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31-05-08, 06:19
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New 2 Pounder Carrier Project 6191 Arrives
 My new 2 pounder carrier project has arrived this morning.which i bought at Corowa 2008 Had a problem offloading, due to loading ramp was to high  So i had to push the carrier off, using a nearby hill . using a snatch strap to travel about 1km to my residence.  the carrier will be moved in the next few days to the museum only about 500m away and start the restoration at the tank museum. the vehicle will be on display their temporally, till i go back to Darwin at the end of the year and i will take it up with me, and finish the rest up their Fun times ahead with the Carrier as this is my first WW2 project i normally work with post war Pommy shit!! eg Ferret,Saladin,Centurion      
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Brenton Shevlin Darwin NT Australia LP2A Carrier 5004 SA Railways Islington Last edited by BSHEVLIN; 31-05-08 at 06:22. Reason: new pics 
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15-06-08, 07:05
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carrier moved to pucka museum
on friday afternoon i moved my carrier down to the pucka tank museum for storage and to use the worksops
i used a mack HRV to A frame it. got some very strange looks from lots of people on the base as i was traveling down to road
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16-06-08, 02:09
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Strange Looks
No wonder, strangest looking Carrier I have seen. Must be a variant.
 Bob
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16-06-08, 03:48
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Is there something wierd about the suspension on that carrier? Looks like it has had a few feet added to it's length.
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16-06-08, 05:12
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You must have some pretty good help to make that much of a transformation in a single day!
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16-06-08, 09:02
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oops!
oops!!!!
 wrong pic that is a ASLAV-R being towed behind the wrecker the carrier looks very small at the moment it is parked next to a lvt at the museum at the moment 
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23-06-08, 21:49
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Wheel base / engine location....
Seems to be a lot of modification done to this carrier.....
Looks like the engine as been moved forward off center and next to the driver...... and the front hull extended....... now sitting nose heavy without the 2 pounder mounted in the rear.... Do we have an archival picture of the completed two pounder in service....? How was the drive shaft routed on the floor???? sideways... If the transmission shifting rods for the typical UC were complicated this arrangement must have been a nightmare...??? Must a been a great vehicle for engaging the enemy during a tactical retreat!! Just curious. Boob
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23-06-08, 21:58
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The 2 pounders all had the engine mounted beside the driver..from the factory.. It was a different arrangement to allow a two pounder to be mounted where the engine normally goes in the carrier.. Got any pix of CC7..??
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23-06-08, 22:06
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Know I understand....
Hi Alex
Just finished looking at the magic Collins did to create an Australian pattern mortar carrier..... it explains the funny engine position. CC 7 pics will go up this evening...... had to submit them to censor first. Bob
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24-06-08, 02:05
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I wonder why they wouldn't have used a similar wheel arrangement as a T16 to balance out the carrier for this purpose?
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24-06-08, 08:52
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2-pdr Tank Attack Carrier
Here are a couple of contemporary pics.
  More here. Quote:
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24-06-08, 09:01
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2 pounder arrangment
the drive line comes straight out of the transmission to to diff by a tail shaft in my carrier
but the original vehicles had a transfer case to the diff so the tail shaft would be straight. my vehicle runs a diagonal shaft as it does not have a Tcase. 
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24-06-08, 12:21
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 I can understand why Colin's Replica Mortar Carrier has a 302 and Auto combo.
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24-06-08, 12:34
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cramped conditions
i am 6ft and can only operate the clutch it in the lowest seat position viewing from the viewing ports only in 2 pounder cars
or i just put a screw driver in the seat ajuster halfway but is a little bit dodgy when going cross counrty  but i no somebody who has put a 351 gt falcon engine with a 4 spd auto in thier lp2 which has been modded for off roading / trail blazing and cut dowwn to the hull and bathtubed 
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