Carrier T16 TD96668 restoration

[Wiljo Pas]

Hi all,

I bought a T16 carrier in South Germany march 2023. I never did a restoration like this before. A friend of mine is a draftsman and made blueprints of the parts I need because it's difficult to find the most of it. There are no dataplates on it, the only numbers visible is .. 2-43. In my opinion this carrier must have been made the 12th month of 1943, so a Mk1. When I cleaned the sprockets, i found the date of fabrication on these sprockets, 12-30-43. I think that the date of fabrication must be friday 12-31-1943.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello Wiljo,

Is it an ex-Swiss Army T16?

Production dates are not a very good way of pinpointing the date of manufacture. The parts could be longer in the supply chain than you'd think. Try to post some photos, that may help to put a date on it (let me know if you need some help posting them here).

[Wiljo Pas]

Hi Hanno. Yes I have problems with the upload of pictures. I had a nice set ready and tried and tried but I give up now Upload Errors
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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here are Wiljo's photos of his T16:

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Plus some detail photos of the census number TD96668:

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[maple_leaf_eh]

You are ambitious! Welcome to the club. Before you know it, there will be others in the garage and scattered in other storage places. Good luck with the parts fabrication. That is one aspect where most restorers shy back, but if things are simply not available, you do what you must.

There are other collectors on the Continent, Israel and South America. One issue we all struggle with is use of language. The technical terminology is 1930s and 40s British design, North American industrial parts, and modern day vehicle vocabulary. If you find the original part name, it will probably be something a technically competent native German speaking person would not choose. That said, good luck!