Rob Thanks for the info. When I found the lower hull number on the rear yesterday I soaked the iron with rust solvent. This afterrnoon I checked again and another digit is now visible. So it now appears the hull number is 8015. I checked around the gunners position and nothing was visible. The angle iron there is pretty crusty. I will spray it down and check it later.
I have gone over the carrier and spayed all the linkages, nuts, bolts, rods etc. So I have determined the Steering is not siezed There is some movement to the brake rods. (The cam to the cross hull tube has been disconnected from the steering linkage.) But over all it is beginning to look pretty good.
Ledsel, thankyou! I am so glad you said that about the flat iron I thought it was just some trash that had been thrown inside! I guess the moral of the story is go SLOWLY at first! I will take lots of pics when I start to take things apart.
I will probably have to start a post in the restoration area when things start getting interesting!
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