Tank Hunter Carrier Progress

[kevin powles]

More picture :

[Bob Phillips]

I am pleased to see the carrier went to a good home, and got a much needed restoration. Here is what it looked like in 1988.

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[kevin powles]

Hi Bob, Thanks for the pictures, when it arrived to me it had the front armour laying in the back and also the gun mount support structure, is this something you removed?

[Bob Phillips]

Kevin, the front armor was added to the carrier bits by the dealer you purchased it from. We had the curved engine cover and gun mount in the photo. I recall the gun mount appeared to have been cut back ( you can see it in the photo) for some strange reason. It was never installed while we owned it.
I seem to recall it had a later style (1950s) flathead. We had a lot of fun running around a local farm, but one of the photos I didnt include was having to try and put the track back on as we had driven along the side of a fairly steep hill, and shed it. It was winter and cold and overall a very educational experience!

[kevin powles]

Fitted the steel plates which protect the fuel tanks, these plates sit on angle iron same as a standard stowage mk1 but are longer (use 7 side bolt holes instead of 6) and without cuts outs as per standard carrier.

[kosbie]

Hi Kevin. Excellent work as always. Do you have any idea why the extra plate rather than the wooden board and why the extra bolt?
Rick

[kevin powles]

When you fire the two pounder there is an auto eject for the spent case which literally flys out the back, you would need to protect the petrol tanks from a smouldering hot brass case, it’s essentially a gun deck, from the photos I have and lack of cut outs in the angle iron both sides indicate lift out steel plates were used, foldered at each end to provide rigidity. Extra bolt is to provide full complete coverage of the petrol tanks, luckily I had an original angle iron plate and good photos of the one at the Canadian war museum.