Restoration of Hull 731- Carrier, MG (Aust) Mortar Carrying

[Darrin Wright]

The weekend previous to the Bendigo swap was occupied with a local car club event. Decided to take the Jeep and trailer down for a motorkana/gymkana, where we drove around attempting different activities.
I let me eldest take the Jeep around the events and drive around in the paddock, he was hesitant at first but soon got the confidence up and by the end of the day could not get him out of the drivers seat.
He drives the Jeep around at home but he has to negotiate trees, dogs, house, workshop, dam; so it was quite safe for him in the paddock is 1st low range.

The post are out of order as I had to wait to get these pics. Anyway, enjoy....

No BGC was worked on during this report

[Darrin Wright]

Collected the steel from the lazer cutters and completed a test fitment on the rear shelf sections. The cutting is excellent with the rectangle hole section cut out and all things fit, just have to make a small cut in the rear triangle end sections (left & right side) as that is something that I did not get them to do (save money and reduce the chance of error).
Started welding the large base section in place, making sure all stitch welds went back as they were when it rolled out of the Newport Workshops in Dec 41. Also welded in the LH triangle section ensuring that it was straight and level with the side armour.
Removed the old track winch brackets from the original section, removed and cleaned them up.
Measured and welded them onto the new section of rear shelf. When the hull gets sand blasted so will they. The smaller hardware was saved and wired together for sand blasting later. I now have a large box of small items ready to be blasted.