LP2A found and recovered

[phoenix]

Nice find justin, Congrats!

[Justin Pollard]

Thanks all for your comments,I,ll take some pics of the inside once i clean 60 years of dirt out of it!.
Max,The inside still has a lot of the original fittings and looks to be pretty good.
Bob,this is definatley first on the list over 1902.

Justin.

[Rod Diery]

Good find Justin. Isn't it remarkable that such good carriers are still out there after so many years of neglect?

Cheers
Rod

[Justin Pollard]

Hello Rod,
Yes its unreal that there are still some out there like this,But there are going to be less and less with the scrap dealers pushing the way they are.so nows the time to be saving them.
Heres a pic of the inside front now that i,ve cleaned four inches of dirt out.

[Eric Szalanda]

Justin,
good to see that you got one. Typical rusted out floor.
I am in the process of fabricating new seatmounts, pedal mounts and control pivots. The seat mounts are the same as the English carrier, but I doubt that there aren't many of those around either. The pivots are uniquely Australian though. They will have to be turned and threaded. Unless I can find a suitable stepped bolt.

Good luck.

[ron]

Hi Justin,
When you get a chance could you have a look at the front tow eye and tell us what number is stamped on it please? On other carriers other than Met gas this number is the tow eye part number, but on Met gas ones it is not I believe it may be an assembly number I have looked at a few of them and they are all different, maybe anyone else out there could check their Met gas carriers its annother piece for the puzzle,
Regards, Ron

[ron]

Hi Eric,
Here is a couple of shots of old and new mounts ,Its much easier to make new ones than bother with the old rusty stuff that is too far gone,
Do you have any pics of your progress on the british carrier yet ?
regards, Ron