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Mystery chassis number
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:47 pm
by ForestJim
Hi everyone
Asking for a friend (yes, really!) whose IIA restoration project has revealed these numbers painted on the chassis.
262502
Does anyone have any idea what they might signify, please?
(I have a photo but can't seem to insert / attach it to this post)
thanks
Jim
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 10:59 pm
by UltimateWheelbase
Hi Jim,
A photo would be useful. That does look like the format for Land Rover Part number of perhaps the chassis...
Need to see a picture.
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:15 pm
by ForestJim
Thanks for the prompt response.
I think I've figured out how to attach the photo - can you see the attached?
Cheers
Jim
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 4:11 pm
by Carlos Fandango
The first digit looks more like an Eight to me .
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:11 pm
by ForestJim
Thanks, Carlos
Yes, it could be....
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:46 pm
by Neil Bymouth
I've checked that as a part number and it doesn't exist. It's been stencilled so I wonder if there's a military connection.
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:53 pm
by GunnarTM
The white-painted number is almost certainly not a factory chassis or casting number, but an internal or post-factory marking. Numbers like this were commonly used as factory assembly/batch tracking codes, workshop or restoration job numbers, fleet inventory IDs, or galvanising/refurbishment identifiers added during later work. They were applied for logistics and record-keeping, not for vehicle identity, which is why they’re usually painted or stenciled rather than stamped into the metal.
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 8:10 pm
by ForestJim
Thanks, Gunner TM. That makes sense.
Cheers
Jim
Re: Mystery chassis number
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:17 am
by UltimateWheelbase
GunnarTM wrote: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:53 pm
The white-painted number is almost certainly not a factory chassis or casting number, but an internal or post-factory marking. Numbers like this were commonly used as factory assembly/batch tracking codes, workshop or restoration job numbers, fleet inventory IDs, or galvanising/refurbishment identifiers added during later work. They were applied for logistics and record-keeping, not for vehicle identity, which is why they’re usually painted or stenciled rather than stamped into the metal.
