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Old 30-10-08, 16:28
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David Gordon
 
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Yes, the off-side front fender got bent down into the tracks when I misjudged side clearance coming into the garage after a short drive a few weeks ago. To allow space to move around the vehicles in the small garage, I need to enter the garage with about 2-3 inches of space on that side and then once past the doors I have 12-15 inches to the wall so its only tight at the opening. I barely clipped the wooden beam on the edge of the bricks and it snapped as can be seen in the following two shots. Needless to say, it was a very sad Wyvern I used my floor jack with a 4x4 board to raise the fender up and out of the way from the tracks but have yet to repair it properly.





Maybe this was karma since the alternate unit designation I've been contemplating is 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. They were a 4.2" Mortar Carrier Unit during WWII so the 64 markings would remain the same but the 43rd Wessex Wyven would be replaced with a 3rd Division colored square with Maple Leaf.
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