Two more wrecks in my yard

[Phill]

Thanks everyone for the all the information. I checked yesterday and the shifter housing is missing. I did get 2 more pictures inside #777. Phil

[RichardT10829]

is that the smoke discharger handle mount on the first pic Lynn ? if so this carrier has everything ha ha ha

[Lynn Eades]

Richard H.???????? Post no. 23 is the jacking bar.
Phill, you early production carrier is of Canadian manufacture. I revisited your photos.
Can someone identify the brackets for me in the last photo Phill has posted.

[Jordan Baker]

Lynn

They are left to right, the smoke launcher cable holder. That bike style cable would fit in the slot in the tube then its out of the way for the radio and less chance of getting snagged on other stuff. The next one is what the smoke launcher handle attaches too. Its flat steel in the shape of a "T" with a tube welded on the end. The next one is the bracket for the flare gun holster and grease gun hose. On the back of the flare holster there is a wide strap and it slides over the bracket. There is also a spot for a grease nipple to thread on. Obviously there is nothing to grease there except the back of your blouse, but the hose from the grease gun hooks onto it and then goes down the rear wall under the seat to the grease gun in its bracket.

[Jordan Baker]

Here are some more pictures of the carrier from a couple of years ago.

[Lynn Eades]

Thanks for the detailed info. I'm always learning.
Jordan, thats an English clutch pedal(with welded on strips of non skid) in your 2nd photo. Have you a picture showing the bed rails of this carrier? This would confirm its origin. (what about you Phill?)
I make the assumption that the clutch pedal is English, because they are the type usually seen in the hulls with the sharp edged (channel) bed rails, as opposed to the chequer plate type pedals seen in the Canadian hulls with the rounded (roll formed?) bed rails. Another difference between the two, is the lock out lever for reverse on the gear stick. one is a short rounded alloy casting, and the other is a longer skinny steel lever.
another question I often have often wondered about, is the manufacturing differences, between the various British manufacturers.
Phill. Please ignore my statement that your early production carrier is of Canadian manufacture. I was looking at the photos of your later(missing front armour) one.

[Lynn Eades]

In Nigel Watsons book (vol.1) there is a listing for a serial no.777, which is down as registration number CT42895 (the number painted on it)This is about the 26th, from a batch of 783 Universal Mark I*'s built in Canada.
The only previous batch being of 300. So IF! I am reading this correctly, then this might well be the 326th Carrier built in Canada. Maybe if Nigel is following this, he might like to varify (or not) my conclusion