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08-07-10, 01:25
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Growing parts pile
I figured it was time to start a Carrier thread. On July 1, a farmer had his carrier in the local parade. I asked what he was going to do with his spare hull and he said he figured he'd give it to me. That sounded like a real good deal so the next wet day I took our picker truck the 50 miles to his place. Including driving time both ways the recovery effort took all of 3 hours. Where's the adventure in that?
The first pic shows it as found. Besides the hull and tracks I got a set of bogies, Mk II dash, radiator and mounts, and engine oil cooler.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 Last edited by cletrac (RIP); 08-07-10 at 03:22. 
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08-07-10, 01:36
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All the controls seem to be in place and both motor mounts are there as well as all of the gunners seat.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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08-07-10, 03:19
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I have four sprockets and they are all in the same condition. I don't know what they looked like new so any opinions as to how much wear there is?
The two tracks off my original hull have 161 links and the tracks off this one have 163 links so they'd all be usable. I take it that 158 links is the magic number where they need replacing. I can likely fix the divider plate behind the driver using the one off my original hull and replace the back half of the front slope plate then there's just the armour and engine covers. With the original one I got a seized engine, a transmission, and a couple of good gas tanks minus fuel gauge senders. All the road wheels on that one are pretty good too. I have several good 100 hp flathead engines plus three 255 Mercs. If I thought it needed the extra power I could put the Merc crank and pistons in a 239 block with the divers bell distributor and have 130 hp. They originally had 85 hp so there'd be quite a difference. There'll be quite a few small parts I'll need, but then again, who knows what I'll stumble across next!!
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 Last edited by cletrac (RIP); 08-07-10 at 03:29.
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08-07-10, 11:33
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