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07-03-07, 11:25
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Operation Jigsaw
Hi all
Here comes a tale of my latest field trip recovery. Very recently a a dear friend and fellow collector/restorer gave me a lead on a Carrier that he had obtained parts from in the early 90s. Once I had established that I wasn't going to poach on his find I followed through like a rat up a drainpipe. As background we believe that this Carrier was a late production, 1943, manufactured by the State Engineering Works in Freemantle West Australia. We believe this due to the style of upper rear tool plate and that this Carrier had a non-rubberised front wheel. Attached is an image of a WA Carrier 
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#2
07-03-07, 11:34
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The Carrier Converted
The Carrier was converted by the owner to a timber snigger, a crane type device, that he used for forrestry work.
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#3
07-03-07, 11:41
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The Recce - 1
The following four posts are images of what confronted Ada & I on our initial recce.
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#4
07-03-07, 11:44
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The Recce - 2
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07-03-07, 11:48
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The Recce - 3
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07-03-07, 11:51
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The Recce - 4
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07-03-07, 11:59
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The Recovery - 1
Tracks - method one where a mate and I used the trailer winch to haul the tracks on board. This was after using a tow rope to drag them off the pallet and straighten them out in the paddock.
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07-03-07, 12:03
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The Recovery - 2
That was too hard, so a bit of hunting around located some bore casing off-cuts and along with a crowbar we devised a roller system.
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#10
07-03-07, 12:10
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The Recovery - 3
The Air Scoop rear
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07-03-07, 12:14
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The Recovery - 4
The Air Scoop front attached to the rear fire wall
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#12
07-03-07, 12:21
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The Recovery - 5
The offside rear upper armour
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#13
07-03-07, 12:25
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The Recovery - 6
The rear end. Unfortunately the lower tool plate was nowhere to be found
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07-03-07, 12:33
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The Recovery - 7
At this stage Ada & I had conducted the recce and myself and a mate had completed the first recovery. The next images are stage two of the recovery. Each one of these trips was about a 14 hour round trip. This second recovery trip was myself but ably assisted by a yard crane.
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#15
07-03-07, 12:37
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The Recovery - 8
Here goes the rear lower section, basically the engine compartment
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07-03-07, 12:42
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The Recovery - 9
And here goes the almost complete driver's & gunner's compartment
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07-03-07, 12:48
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My Offsider
The next three images are an acknowlegement to the yard crane which was unique in it's own right.
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#18
07-03-07, 12:54
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My Offsider - 2
I reflected on this second recovery trip and thought, I'm using a crane that was manufactured in 1880 to lift a Carrier that was manufactured in, I believe late 1943, onto a trailer that was probably manufactured in the 1980s.
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#19
07-03-07, 12:59
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My Offsider - 3
The late owner's wife told me that this crane was purchased from the South Australian Railways so possibly the SAGR could stand for South Australian Government Railways.
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07-03-07, 13:05
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The Recovery - 10
All loaded up. These two components weighed 1.18 tons.
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07-03-07, 13:09
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Unloading - 1
I LOVE MACHINERY
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07-03-07, 13:13
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Unloading - 2
I'm having a ball
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07-03-07, 13:21
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The Jigsaw Completed
This is what I finished up with, almost.
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07-03-07, 13:29
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The Treasure Trove
After talking with the late owner's wife and assessing the type of bloke the late owner was I just knew there was more stuff lying around. So I hunted around the yards and eventually located a front compartment back rest and a pristine driver's floor plate. I was then allowed access to THE SHED and in one area, under a large bench overladen with tons of steel, this is what I found.
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#25
07-03-07, 13:33
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The Treasure Trove - 2
Another view. Eat your hearts out.
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07-03-07, 14:01
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My Quandry
I now have two Carriers. Peek-A-Boo and Jigsaw. My original intentions were firstly to save them and secondly to see what parts I needed for Project PHOENIX. I don't want to restore another Carrier, been there and done that, besides which I have access to more Carriers than I can poke a stick at. The two Carriers combined have all the parts to complete one Carrier so long as one doesn't mind mixing a 1941 SAR Carrier with a 1943 WA Carrier.
The image is the start of PHOENIX
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#28
07-03-07, 21:09
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Re: My Offsider - 2
Quote:
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#29
07-03-07, 22:06
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Re: My Quandry
Quote:
 . Cab back will be a resin copy as I used the one from this cab as a master for moulding.Cheers Cliff 
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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#30
07-03-07, 22:53
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All under the careful hand of a bloke who looks like he was born in 1901!
I know where you live  Bob
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