The George McKenzie collection (picture heavy)

[Aidan]

I noticed the Carrier with steel grouzers on every other link, Now those are well worth thier weight in gold. Thinking bought selling a few George?. I believe in one of the pics I can't find what you mean Richard of being a wasp carrier. Great Pic's Cheers Aidan

[RichardT10829]

first post sixth picture down also the picture above it has a similar hole cut but its way more crude than the green tub (sixth pic)

[Aidan]

I see It now Richard thanks , I notice alot of carrier tubs had square holes cut in them on bottom right gunners back plate. I wonder what they did that for??? Cheers Aidan

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Aidan

I noticed the Carrier with steel grouzers on every other link, Now those are well worth thier weight in gold. Thinking bought selling a few George?. I believe in one of the pics I can't find what you mean Richard of being a wasp carrier. Great Pic's Cheers Aidan

Aidan.
Good picking out those grousers..I have never seen them on carrier track before and can't remember seeing them in the parts manual..But I wonder if they are homemade??..not an impossibility..Interesting..
maybe Ledsel has some info on them..He ran them as a kid in the bush..maybe..??

[Ledsel]

Yup they are home installed. They are actually cleats for horse shoes that you weld on. They work great but make it a little harder to steer. We had them on one of my dads carriers years ago. I have a few links here. I'll see if I can get a picture of them.

[Gordons]

Originally Posted by Ledsel

Yup they are home installed. They are actually cleats for horse shoes that you weld on. They work great but make it a little harder to steer. We had them on one of my dads carriers years ago. I have a few links here. I'll see if I can get a picture of them.

Yes there home made, my father removed the tracks and welded everyone of those cleats on so he could get better traction travelling cross the lakes. I believe this is the only U/C of the four that he did this with, which is the one George has.

Here is a picture of our back yard in 1947, looks like the setting for an invasion or a wrecking yard !

Gordon