carrier chassis

[David Ellery]

Hi there, have been offered to buy a lp2 carrier which has good track gear etc, no motor or gearbox, the bodys been cut which doesn't worry me to much ,the biggest problem is the floor has completely rusted out. As I know nothing about carrier chassis and floor, does anyone have pictures of how far the chassis rails go, what type of rail they are, and does the floor hold the whole thing together ? heres a picture of it. look forward to your reply..David...

[gjamo]

The AWM site has some images that may shed some light on the subject


http://cas.awm.gov.au/pls/PRD/cst.ac...cape&bos=Win32

http://cas.awm.gov.au/pls/PRD/cst.ac...cape&bos=Win32

http://cas.awm.gov.au/pls/PRD/cst.ac...cape&bos=Win32

[gjamo]

Sorry links did not post correctly just do a search for bren carrier in the collections page.

[cliff]

Graeme the AWM will not let you link via a URL. You must download and then post their pics here.

cheers
Cliff

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi David
Here are some pics of the Carrier LP2A Australian that I helped restore. These should be fairly close to the NZ configurations.
Bob

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Close up front section. All our rails are branded BHP (Broken Hill Pty) that was the main steel provider. If you need any more details don't hesitate to ask.
Bob

[David Ellery]

Awesome Guys, thanks for the quick response, Hopefully will have this beastie purchased and home soon as. cheers .David...

[Stewart Loy]

Originally posted by David Ellery
,the biggest problem is the floor has completely rusted out.

David,

I live in Canada, and know very little about the special marque of Carrier that they grew down under, but it reminded me of a funny Carrier story.

A few years ago I attended a big military re-enactment down in Fort Indiantown Gap ( FIG ). I am not a re-enactor, but I had heard that many old military vehicles would be there, so I went down there hoping to see some of this tired iron moving.

A friendly fellow by the name of Jim Burrill ( who drops by the forum now and again - hi Jim if we woke you up! ) invited me down, offered me old woollies to wear, etc. Jim had just got a Carrier, and also a 15 cwt truck, so I was really in luck.

I was allowed to drive Jims friends Carrier ( Barry D. if memory serves me correctly ). Jim was having some Chevy 216 problems, so I amused myself by looking at some miscellaneous military vehicle pix that were laying around while the real mechanical types poked and prodded the old Chevy back to life.

I asked Jim if I could have a few of the old Carrier snaps that were in the pile of pix. He said that those pix were of a Carrier well passed restoring that he had turned his nose up while on a parts shopping trip in the 'Great White North' some months previously. He asked me why I would want a picture of that pile of rusty scrap metal.

My reply was that I had bought that pile of crap and planned to restore it! This Carrier is the one that Keith Webb and I drive around in up here in Canada in the soon to come to Canada DVD - Year of the Carrier.

So I guess the bottom line is - no matter how crappy it looks when you drag it home - it is still a Carrier, and merely having gotton one at all puts you in a special group of historic military vehicle owners. Restoring them is easy. Getting them past your wife/mother/girlfriend is the hard part!

Be sure to keep us informed of how it turns out. Not only for the sake of other Carrier owners to see your efforts, but for the great unwashed who have not dragged thier first rusty lump home to restore it.

Good luck.


Stewart

PS - and if you see that Keith Webb on your travels - poke him with a stick to see if he has gotten that DVD ready yet.

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[Keith Webb]

Hi Stew

Great story! and yes, the DVDs are now available - I'll shortly be putting a page on the site with the ordering details, but if you can't wait you can email my order-taker kate at imagecontrol.com.au
(I've written the email address so it isn't spammed - just tighten it up and replace the at with @).
They're in PAL and NTSC and in DVD format only - no VHS.

Keith