Wanted Mk1/Mk2 Universal carrier

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

as per title folks, i have traced one in Fergus Ontario but would like to keep my options open so if anyone has any projects for sale please consider me.

Richard,

Methinks what you have to consider is that the ebay links we've been seeing recently represent a whole lot of shite which doesn't represent the market-at-large - only ebay and its peculiar tendency of getting people to pay way too much for way too little. Have patience. Carriers - in whole or in part - are out there at a reasonable price, looking for good homes... just have patience. You WILL find what you're looking for, at a hell of a lot less than you've seen so far; the thing is, most people don't actually want the damned things, because they're too much trouble to rebuild and they're too hard to move. Tracks aren't most people's thing.

Have faith... the "right" deal will come along.

[RichardT10829]

Thanks Geoff i will continue to exercise patience, its been a year so another wouldnt bother me....to be fair longer time passes more my funds build. just bear me in mind folks....I have not heard from Don in some time he must be working away or something so i cant get details about the Fergus carrier untl i hear from him ?

how can anyone not love these things !! I suppose in my respect its a small way of bringing my grandfather back he was proud of what he did during WW2, and this machine got him through the war and kept him alive !

[Robert Dabkowski]

richard,

You should contact both Dan McCaw of Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada and Charlie Fitton of Mary Hill.
Sadly I don't have recent contact info for either but I am sure that someone here can send such to you offlist.

Either should be able to match you up with a mostly intact carrier but the freight bill from here to there won't be small.
Perhaps a shared container with Dirk Leegwater (on MLU) in France could be arranged via Barry Churcher who also posts here ?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Robert Dabkowski

Dirk Leegwater (on MLU) in France

France?!? Go rinse your mouth, please

Just to set the record staight: Dirk lives in The Netherlands, a.k.a. Holland, just like I do. Even though it´s a small country, Rotterdam is the largest port and anything coming to Europe coming from other continents is likely to pass through Rotterdam.

Hanno

[RichardT10829]

yeah thanks, i have spoken to Charlie who is going to get me some pics of the fergus carrier once Don has got back to me with the street its on.

Richard

[chris vickery]

If you want to know about the Fergus carrier, I have seen it as I lived only a few km away.

If it is the same one, it is a cut down hull, basically a chassis and track. Not much to start with really...

[RichardT10829]

photo's are on my intro thread in the carrier section, it is sat on a concrete slap at the side of a house, no armour left on it except to cover the back of the switch consol.