New T16 Universal Carrier

[horsa]

Welcome aboard!

Best place for the T-16 manuals is Portrayal Press http://www.portrayal.com/ but you need to hurry as they are closing down. Shoot them a message at their web site and they should be able to give you a price with shipping for all the wartime manuals as copies.

Also good luck getting that rear armor welded up for the differential to bolt back up. Seems a lot of the carriers had that section blow torched off as it was the fastest way to strip the rear end off since it saved having to turn bolts. A lot of bogie suspension units were similarly destroyed as a fast way to remove road wheels.

[clarkray]

Hello Chris and welcome.As for the differential mounting I have been there!
My way was to blank the hole and bolt pattern and then place and trace.Cut with a plasma arc cutter to match and weld.

[ferret]

Thanks for the replies.

I have ordered all 4 of the manuals from Portrayal Press

Some photo's of the bits and pieces removed from the T16. Also a couple of the cut rear armour.

Chris

[clarkray]

I had believed that mine was bad!!I stand corrected!Good luck!I had the blank plates done with a water jet and I was then able to do the tracing and cuts on all three plates.

[ferret]

Hi,

I have been busy stripping the carrier ready for shot blasting. The parts I have removed are off to the blasters tommorow.

Chris

[ferret]

Few more photo's. Quite a few of the swiss mods still to remove.

Chris

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi Chris,

I would advise you to first repair the hull and then have it shotblasted. This way the welded in bits have the same finish and you will not get rust on the hull while you are repairing it.

Do you already have a rear axle? You might want to ask this company here: http://www.showroom.milweb.net/produ...3&item_id=3716 The name of the company is Groenewoud and they are located real close to me. If you want I can transport an axle and/or tracks to the UK for you. I recently aquired a Daimler Armoured Car I will be collecting early next year. Also bringing an UC axle for Kevin Powles then.

Cheers,

[Brennon Magee]

Originally Posted by ferret

Few more photo's. Quite a few of the swiss mods still to remove.

Chris

Chris,
I have a partial carrier that I am willing to part out. It currently has the rear armor (uncut). It has the half moon shaped armor and uncut lower rear.
Please Pm me if you are interested if purchasing the rear armor. I could cut the entire back end of the carrier off if you want.
Thanks,
Bren
PS Your new carrier use to belong to me several owners ago. I spray painted the TD number on the side to peserve it for the new owner.