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25-03-10, 04:18
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It is an early standard mk1. You likely won't find the serial numbers in the usual place on the front armor because it would have been on a large data plate bolted over the front right fender. It also would have had the older style air cleaner mounted under the engine cover instead of on the rear armor.
The tin piece on the rear right is to hold the ration box. The ratchet type idler adjusters were a feature of the early carrier. Also notable are the rubber firing rests, which were later replaced by wood when rubber became more dear. 
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25-03-10, 11:41
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at risk of jumping the gun again on this topic but.... if i understand your post correctly please dont cut the armour off if you are thinking of doing that, i have just sent full armour schematics over to Canada to Doug Lavoie you could use them to make some more
 infact i would be interested in that tub if you were to sell it  Rich
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25-03-10, 17:34
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Serial number "777" on the list i have corresponds to a carrier used by the 8th Recce Battalion "CT 42895" Early Mk1 made by Ford Canada contract CDLV73 quantity 783 units. this carrier fitted with F.M 41 F.D. Track type ? if i read the lists correctly
shame there is no track left on it to see if it is the same carrier. cheers Richie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Rec...ian_Hussars%29
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25-03-10, 18:52
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I got these two units from Dan McCaw of Coe Hill, not far from Bancroft. Now I'm not sure what to do. I thought my carrier would be worth more with some original armor on it and it would be a simple transfer, once I got the knack of working with rivets. I was hoping to sell the hull once I got the armor off and recover something for it. Everything is there but the left side armor.
Doug may get those cut by Lasertech. Interesting about the early air breather, maybe not as hard to find as the later one. Phil
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25-03-10, 19:29
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I personally prefer the earlier mk1 over the refined mk2. The kit stowage on a mk1 is great; there is a bracket and a place for everything.
The mk1 armor will not be exactly the same as the mk2 carrier. Why not re-rivit a replica armor plate to the one side of the mk1 hull, sandblast and paint the bare hull, then start transferring the running gear etc from the mk2 to the mk1? There will be some minor differences like the oil filter, but nothing insurmountable. The early aircleaners are far more difficult to find than the later style. The early one was only used on the first few thousand, and as they failed were retrofitted with the later style. I have only seen remnants of these, never a complete one.
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