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20-05-12, 17:40
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Introducing new member
Hello to all,
My name Hans Bekkers from the Netherlands. I am restoring a Canadian Mk1* Carrier. The only number still on the carrier is the lower hull number, 1293. According to Dirk Leegwater this carrier was build in 1942. Dirk found this carrier near Toronto at a farm . The resto is in progress since I bought it in November 2011. I am missing several parts and ask forum members for help. Needed are the air filter, rear stowage box (or detailed measurements). Regards, Hans Bekkers. Last edited by Hanno Spoelstra; 20-05-12 at 20:34. Reason: formatting 
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20-05-12, 20:02
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Welcome!
Hi Hans,
Good to see you finally got onboard.  You will find there is an enormous amount of knowledge among the members.Thanks again for your hospitality this afternoon. See you soon! Cheers,
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Marc van Aalderen Daimler Dingo Mk1B 1941 Daimler Armoured Car Mk1 1943 Daimler Ferret Mk1/1 1959 Ford Universal Carrier No2 MkII* 1944 Ford GPW British Airborne 1944 Lightweight 10 Cwt Trailer SS Cars Ltd 1944 Anti-Tank Gun 6 Pdr 7 Cwt MkII 1942 Daf Trailer YAA602 1954 Daf Trailer AT16-24-1NL 1977 Daf 2100Turbo 1982
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20-05-12, 21:56
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Hi Welcome to the forum, looks like you are doing a pukka job on that Mk1.
Check out 'radio battery box' in the search engine on this site, you will find what you need. kevin
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2pdr Tank Hunter Universal Carrier 1942 registered 11/11/2008. 3" Mortar Universal Carrier 1943 registered 06/06/2009. 1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, Caunter camo. 1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, light stone. 10 cwt wartime mortar trailer. 1943 Mk2 Daimler Dingo. 1943 Willys MB. 1936 Vickers MG carrier No1 Mk1 CMM 985.
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22-05-12, 03:24
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Welcome aboard Hans
nice carrier and great resto, if that is the original armour you should be able to find the upper hull numbers for your carrier on the top edge of the armour just to left of the dash assembly just brush with light sandpaper and it should pop right up Stew
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22-05-12, 10:12
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welcome hans
you are doing a great job on the carrier, i hope it all goes well for you. all the best rick
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_______________________ 1941 mk1 mortar Carrier 1941 Mk1* Carrier 1942 Mk1* Carrier 1943 T16 Carrier 1945 Mk3 Dingo 1941 Mk3 Covenanter 1941 Mk4 Churchill AVRE (now sold) 1944 Mk6 Cromwell (now sold) 1952 Mk3 Centurion 1952 ARV Centurion 1952 ARV Centurion 1953 Mk3 Centurion (breaking)
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22-05-12, 22:01
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Hi welcome! Not to be a pain but 1293 as a lower hull number puts that in the VERY earliest of carriers. If so there should be other evidence of that.
Looking at the photo There appears to be an 8 possibly a 9 in front of your number, but it appears to be 8193 (with the 1 over struck on the 2) (an OOPS! on the assembly line?) My best guess for 8193 would place your carrier in the approx. June 1942 build time frame, with a contract number of CT 112790 - 112860 give or take. The serial Number would be your upper hull number + 1000 (+/-) production offset. The Ford Motor company wasnt too concerned if the numbers were all the same. Take 1 lower hull from stock mate it with 1 upper hull from stock and give it the next S/N and CT number on the list. Some carriers are very close, others...not so much! So assuming it is a canadian Mk I* carrier that all is reasonable. If your upper armour is original, look for the upper hull # on the top of the angle iron of the partition behind the gunners head. in your case it should be: CB 8xxx (+/-) 50 -100 of the Lower hull number. Like the previous post said if the armour in front of the driver is original...on the top edge in very small stampings will be the complete build date and serial number. If you would like a copy of the data let me know! If you could confirm this and let me know what you find I would appreciate this. I have a data base carriers and numbers and every scrap of info helps fill in the gaps
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Ralph Volkert UC 2Mk I* Upper Hull: CB 8075 Lower Hull: 8105 S/N: 9075 Date: Jun(est) 42 contract #: CDLV 213 1946 Willys Jeep 1974 Plymouth Road Runner 1987 Trans Am
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26-05-12, 18:57
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restauration mk1
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Spontanious regards Hans
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26-05-12, 19:09
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Carrier mk1
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I made the upperhull as painfully correct as possible. Perhaps it is possible to discover the org.upperhull number in the books, so I can put it on. Marc van Aalderen is helping me to put an org. list of all carrier info on to the forum. So I trie to do my share to this great maple leaf up machine. Spontanious regards Hans
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26-05-12, 19:13
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swet and tears job. Spontanious regards Hans
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26-05-12, 19:39
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job. Before my retirement I designed and made amusement parks, but this carrier job is a lot more of fun! Perhaps someone on the forum is interested in renovating his tracks. As I have analised the material in a lab. Oversize 13mm pins and a professional 13mm drill job could save a lot of carrier tracks. I will start the job at the end of this year and finish it a.s.a.p.. I could ceep the forum informed during this job with foto´s mesurements, testrun etc. Spontanious regards Hans
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26-05-12, 19:43
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Spontanious regards Hans
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