Hi thort id log in and say hello and iam pleased that youre all talking bout my new projects thanks to kevin and richard for posting the photos i only just found the site evreyone kept saying bout the carrier forum but could i find it
I would like to clear sumthing up the mk1 iam building it a new tub and original running gear the MK2 is original runnig gear and lower hull with a new bulkhead and top armour.
Sum people might be asking why iam doing this well its simple how many people have looked at a carrier and thort yes thats what i want and not getting put off by a bit of track wear purchase it BUT dont look at the popped rivets or the rust build up between the frame rails just think this vehicle might be original but its been through a war had a army refit in the 50s then been scrapped and rebuilt buy sumone or just had a quick spruce up that a blind man on a galloping horse would be happy with well ive been there seen them had the hard sellers and thort yeh id have a carrier but id not be 100% happy with it so what options were open....
I decied to find a couple of wrecks and set to work and just see what i could acheve made a few calls found 2 hulls bit of top armour front and a bulkhead it started out as 2 to make 1 but i needed to replace the frames so had to cut the floor out and split the sides (what would you do at this point ?) iam having a new floor made and my friend says why not make 2 floors and copy the sides whilst you at this stage it was silly not to so I thort about it for a min and set to work on 2 carriers to make 2 but needed a few extra parts for the running gear so found a 3rd with a bit of rear armour.
now i have a floor, all lower hull parts, front top/rear and part of one side as pattens i have not set out to make this a job but it has kinda taken over a big part of my life after my normal job.
I am sure sumwhere out there sumone i thinking or saying there not real but its no diffrent to jeeps and other vehicles most restored vehicles have had new parts/ bodys or is a later type made to look wartime? well my carriers are made by using original parts as templates or drawings like kevin said new carriers stright out the box.
I hope that sum of you if not most will understand that a carrier sat in a tree for 30yrs+ is a waste and if sumone with a mad idea can use that carrier to help keep others running and keep history alive then good on them and for those who carnt well all i can say is NUTS.
hope i havnt bored you all with chatting bout my carrier build
