Series 3 chassis number

I,ve googled it and searched and found that the number should be on the chassis near the spring hanger on the right-hand side of the Landie but.....................is that the right side if you are standing looking at the front or the rear of the vehicle?
Got some problems with what the hell I,ve got as its all ties in with an Aussie motor including the tag under the bonnet,the unusual colour and a few bits and pieces but it says on log book that its declared new in GB by independent importer?

Drivers side.

unless its left-hand drive

blue beasty said:

unless its left-hand drive

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I take it its not...having read his post

Cheers Storm

And BB for confusing me even more for a second

mine didnt have ANY chassis ID.


Might be because my spring hanger was replaced and the owner who did it didnt find it necessary

Hmmmm................had a look earlier and couldn,t find one.Could explain that then but I,ll have a better look in daylight tomorrow

Get a wire brush on it...theres decades of grit, grime and debris on it..keep spraying de-greaser on whilst brushing, it'll show up if its there, its a fairly long number..about a 6 inch imprint.

Oh great,found why I can,t see a chassis number because some cnut has filled some holes in the chassis with fibreglass :doh:
Looks like I,ll be wanting a welder then.Funny how it wasn,t picked up on the MOT 2 months ago eh?

i replaced my dumb irons and the old one were so rusty i couldn't see a chassis number anyway. can't see how i could put it back on.

your chassis number "should" be on the outside of the drivers side dumb iron (spring hanger) just behind the bumper on the thick plate that the spring bolt passes through

as already said the dumbiron could have been changed but i doubt it going by your description of rot around there

when/if you find it this might help
Clifton Scientific Text Services, the Netherlands

it's not that accurate but gives clues

Cheers everyone.
Got the wire brush at the ready for tomorrow and hopefully things will appear

Couldn,t wait til tomorrow so I,ve been out there with a torch and found it is a replacement dumb iron so no chassis number present
Bloody shame that as it would have helped trace the old girls history but hey ho

Hi although an older post now, I'm having the same problem finding mine. Digging about on the internet I found this: Chassis Number Information
Therefore if I can't see mine, would it have been covered as the chassis is black and "rubbery" to touch. Hopefully that's a coating and not the condition of the metal LOL.
But seriously though, is the number repeated anywhere else on the vehicle, because following a recent MOT the DVLA have contacted me to ask for verification as it doesn't match their records. Weird given I've had the vehicle 5 years.

Is yours really a series.3 or a series 2.in disguise as i found with mine i too couldn't find me chassis number but with serious digging all over the net i found the chassis.numbers are repeated in certain places such as on top of the near side chassis rail under the rear tub and on the top of the front.crossmember under the radiator grille pannel if its.a.series.2 in.disguise the number should be on the engine.side.of the passenger front chassis rail just forward of the rear spring hanger practicaly behind the exhaust downpipe

Hi.
Thanks for your reply. I'll have a good look at the chassis. I did check on the driver side rear hanger but it's covered in bitumen type stuff, so God know twhere the MOT inspector got the chassis number from to get it wrongly written down. Bizarre. It's a 1972, series 3, well the engine is and I believe it to be original so far anyway.
Cheers
Ken

I'm missing why you want to find it so bad, it's on the log book innit so stamp it where you want. Chassis numbers on any car weren't compulsory till 79 or so anyway.

I don't know if you have one or how common these are but on mine the chassis number was printed on the information plate in the cab next to where the hand throttle is.

afaik they should all have a plate on the bulkhead.

few different designs over the years