WANTED! Universal/Bren Gun Carrier

[trader]

Hi

A friend of mine has a universal carrier restoration project that he may be interested in selling. It still has its original engine (not running) and lots of spare parts including a set of treads. It is located in Collingwood. I don,t know his asking price, but if you are interested I can direct you to him.
Cheers

[mcafee]

Hey Trader,

I might be interested in your friends carrier if no one else is, I have space in my garage after selling my m38a1 and m100.

Tom

[Wpns 421]

Originally Posted by mcafee

Hey Trader,

I might be interested in your friends carrier if no one else is, I have space in my garage after selling my m38a1 and m100.

Tom

Tom Did you get the OK from the future Mom, If you put anything in that garage except her car you might be sleeping with your new toy Gilles

[Phill]

Trader,
I also might be interested in your friends carrier. Phil

[trader]

I,m just on my way to take some pictures of it now, hope to have them posted later. Stay tuned! Cheers.

[trader]

OK, here she is. I know very little about these carriers, old cars are more to my interest, but a friend who has been restoring universal carriers for over 20 years suggests that this one may be very rare. We believe it to be an early model Mark 1 carrier, possibly british, with several inconsistencies from the Canadian production versions including: A brass shifting gate, a slot in the engine cover to accomodate a dipstick for the fuel tank (earlier models didn,t have fuel gauges) and spring mounts on the rear axle housing, also not found on later models. The armour plating is all intact and uncut and it still has the original flathead V8 engine. I,m attaching a few photos, so if anyone has any information to offer, it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone would like more pictures, please email me at stevebeer@rogers.com .
Cheers

[Phill]

I'm definitely interested, e-mailed you. Phil

[rob love]

Originally Posted by trader

OK, here she is. I know very little about these carriers, old cars are more to my interest, but a friend who has been restoring universal carriers for over 20 years suggests that this one may be very rare. We believe it to be an early model Mark 1 carrier, possibly british, with several inconsistencies from the Canadian production versions including: A brass shifting gate, a slot in the engine cover to accomodate a dipstick for the fuel tank (earlier models didn,t have fuel gauges) and spring mounts on the rear axle housing, also not found on later models. The armour plating is all intact and uncut and it still has the original flathead V8 engine. I,m attaching a few photos, so if anyone has any information to offer, it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone would like more pictures, please email me at stevebeer@rogers.com .
Cheers

Mine also has the brass shifter plate and the spring mounts on the rear axle. These were on the first thousand or so carriers. The dipstick for the fuel tanks was standard on all the mk1 carriers (perhaps about 16,000 to 18,000). It was only the mark 2 carriers that had the fuel gage. The one you show also has the conduit for the wiring to the horn. This was also dropped reasonably early in production.

That is a very nice and restoreable carrier hull. Many on this site have started with far less.