Mountings, Carriers, No. 1

[Jordan Baker]

I was following the auction to see what the open market price would be. But I was unable to locate the item in my saved list.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

I was following the auction to see what the open market price would be. But I was unable to locate the item in my saved list.

Yes, pulled by the seller:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/-/152001881288?

"This listing was ended by the seller because the item was lost or broken."

[Johnny Canuck]

Yes 'Pulled by the Seller'
Prefer a mystery anyways.
Sold to an MLU member.

Geoff

PS I think the going rate is $20.00 Canadian Peso'. Costs more to ship.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here'a the carrier on ebay.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Here'a the carrier on ebay.

Is that original or post war green paint? Canadian ones were unpainted wood and I've never seen one painted that dark shiny green like they did to everything else military and Canadian in the 1950's.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Is that original or post war green paint? Canadian ones were unpainted wood and I've never seen one painted that dark shiny green like they did to everything else military and Canadian in the 1950's.

I'd say "postwar refinished" - I've got one similar to that and it's been repainted over various scratches, etc., which are visible under the paint. (It's also not totally repainted, so possibly done at unit level to tidy things up for inspections. The wood under the set is still plain, as are (sensibly) the handles.)

Chris.

[cletrac (RIP)]

It sold for $283 US.

[David Dunlop]

A bit of a curiosity has popped up with these Mountings.

The Truck and Ground Installation Manual for the 19-Set in the 15-cwt (House Type) and HUW Series of vehicles states the mounting hardware for the wireless tables in these vehicles is 1/4 inch x 20 x 1 inch hex bolts. This makes perfect sense as the table thickness in these vehicles is 1/2 inch plywood. The combined thicknesses of the wood, bridges feet, table support straps would leave about two threads of bolt exposed after the nut and lockwasher are run home. All nice and tidy.

Now muddying the waters somewhat, I recently ran across a listing of these Mountings, Carriers, No. 1 in a RCEME Parts Listing in which the hardware spec was 1/4 inch x 20 x 1-3/4 inch hex bolt. No application information was provided, but in looking back in this thread, Cletrac, commented on a set of photos that his hardware was about 2 inches long.

This would suggest that some other wireless vehicles utilizing the 19-Set had more robust wireless tables which required longer mounting hardware. Never seen any up close, but a few that come to mind might be Command LP, Command HP and the Matador Armoured Command Post. I just wanted to post this information, before I forget.

David