things they can tell me...

I'm not sure how Holden came to the conclusion that your 350 Ls was a Gts . They only go on the numbers so not sure how they could think a 81237 was a GTS . Your right about early hq vins not giving driveline details but that where the letters come in handy . By using the vin they can tell you ,engine size , trans, diff and other options which is otherwise impossible with early hq's . As for engine numbers Holden won't tell you the number but will confirm it . All this said Holden records aren't the best But I've confirmed at least three of my 350 gts's engine numbers without a hitch.