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The Vauxhall Viva Owners Club, here to promote, maintain and continue the survival of the Vauxhall Viva, old or new, standard or custom, mint or poor, all are welcome.


HA model overview:
HA trim options:
HA chassis code:
HA general option codes:



Chassis numbers on Viva HA cars are very easy to read. The first three digits would be one of the following:


HAS = HA Standard saloon
HAD = HA Deluxe saloon
HAH = HA Super Luxury (SL) saloon
HAE = HA 6cwt van
HAV = HA 8cwt van.

The 6 or 7 figure number that followed was the vehicle’s own number ie HA D 4001001.


Model identification from August 1963 to July 1967 was by means of an identification plate attached to the left hand rear of the engine compartment.



From August 1967 identification is by means of the Vehicle Identification Number Plate (‘VIV’) plate which is attached to the left hand front door pillar. An example of this plate is shown below.



This can be identified as a Bedford Viva Van, four cylinder engine, de-luxe model, built in 1968 production year, at Luton, its chassis number is 700001.


The first five numeric characters on the ‘VIN’ plate identify the model, the sixth digit represents the model year and the seventh is the plant identification. The remaining six characters represent the actual chassis
number.

MODEL DESIGNATION



The new model designation featured on the ‘VIN’ plate is based on the following:

1st Digit This identifies Vauxhall Motors as a manufacturing plant and will be constant on all passenger models.



2nd Digit This identifies the particular range, a different character will be used for each range of passenger and light van models.


3rd Digit This is to identify the engine and vehicle flavour. A variety of characters will be used and as an example detailed below are those applicable to Series HA/92000

Vehicle Engine
1 Standard (HAE) with 4 cylinder 70.7 cu. in. Engine
3 De-luxe (HAV) with 4 cylinder 70.7 cu. in. Engine
0 All



The model indications in brackets i.e. HAE/V, etc. indicate the equivalent model indication in the old type designation.


4th and 5th digit These together identify the Body style, and are as follows.

70 Light Van


6th digit This will be a number and provides a production year code. Thus ‘8’ denotes the vehicle to be a 1968 production vehicle, ‘1’ will denote 1971, and so on.


7th digit This identifies the place of manufacture and will be as follows. ‘V’ Luton, ‘E’ Ellesmere Port, ‘T’ Dunstable


The remaining six digits form the actual chassis number, Viva Van chassis numbers commence at 700001 and are preceded by the ‘V’ because these cars are built at Luton.



Saloons:

MODEL YEAR MANUFACTURED AT CHASSIS RANGE ENGINE PRE-FIX ENGINE RANGE
1964 LUTON

ELLESMERE PORT

4001001L-4095777L

4500001E-4500384E

HAS/D 2001-95761
1965 LUTON

ELLESMERE PORT

5150000L-5205964L

5500500E-5548825E

20/HA 150000-254183
1966 LUTON

ELLESMERE PORT

6101001-6299999

6501001-6799999

20/HA

21/HA

254184-332571

2001-17579



Vans:

MODEL YEAR MANUFACTURED AT CHASSIS RANGE ENGINE PRE-FIX ENGINE RANGE
1964 LUTON 1001-2408 HV

20/HAE/V

20/HV

2001-2025

2026-2164

2165-4558

1965 LUTON 2409-26006 20/HV 4559-28047
1966 LUTON 6301001-6320964

6174767-6299999

20/HV 28048-43606
1967

(old des)

LUTON 7101001-7299999 22/HV 2001-19553
1967

(new des)

LUTON 7V 700001 – 7V 705602 NONE 1000001-
1968 LUTON 8V 705603 – 8V 707957

8V 126686-8V 179695

NONE
1969 LUTON 9V 707958 – 0V 728760 NONE
1970 LUTON 0V 728761 – 1V 743785 NONE
1971 LUTON 1V 743786 – NONE
1972 LUTON 2V 700001 – 2V 722999 NONE
1973 LUTON CY 700001 – CY 725999 NONE -1399999
1974 LUTON DY 100001 – DY 199999 NONE 1400001-
1975 LUTON EY 100001 – EY 123986
EY 700001 – EY 709999
NONE
1976 LUTON FY 700101 – FY 719999 NONE
1977 LUTON GY 700001 – GY 719999 NONE
1978 LUTON HY 700001 NONE



As a side note, Saloon produced from Knock down kits had additional letters added to the chassis numbers to denote the state in which the car was assembled:

S.A. = A
QLD = B
VIC = M
W.A. = P
N.S.W. = S