canadian mk1 restoration

[eddy8men]

hi richard

thanks for the reply, as you can see from the pic some of the armour has been cut away and i'd bet a pound to a pinch of salt that it's the piece that had the number on it, however if you could prove me wrong i'd be a very happy man.


cheers

eddy

[RichardT10829]

nope the number would possibly be along the top edge of the armour as you look down onto it. mind with the heat of the cutting torch it may have gone.......and if its an earlier 41 carrier it may have never had the number there at all. worth a look though.

cheers

Richie

PS contact Nigel about it...... and from your pics i know he is looking for the bracket you have on the inside armour there to copy, its the bracket on the gunners left armour, i think its for the Boys AT rifle. As for me i would love to get me mits on the tin work to copy it.

[eddy8men]

hi richie
thanks for the reply, i'll check the top of the armour this weekend and let you know what's happening. who's this nigel bloke you mentioned ? whoever he is he's more than welcome to take anything he wants from the carrier to make a copy and that goes for yourself, i'm definately on the side of "one for all and all for one" and let's be honest if i'm gonna get her going i need some people in the know to give me advice and help, so far everyone i've met has been great, really helpful and upfront.

all the best

eddy

[RichardT10829]

Sorry buddy.... Nigel is actually Mr Nigel Watson, the author of the Carrier books Vols.1,2 and soon to be 3 you can find him at www.universalcarrierbook.co.uk he is a top bloke very nice guy and knows a plethera of details about a large magnitude of various carriers and ATV's

well i am off to the dentist now.....wish me luck ! hahaha

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hello Eddy,

Welcome to the Carrier owners heaven( Forum)! You could try to get in touch with Brian Laker. His Canadian Mk1 was dedicated at W&P by Dame Vera Lynn. This Carrier is in good and very complete condition. Good luck with your restauration.

Cheers,

Marc van Aalderen

[eddy8men]

hi marc thanks for the advice, i'll try to contact brian to see if he can help identify it. as for the restoration that seems to have slowed a little as the weather has stopped the carrier from being blasted so the armour can't go back on so there's nothing much in the way of progress to report although i did go back and check the frontal armour for a wd number but there were no markings there so i would assume that makes it an early 41 carrier as richie pointed out but i feel that the number marked on the angle iron behind the gunner is important can anyone shed some light on this.

all the best

eddy

[rob love]

That is the carrier body number. It is a fairly early carrier, so well may not have had the serial number on the front armour, but rather had the info on a data plate located on the right front fender. That number should be fairly close to the serial number of the carrier. Early production did not seem to have the wide variance like the later carriers, which could vary numbers by 500 or so between the body, serial, and hull numbers. You should have another number on the left rear angle iron behind the rear armour.

Somewhere in this mess of papers I have the numbers off a carrier in the 500 serial range, and all the numbers were within a dozen of each other.