Introducing new member
 

Hello to all,

My name Hans Bekkers from the Netherlands. I am restoring a Canadian Mk1* Carrier. The only number still on the carrier is the lower hull number, 1293. According to Dirk Leegwater this carrier was build in 1942. Dirk found this carrier near Toronto at a farm .

The resto is in progress since I bought it in November 2011.
I am missing several parts and ask forum members for help.
Needed are the air filter, rear stowage box (or detailed measurements).

Attachment 49292 Attachment 49293 Attachment 49294 Attachment 49295 Attachment 49296

Regards,
Hans Bekkers.

Welcome!
 

Hi Hans,

Good to see you finally got onboard. :thup: You will find there is an enormous amount of knowledge among the members.

Thanks again for your hospitality this afternoon. See you soon!

Cheers,

welkom

nice project ,hope you can find what you need

Hi Welcome to the forum, looks like you are doing a pukka job on that Mk1.

Check out 'radio battery box' in the search engine on this site, you will find what you need.

kevin

Welcome aboard Hans
nice carrier and great resto, if that is the original armour you should be able to find the upper hull numbers for your carrier on the top edge of the armour just to left of the dash assembly
just brush with light sandpaper and it should pop right up
Stew

welcome hans
you are doing a great job on the carrier, i hope it all goes well for you.

all the best

rick

Hi welcome! Not to be a pain but 1293 as a lower hull number puts that in the VERY earliest of carriers. If so there should be other evidence of that.

Looking at the photo There appears to be an 8 possibly a 9 in front of your number, but it appears to be 8193 (with the 1 over struck on the 2) (an OOPS! on the assembly line?)

My best guess for 8193 would place your carrier in the approx. June 1942 build time frame, with a contract number of CT 112790 - 112860 give or take.

The serial Number would be your upper hull number + 1000 (+/-) production offset. The Ford Motor company wasnt too concerned if the numbers were all the same.

Take 1 lower hull from stock mate it with 1 upper hull from stock and give it the next S/N and CT number on the list. Some carriers are very close, others...not so much!

So assuming it is a canadian Mk I* carrier that all is reasonable.

If your upper armour is original, look for the upper hull # on the top of the angle iron of the partition behind the gunners head. in your case it should be:
CB 8xxx (+/-) 50 -100 of the Lower hull number.

Like the previous post said if the armour in front of the driver is original...on the top edge in very small stampings will be the complete build date and serial number.

If you would like a copy of the data let me know!

If you could confirm this and let me know what you find I would appreciate this.
I have a data base carriers and numbers and every scrap of info helps fill in the gaps

restauration mk1
 

Hi, Rick thank you for your interest,
Spontanious regards Hans

Carrier mk1
 

Hi Ralph, Thank you for your info! I think you are right.
I made the upperhull as painfully correct as possible. Perhaps it is possible to
discover the org.upperhull number in the books, so I can put it on.
Marc van Aalderen is helping me to put an org. list of all carrier info on to the
forum. So I trie to do my share to this great maple leaf up machine.
Spontanious regards Hans

Hi Stew, Sorry the upperhull is only a week old after a 3 week blood
swet and tears job.
Spontanious regards Hans

Hi Kevin, Thank you for your info, The box is nearly finished after a half days
job. Before my retirement I designed and made amusement parks, but this carrier job is a lot more of fun! Perhaps someone on the forum is interested
in renovating his tracks. As I have analised the material in a lab. Oversize 13mm pins and a professional 13mm drill job could save a lot of carrier tracks.
I will start the job at the end of this year and finish it a.s.a.p.. I could ceep
the forum informed during this job with foto´s mesurements, testrun etc.
Spontanious regards Hans

Hi Roy, I do my best.
Spontanious regards Hans