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Nice work mate, its a great feeling isn't it !

put your number plate on correctly

Mick wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:19 am put your number plate on correctly

Lol... I have committed an FB/EK sin with that license plate. At least I painted black behind the grille

Tiring day yesterday. Car had been inspected, just needed to pick up the paperwork and get it through the RMS. It will be easy they said...

07:30: pick up blue slip as quickly as the workshop opens.
08:30: drive across and front up, first in the queue for when the RMS opens. Submit paperwork, and the magic licence plates land on the desk.
08:35: they don't like the wording on my Stat Dec for ownership (it's been more than a decade and several house moves... I can't find the receipt). New Stat Dec.
08:45: now the numbers don't match - my application forms use the subframe number, as does the blueslip. Engineering certificate uses the plate on the firewall. Cannot correct the error. No interest in walking outside and looking at the vehicle. Dead stop, can't process anything. License plates go back out to storage again. I remind myself I will not say bad words.
09:00: back across to the workshop. Mechanic now has coffee onboard, and sympathy for my plight. Stops working on the long queue of cars and does another blue slip for me.
09:30: back to the RMS. The queue is now longer, but tolerable. New RMS person has more sympathy. Fill out all new paperwork. Fill out new Stat Dec. The magic license plates come out again.
09:45: RMS person turns a terrible shade of white, and calls in the supervisor. Long discussion, lots of pointing at my paperwork. Comes back and informs me that there is a problem with the engine, and they need to do an investigation. Is it stolen? Can't say, we just need to investigate. Magic plates go back away again.
11:30: Shouldn't have had a cup of coffee for breakfast. A man can only hold it so long, and it's not helping my impending sense of doom. Ask permission, then duck across the road. Come back to find the queue 50m out the door. Explain to the security guard (two security guards... at the RMS... the world has changed) that I was being served, and had to duck out to answer the call of nature. Get the third degree on who/what/where/when, then get waved inside. It would be easier to get entrance to the Pentagon than the RMS an hour before closing time.
12:00: Some questions arrive - when did I buy the car? when did I buy the engine? was it from the same person? can I remember any details? It has been more than a decade, and most of that information has been dissolved in VB. Tell them what I can.
12:15: Engine is apparently stolen. Police have been contacted, awaiting their feedback. I'm wondering if orange will suit my complexion, because the way this is headed I'm going to Guantanamo.
12:45: RMS has closed, last of the customers being served. This is not looking good.
12:50: Police send back a report that the engine was stolen, but recovered. System was just not updated. All good. Magic plates come back out again.
13:00: Check paperwork, gently hold magic plates, and remove myself from the premises before something else goes wrong.

Cheers,
Harv

Oh dear!

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I am like you it's been to many years and I don't have a receipt for the motor and have no idea who I bought it off

Me to Billy,

A mate of mine imported a chev impala, quite a funny story, the transport company went bust when the car was half way around the world. A couple of people affected by the business closure pooled some more money and payed another company to do the last leg, lets just say my mate now had a degree in import correspondence !!!
Car arrives and after quarantine, you beauty rego. Sorry sir that engine number has been reported stolen in AUS. So off to the police station for block xray, surprise surprise, original stamping so no problems.
Poor bugger payed more for all this drama than he did for the whole car !

Anyway Harv enjoy the fruits of your labour and let us know how it goes on the road.

Greg

Congratulations Harv after all that you can now enjoy.
Neil

Ain’t no show pony

Picked up the guards to repair Grace’s ute. A good blat at freeway speed had me grinning like a Cheshire Cat.


Cheers,
Harv

Now you need to paint the six b four


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

RMS are good at that shit, i've learnt to lie it keeps them happy my last receipt that i made the mistake of not putting the engine No on i told them i owned the engine in the car
where did you get it?
i've had it for years
well where did you get it?
i can't remember, so i had to do stat dec that said i had bought the engine from a person i can't remember who from an address i can't remember where, that kept them happy
or one time i didn't front up with a receipt (late on a friday before they had saturday trading) well you are going to need one,
but by the time i get it and get back you will be closed that is even if the guy is home
you need one
what is stopping me from going out and writing my own?
nothing
can i borrow a pen and get a piece of paper off you?
yeah sure here you go
thanks
doesn't it worry you that it's registered based on the tag No and not the chassis No, that would bug me no end all because of someone else's mistake, but i also would have just wanted it registered

Can you go to the RTA with the Engine No and get it checked before you go for rego ?? And on a 305 chev where is the No

Errol62 wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:42 pmNow you need to paint the six b four

It's already painted in Battleship Grey. Dunno where the old man got the paint from, but it is rather rugged.

BILLY BLACKARROW wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:04 amCan you go to the RTA with the Engine No and get it checked before you go for rego ?? And on a 305 chev where is the No

I assume you can check at the RMS, though would not be suprised if they told you they cannot do so for privacy reasons . The REVS check process won't let you check by engine number (https://www.revscheck.com.au/).
The engine number is on a horizontal steel pad, just above the timing cover at the front of the engine, slightly towards the drivers side.

Cheers,
Harv

Harv
Is this the Engine No I was expecting a longer panel and why is there two numbers
Numbers are hard to read on the Block Glade I have photo so i can blow it up on the screen
I read
VO513CFR
ICL163427

VO513CFR
V = Flint engine plant, Michigan.
05 = May
13 = 13th day (of May)
CFR = a 1982 145hp 305ci engine with a 4-barrel Rochester E4ME carb as fitted to F, B, and G body Chevs and Omegas.

The second number (ICL163427) is unusual... perhaps a Police restamp?

Cheers,
Harv

Harv wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:08 pm VO513CFR
V = Flint engine plant, Michigan.
05 = May
13 = 13th day (of May)
CFR = a 1982 145hp 305ci engine with a 4-barrel Rochester E4ME carb as fitted to F, B, and G body Chevs and Omegas.

The second number (ICL163427) is unusual... perhaps a Police restamp?

Cheers,
Harv

Thanks I always wondered what year it was

What does this mean has it been stolen and recovered???