VICKERS MK6B's resto

[colin jones]

These couple of pieces are for the underside transmission cover. One tank has a badly rusted one and the other was missing completely.

[colin jones]

It must be surrounded by some rubber I assume as it was water tight.

[colin jones]

Being sunday and I'm impatient, I needed some slot countersink bolts so I modified some hex bolts cut a slot with a thin disc. Job done.

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[Mike K]

Colin after the Vickers are finished, you will have to find and restore one of these 6 wheelers in order to cart the little tanks around . The opening scenes of this movie reveal all !

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[Tim Lovelock]

Hi Colin,
Following your threads with much pleasure.
Will say I have always been a great fan of these little tanks.
Cannot add any more than my admiration for your efforts.
Kind regards Tim

[David Dunlop]

I wouldn't think a rubber gasket would have to be very thick for those transmission cover assemblies, Colin. Do any of the surviving pieces of hardware give any clues as to thickness? Two or three millimetres would probably work just fine, if nothing useful shows up in any of the reference literature.

Looks like a seal around the perimeter bolt holes on the inner piece you have replicated, then perhaps another seal on whatever exterior cover plate was fitted, to snug up against the framed rim which faces to the outside of the hull. Not sure what will hold any cover in place at this point, however.

David

[colin jones]

Mike, there is one of those very trailers in my back paddock which belongs to someone else but I'm sure I could borrow it anytime. Especially if I restore it for him
Tim, I'm glad you are finding this as entertaining as I am in the restoration.
David, There was a small piece of the gasket left which told me exactly what they used. It appears to be 1/8 thick x 1-3/4" wide and strengthened with canvas in the rubber. Purely as a gasket and the pieces that I made would have I presume a hollow core rubber glued around the inside to seal off for water. I will do both of those things after painting.
I have made the other door and hinge which is a very solid construction. I had to cut a piece of steel out of some RHS I had as it was the correct thickness but then had to run it though my rollers as it had a curve due its tensility.