Help identifying carrier parts?

[eddy8men]

hi john
sorry but I don't recognise any of those bits

[RichardT10829]

The bin looks like the radio spare parts bin that sits next to the ammo bin by the radio operator... It would be the first bin nearest to the centre bulkhead on the drivers side. I cannot gauge it's size by the pic, if it is that bin, I would be interested in one of them should you sell.

[John A. Rippingham]

The boxes are about 8" square and about 10" high. I was thinking it's the box next to the passenger seat, but it's not labeled up on the drawing.

Thanks for your help.

[Lynn Eades]

Hi John Richard has it right, about the bin. The other bits are not carrier though, unless they are from a later model.

[Michael R.]

Are they the larger ammunition bins, TL 13065? Your estimate of 8x10 inch suggests they are. John, what is the part number punched into the side? The retaining clips are missing from the engine facing side. The clips held the spares wallet for the BREN. See Jordan B., who recently installed one. There should be a packing board between the bin and the mudguard. That will explain the rather longish 1/4 inch flat head countersunk retaining screws. The images from Steve Tegner in J'burg, RSA show the spacer in place on the museum MK-I*.

If it is the (much) smaller bin, as Richie and Lynn say to hold the radio spare tubes box, it should also have the clips on the front to hold the radio spares fuze box. A search of the assembly number in the parts manual will reveal the bin number. I will post an image or two. Bruce P likely has images of both with the spares cases in place.

[Michael R.]

See: ( 24 Oct 2021, link invalid)

Mr. Steve Tegner of the Ditsong Museum in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa posted a link with over two hundred and sixty excellent images of an April, 1943 MK-I* built for British Contract SM-1046.

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello,

Thanks for all your help. Micheal i think you have the correct one with the ammo box behind the driver there is the remains of the clips on the box. The exact measurements of the box is 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 11".





Would someone be good enough to do me a drawing of the clips that should be on the box?

Thanks

John

[Marc van Aalderen]

Ross,

Nice photos for sure. Had a chuckle over the winter track fitted in South Africa of all places.

Cheers,