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03-07-12, 09:09
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Onya Darrin
A good story start to your restoration. Carriers are still my main passion so anything I can help you with or advise, just yell out.
Bob
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03-07-12, 09:45
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Mortar set up on engine cover
Here is a scanned pic (courtesy Mike Cecil's good books on BGC) showing the mortar set up on the engine cover. You can also see the RH side ammunition cover in place and the wood blocks to secure & locate the tube and bi-pod.
Unusual that the ration box is located in the RHR corner of the hull making the stowage of Vickers MG ammo redundant. My hull has the base plate brackets located there.
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03-07-12, 10:12
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Love the story, always good to see the bearded Darwin man in the bush.
Easo
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08-07-12, 12:53
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saved from the scrap
Saved a hull from the scrap, SAR #1211 (restangular ID plate behind the RHF headlight bracket), has some good minor fittings in it that will save me time later.
It has painted on the rear section of the hull, behind the LHR muffler "South Australian Railways, Islington". It is pretty cut up and not much left, but will be sold later when finished with or become my gate guardian under the ghost gum by the mailbox.
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08-07-12, 13:13
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Hi Darrin, great story. Why would'nt they let you use the compressor to pump up you're tyre. That hull is certainly worthy of a rebuild. Just a good hammer and sharp hacksaw should do it.
 Colin.
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09-07-12, 04:10
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use of the air compressor
It was over 10 years ago and I am not sure what the reason was, they may not have liked the look of us or the fact that we were/did not buy anything from them.
I do recall they were not very friendly and we moved on.
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09-07-12, 04:33
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Mortar
Hey Darrin,
Can you share so more shots of the layout inside for the strorge of mortars? It sound like the race is on to have another two carriers at Corowa next year.
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#8
09-07-12, 04:34
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unpacking the hull
The hull arrived down from Darwin where is has been in storage, to my property, hired a crane truck to lift out the engine cover and both rolls of tracks. Crane cost $85 per hour to do the lifting, luckily I only had it for under an hour. Everthing was placed down onto pallets (which I can pick up easily as businesses do not want them) and I now have a pallet jack, courtesy of Ebay whick would be one of the best items I have bought. So easy to move large & heavy items around when you have a lot of concrete. Will have to invest in a floor crane when the need arises.
Pics from my 2 little helpers- children.
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