Restoration of Canadian Scout Car Ford Lynx I, Mk.III No.1726

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Well believe it or not we were only 21 days (three weeks) after the Lynx was pushed into the shed and the chassis has been sandblasted and painted in undercoat.

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You do not realize how many parts there are until you completely strip a vehicle down.

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Many more small pieces were then taken to the sandblaster.

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The rear radiator armour is one heavy piece but I was glad that it had not been butchered as it lay out in the paddock for 40 years.

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The lifting rings. And there is a story. The hull had the two top rings with it when I picked it up so I had to locate two more. Tony L. in SA found one for me and I was able to find one in a farmers shed. This farmer had wrecked a Lynx many many years ago (Hull No. 718). He thankfully still had the drivers seat and a few small bits. I visited him one day and as we chatted in his workshop I saw one lifting ring hanging on a nail on a post. That gave me the four I needed.

I did know where the two original ones were off my hull. Charlie McCallum had welded the into a rear bumper bar on one of his Dodge Weapons Carriers as tow or tie-down rings. This Dodge is now in the Canberra area and I was offered the bumper bar but the rings had been well welded in.

Rick