Restoration of Canadian Scout Car Ford Lynx I, Mk.III No.1726

[lynx42]

The pins for the springs were removed and the axle sets moved away. The shackle pins were good enough to reuse but the bushes will need work.

I had purchased a second hand lathe recently which came in extremely handy.

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Wasps and spider are part of the job.

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I was able to pick up an old engine crane at an auction for $50.00 and it certainly was a good buy. Here it has been used to lift the front axle onto some saw horses.

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The chassis was almost bare by now except for a few small fittings.

Regards Rick.

[lynx42]

All of the brackets for the brake lines,

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the brake lines and fuel lines were photographed, removed, labelled and stored ready to be replaced.

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This is the fuel tap which bolts to the underside of the hull floor. Terrible idea as it had to be the first undone and refitted early in the rebuild.

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I purchased a bundy pipe bender which covers ¼”. 3/8” & ½” bundy tubing so should be ok when I get around to it. It was not that easy to get the lengths I needed but ended up purchasing it by the roll.

Regards Rick.

[lynx42]

The Lynx was pushed into the shed on the 10th May 2013 and one week later the fully stripped chassis is off to the sandblaster.

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I located a new sandblaster in the next town who was just starting up and he offered me a cut-price. An agreement was made and I delivered chassis, front axle and many other bits to him.

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Fortunately for me he had a few helpers each time I went to his work place.

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Unfortunately he had an equipment failure and things took a few months longer than I had hoped. Whilst I was waiting for the bits to be sandblasted, I had plenty to go on with. There were fittings to be bushed out, brackets to be made and panel beating on quite a few thin unarmoured tinwork parts. There were repairs and rebuilding to be carried out on a myriad of parts.

Rick

[Dinty]

Rick, (said with tongue in cheek) I will send you my contact details so I can come and pick up when finished LOL.
Some years ago I was steered onto a Lynx that was up in the area known as 'Lighting Ridge' Northern NSW, some friends had heard about a 4WD they could have basically for a slab of beer, so armed with a large box trailer they set off to pick up ? the jeep, only to be confronted by something they had no idea what it was except it had Ford sidevalve rear engine, they left empty handed. I never actually saw the vehicle only images, it was missing quite a lot of the body armour etc, I now believe it has gone to Qld, anyway it would have been way too much for me not knowing where to find anything for it and possibly looking at making body panels (for the want of a better description) anyway I'm looking forward to your posts and hopefully seeing it in the flesh sometime soon, sorry for the hi-jack, cheers n thanks Dennis