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Post by vegemite on Aug 19, 2019 22:37:34 GMT 10
Hi. Great site. Fingers crossed you guys can help me. Recently bought a van. Believe its a millard york was told 1975. Chassis number Y8822. Is this correct. In the middle of a modern make over. Reason for my post. Id like to actually know the year it was made aswell as to know the maximum allowed weight (GTM). Just to keep the renovation going smoothly and not going too heavy. I cant find any info except for this webpage. Cheers
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Post by 78466noM on Aug 20, 2019 8:40:31 GMT 10
It is a York going by the y in front of number.But without knowing a lot about it we can only guess but if you measure but if you measure the axle springs run lite truck tyres and check the weight rating on them it is usually the one with the lightest rating.Call into mechanic with measurement and ask him as he will be the one to it on paperwork for the registration authority .The best way to keep weight down is don't use chip board or MDF that will take your allowably weight up and over quickly. I did mine with 3ply and light pine framing the base of cupboards are 3ply on the frame top and bottom it is called drumming i think the outside is 3ply on frame.
PS to measure springs you need to measure width count how many springs and whether they have eyes both ends or just one end now if it has four wheels take a photo of the part between the wheels and take that with you have fun hope all goes to plan for you
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Post by captivenut on Aug 20, 2019 14:17:42 GMT 10
Many (most?) 70's Yorks had 13" Holden rims, 40mm axle, and LM bearings. That equates to 1000kgms max load on the axle. Add the towball weight of around 150kgms gives you a total of 1150kgms?
Cheers, Arthur.
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Post by snoops on Aug 21, 2019 8:01:52 GMT 10
It’s original GTM won’t be listed on anything I shouldn’t think - manufacturers and rego authorities didn’t really care about all this way back when. In reality it would have been around 600kg I would have thought. Depending on where you live will change how you do this with the rego authorities. In Victoria it’s pretty easy, they will go on what you tell them based on the weighbridge ticket you’ll need when you register it - if it’s say 600kg they will let you choose a number above this - usually up to 300kg higher as the GTM as long as it doesn’t exceed the axle loads which as mentioned above will be 1000Kg I should think.
Just be a bit careful if you’re doing a full modern fitout - this can get heavy quite quickly if you’re not keeping an eye on the weight.
Would love to see a few pics of the build if you wanted to start a thread in the ‘Hall of Fame’ 👍😊
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