haybaggerman Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hi Been after the hull number from my ferret for toolman and I have the following info. from the data plate. Could anyone translate? 1425 Hull No.? Cont no. 6/fv/18378 presumably the contract no. when ordered REBUJLD 23 BW 1/64 assume someone stamped a J instead of an I, does this refer to when it was converted to mark 1/2? Thanks Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haybaggerman Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Just realised I've become a sergeant on here!! Look out generals, majors etc etc there's a new kid in town on fasttrack promotion!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hi Been after the hull number from my ferret for toolman and I have the following info. from the data plate. Could anyone translate? 1425 Hull No.? Cont no. 6/fv/18378 presumably the contract no. when ordered REBUJLD 23 BW 1/64 assume someone stamped a J instead of an I, does this refer to when it was converted to mark 1/2? Thanks Paul Unbolt the Data plate, & underneath you will see a plate welded to the hull side. This IS the hull number. 23 BW is Base Workshops where this vehicle had a TOTAL overhaul & rebuild. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Paul, Mine also had a rebujld at 23BW. I heard a story once about the operators using the J instead of the I, but can't remember why it was! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 23 Base Workshops in Wetter closed 31 March 1994. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haybaggerman Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Thanks Ferretfixer Didn't know it was there, looks like the no. on the data plate also refers to teh hull number as it reads 1425 5 58 being month and year of manufacture presumably. Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hello Paul Thanks for getting the data. You are correct in saying your hull number is 1425, built in May 1958. My ferret is 1436 5 58 which shows that our ferrets are almost brothers. Unfortunately it throws a bit of a spanner in the works with my quest to identfy my ferret. It seems that the Mk 1 and Mk 2 ferrets in the contract 6/FV/18378 must have been manufactured together, contracts marks mixed. 00CA32-00CA61 were Mk1 (Later Mk1/2) - 00CA40 - 1425 00CA69-00CA87 were Mk2 (later Mk2/4) 00CA78 has been identified as 1430 00CA92 is identified as 1438 Could mine have originally been a Mk 1, which was subsequently converted to a Mk 2, then a Mk 2/4? Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haybaggerman Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) Sorry it wasn't more help Matt, Perhaps other members have ferrets from this contract, more hull numbers may show a pattern. Edited January 28, 2010 by haybaggerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnguppy Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 The ferret shoukd have a Hull number stamped on a tag welded behind the data plate , some models had this plate welded on hull next to forward & rev lever the last 3 digets of the hull number are in my case 10 66 = October 1966 the contract number on the plate relates to last contract of less than 10 vehicles just happen to live in hastings lol i wonder if anyone else has a vehicle made in the last 10 but of course hulls may have been swapped about lee used to have the the oldest Mrk ferret that had a Brass service plate but not sure of its numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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