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18-05-14, 22:37
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Busy afternoon was had today in the garage, jnr and I built up the last air box minus it's graft, culminating in the last major rivets to be set into the Carrier.... The radio battery box still needs doing, but this today being the last of the mandatory rivets. He managed to set 27 rivets in three and a half hours, this included cutting them to length on the lathe, and setup time too....... Not bad for a 14 year old ! I very much doubt he will have lessons of this nature at school, what with the health and safety crackers society we live in !
   A mix of 5/16 snap, and 3/8 Liverpool in that there bit ! Also we riveted the last of the rifle rests onto the drivers side armour, then set about plugging holes with the required bolts !   I then mounted the front rifle rest and plugged more holes in the front armour and fitted a pair of 12v mini lamps I had in the loft to replace the 6v sealed beam units. Not original yes I know, but they can be pulled out and changed in due course.  All in all she is coming together ! The front flappy armour plate that Bill and I made is away getting the hole milled to mount it.
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is mos redintegro __5th Div___46th Div__ 1942 Ford Universal Carrier No.3 MkI* Lower Hull No. 10131 War Department CT54508 (SOLD) 1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration). 1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration). Last edited by RichardT10829; 18-05-14 at 22:44. 
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