Lynx II, hull # 4225

[Peter Duggan]

Andrew,

Thanks. I've been receiving lots of great information since I started this thread. The quality of information and sourcing of parts has made my task a lot easier, and is a great motivator. My wife is back from visiting with our kids this weekend, so progress is bound to slow down.

Peter

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Peter Duggan

Andrew,
My wife is back from visiting with our kids this weekend, so progress is bound to slow down.

Peter

Peter,

I hope she is like my lovely wife. Jill gets out and helps me in the shed all the time. She is a great TA. (technical assistant, not what you first thought. Well, yes she is that too).

I could not do the work in the Museum or the restoration work without her.
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During the last couple of weeks leading up to the Corowa Swim-In, Year of the Ford and of WWI", Jill was out in the shed with me until 10.00 or 11.00pm every night, just helping get the Lynx finished.

It was her idea to do the Lynx restoration in time for the "Year of the Ford and of WWI". Unfortunately the transporting vehicle broke down and we went modern and picked up our WWI Albion from the Bandiana Museum.

Regards Rick

[Peter Duggan]

Rick,

You are a lucky man. I've enjoyed 42 years of a great marriage and Marie is quite supportive of my "projects", but in all that time I've never seen her with a tool of any description.

Peter

[Peter Duggan]

I'm starting to recognize that the most rewarding part of this restoration is the people that you meet and deal with along the way. I had the good fortune (thanks Doug and Rob) to meet Stu Robertson. This gentleman has restored THREE Lynx's, the one that is in the museum in Shilo, Manitoba and two that were exported to collectors in Europe. Not only did he solve my fuel tank quandary, but I walked (staggered) away with a load of NOS parts !! I'm looking forward to the next time that I can meet with Stu and hear more of his CMP stories.

I've attached a picture of the shrinking Lynx and one of the engine block number. Can anyone out there help me decipher the number? I was also able to remove and label all the electrical looms without cutting a single wire.


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