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Whilst I'm (still) waiting on the Admins to sort out member and post moderation, thought I'd ask this here to get people thinking and generate some posts.
Thinking repeat PSN's. Barring errors there should be no repeat PSN's right? Wrong.
Thinking about the PSN system that GMH started in September 1967 when they first started building HK bodies. Which VAP's gave the same PSN to multiple vehicles? And how many times?
PSN's started at:
H100000 for Acacia Ridge.
H500000 for Pagewood.
J100000 for Dandenong and Dandenong West.
L100000 for Elizabeth and Woodville.
L600000 for Mosman Park.
Production ceased:
Acacia Ridge late 1984 with the end of RWD Gemini.
Pagewood August 1980 after HZ and during VC.
Dandenong 1988 at the end of VL. I don't think the Holden Nova built there 1989-1994 used a Dandenong PSN in their ISOVIN.
Elizabeth operating until closure in 2017. But Holden still put ISOVIN numbers on all cars they sold until they stopped, and they all used a Woodville/Elizabeth PSN.
Mosman park until September 1972.
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I can't answer your question ATM, but weren't Camiras still being built until mid-1989 at Dandenong. The last of Camira production even had the VIN plate mounted under the lower left-hand edge of the windscreen, VN style.
I think you maybe correct about the Novas. I believe Novas & Corolla built at Dandenong used a set of PSNs controlled by UAAI (United Australian Automobile Industries) which was company formed when Holden & Toyota entered their model sharing agreement.
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Originally Posted by: Dr Terry  I can't answer your question ATM, but weren't Camiras still being built until mid-1989 at Dandenong. The last of Camira production even had the VIN plate mounted under the lower left-hand edge of the windscreen, VN style.
I think you maybe correct about the Novas. I believe Novas & Corolla built at Dandenong used a set of PSNs controlled by UAAI (United Australian Automobile Industries) which was company formed when Holden & Toyota entered their model sharing agreement.
Dr Terry To be honest Terry I have no idea, if it has 4cyl I've never really been interested. Were Camira even assembled at Dandenong? All of the info I have is Dandenong closed in 1988 straight after the last VL were built there. It was listed for sale in mid 1988 and then TMCA took control in November 1988 and it was re-purposed from 1989 for Nova and Corolla, with the first cars assembled there in February 1989. |
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Originally Posted by: HK1837 Originally Posted by: Dr Terry I can't answer your question ATM, but weren't Camiras still being built until mid-1989 at Dandenong. The last of Camira production even had the VIN plate mounted under the lower left-hand edge of the windscreen, VN style.
I think you maybe correct about the Novas. I believe Novas & Corolla built at Dandenong used a set of PSNs controlled by UAAI (United Australian Automobile Industries) which was company formed when Holden & Toyota entered their model sharing agreement.
Dr Terry To be honest Terry I have no idea, if it has 4cyl I've never really been interested. Were Camira even assembled at Dandenong? All of the info I have is Dandenong closed in 1988 straight after the last VL were built there. It was listed for sale in mid 1988 and then TMCA took control in November 1988 and it was re-purposed from 1989 for Nova and Corolla, with the first cars assembled there in February 1989. my recollection (and like you was never a 4cyl fan) is that JB Camiras were first built at Dandenong VAP until the late 80s (when I left GMH) I tried to find more and the City of Greater Dandenong history page supports that - it says Camira production started at Dandenong in 1982 and continued (thru JD Camira) until start of 1989 (isn't that when Dandenong closed?) and JE was built at Elizabeth but confusingly, Wikipedia says Camira was only made at Elizabeth ! |
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In my collection of body ID plates I have several JE Camira ones & they all have a Melbourne suffix to the body number. To my knowledge JE were only built in Dandenong & well into the early VN timeline. Also I think JB, JD & JE were all built in Dandenong, with some extra JB production in Brisbane. Can you believe that GMH sold in excess of 85,000 JBs ? Dr Terry Edited by user Thursday, 20 August 2026 6:51:37 AM(UTC)
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Have a read here. According to this the plant was valued for sale in June 1988 and TMCA took control in November 1988. So there should be no Camira built there after that at the latest? The other interesting thing in this article is why Torana production moved to Dandenong. https://hrc.au/component...ml?catid=2:uncategorisedBut I just did a Google search and found J165912 a 6/88 JE Camira. June 88 on the BODY ID tag and 6/88 compliance, traditional M chassis number (AJE019531M) so Dandenong bodied and assembly. And further Googling found a 12/88 JE Camira with Dandenong body ID tag, J179214. But being 12/88 there is no longer a chassis number. The traditional compliance plate shows the new ISOVIN where they used to have a chassis number: 6H8JEJ69DKJ179214 Edited by user Thursday, 20 August 2026 10:49:17 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Dr Terry In my collection of body ID plates I have several JE Camira ones & they all have a Melbourne suffix to the body number.
To my knowledge JE were only built in Dandenong & well into the early VN timeline.
Also I think JB, JD & JE were all built in Dandenong, with some extra JB production in Brisbane. Can you believe that GMH sold in excess of 85,000 JBs ?
Dr Terry Terry, do you have ID tags off any of the following? HB Brabham. HJ coupe. HZ Sandman. They are still all I'm missing. John Edmonds gave me a set of LH Plus4 and HQ Kingswood with sports trim not long before he passed away as I was missing those too. He had a set of HJ LS tags I was trying to beg/borrow off him too. |
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