T-16 S/N 5399 T.D. 97377 Restoration

[Jordan Baker]

HI David

Your T-16 looks amazing. Its nice to see another vehicle restored to such a high standard. Plus those handgrips really finish it off.

[Ledsel]

OHH OHHH!!!!! BOBO on front fender!!

[horsa]

Yes, the off-side front fender got bent down into the tracks when I misjudged side clearance coming into the garage after a short drive a few weeks ago. To allow space to move around the vehicles in the small garage, I need to enter the garage with about 2-3 inches of space on that side and then once past the doors I have 12-15 inches to the wall so its only tight at the opening. I barely clipped the wooden beam on the edge of the bricks and it snapped as can be seen in the following two shots. Needless to say, it was a very sad Wyvern I used my floor jack with a 4x4 board to raise the fender up and out of the way from the tracks but have yet to repair it properly.





Maybe this was karma since the alternate unit designation I've been contemplating is 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. They were a 4.2" Mortar Carrier Unit during WWII so the 64 markings would remain the same but the 43rd Wessex Wyven would be replaced with a 3rd Division colored square with Maple Leaf.

[Ledsel]

Whaaad da wife say? Whaaad da wife say? That was close to a brick job!!

[horsa]

Bricks were the first thing I thought off once I stopped cursing...Fortunately the Cedar 2x8 chose to split and let go of the house framing as opposed to pulling the wall over with it. The wife wasn't too worried about the house since she knows I'm pretty good about fixing and maintaining things. She was more concerned with me damaging her art work since she painted the Wyverns on the front and rear fenders. It helps to have a wife that is into WWII history, weapons and vehicles. Course instead of jewelry and dresses, I have to keep her bribed with things like ammunition for her Sten. Then there’s the B-17 flight she went on last weekend so she could swing a 50 caliber MG around from the waist gunner position just for the experience. She said it was only fair since I’ve had the privilege of parachuting with the British Pathfinder Group at Normandy and Arnhem with round chute from an invasion marked C-47. Guess we all have to pay one way or the other but I consider myself lucky with her support of my interests.

[alleramilitaria]

dave
i just sugest that you move to flat ground, living on a hillside with about a 20% grade for about 1/2 mile like you do could make for a fun ride.