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Old 03-02-05, 06:27
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Default The armour arrives on the carrier

After many hours spent pounding away I finally got the two sets of armour to come together and make one set. All of these parts are just sitting there with few bolts holding them in place at the moment. I will still need to remove them for sandblasting and painting in the spring.

Thanks to the camera having a timer setting I was able to get a picture of myself in the drivers seat. It had to be one of the fasted carrier mounts in order to beat the timer clock. I am sitting on the seat in the lower position and I can still see reasonably well.

Back in the summer when I was at Fort George, Niagara on the Lake. Stewart Loy gave me my first driving experience in a carrier. I found out that I had a small problem when my height is combined with the seat in the up position while driving. The shifter comes up under my knee while in 2nd gear. This kept me from keeping my foot completly off of the clutch. The result of this was that every bump made my foot hit the clutch and then release again. All that I can say is that it was a very jerky drive.

Anyway thats it for now.
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