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Old 21-11-15, 02:59
Peter Duggan Peter Duggan is offline
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Alex,

Thanks for your comments. The Lynx steering wheel is a three spoke. To date on this restoration I have been able to remain faithful to the original by rebuilding, using NOS parts when I am fortunate or else by replicating items such as the steering wheel.

Richard,

While I admit to spending a fair bit of time daydreaming, I also recognize that I am not yet at the half way point. Still, quite a motivator.

Peter

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Old 21-11-15, 03:34
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Reg's lynx has a 2 spoke wheel on it, Maybe a year change up ??
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Old 21-11-15, 13:32
Grant Bowker Grant Bowker is offline
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To my uneducated eyes the two spoke wheel has a surprising amount of plastic for a wartime steering wheel in a vehicle as utilitarian as the Lynx. Without any reason to believe it so, I wonder whether a "will fit" wheel from commercial production may have been substituted. This photo from Mac's looks a bit similar. http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_me...74906/image/0/
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Old 21-11-15, 18:16
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Looking real good Peter
Just like out of the factory!
I was looking at your driver seat and just a quick question as my mind might be giving me the gears Were the gunner and driver seat not on spring loaded tubes or were the earlier or later models
Keep up the good work and before you know it you will be kicking dust on all the roads not just the back ones
Enjoy
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Old 21-11-15, 19:13
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Stew

The one we have here in Shilo (ex-Gregg of course) has the driver seat mounted to the floor. It raises and lowers in a similar fashion to the bren carrier.

The co-driver's seat is on a spring loaded tube. It was missing when I first started to work on the lynx, and I stumbled on it in a triwall of picture frames in another building.

A fellow in Winnipeg related an interesting story from a veteran whom he has recorded his stories from WW2. The veteran operated a lynx, and broke the rear axle. When he took it to exchange it at the vehicle dump, they offered him a 50BMG recovered form aircraft. He has the armourers dress it up for ground use, and installed it on top of the lynx in place of the Bren. He later replaced the larger co-drivers seat with a tube with a bicycle seat so he could have more room for the boxes of BMG ammo. While it would not turn the lynx into a fighting vehicle, (they were for reconnaissance) it would at least allow for engagements with targets of opportunity at far greater distance and devastation than the Bren would have provided.
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Old 21-11-15, 19:18
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Dirk Leegwater's site lists a two spoke wheel for the Lynx?
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Old 21-11-15, 21:23
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Guys, Thanks for all the feedback about the steering wheel. I'm starting to think that the Lynx 1 had a two spoke wheel and the Lynx 11 had a three spoke wheel. I do appreciate everyone's input, since I want to try and get things right.

Stew, Rob's description of the differences of the drivers and observers seat are correct. I just wish that I had access to a warehouse where I could stumble across an observer's seat. Mine is a total basket case.

Peter
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