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

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The diamond pattern mesh grill only was slightly damaged and not beyond repair even though it was lying out side for so long. This grill is the same open diamonds shaped extrusion as a Chev Blitz radiator grill. Strange as it is a Ford product not a Chev. I will put up some photos of the grill in the next post.

I had placed all of these thin bits under cover back when I first picked up the Lynx and had not been near them since.

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I was very fortunate that whenever Charlie pulled something to bits, he put the nut and washer back on the bolt and threw them into a tin. Every bracket had the bolts put back into the holes in the bracket with the nuts and washers. Who does that? I might with some things, but Charlie was regimented in it. Most of these bits were scattered through-out the auction and as I said earlier, I was able to locate most of them, place them on one pallet and purchase then as a job lot.

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The front and rear guards still had their light brackets but the light were beyond saving. More on the lights later.

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The front guards still had the head light brackets which had been highly modified, the side marker lights which were rusted out and none of the locating brackets or footman loops for the 2 gallon cans which mount on the guards.

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The guards needed a good clean before being straightened and taken to the sandblasters.

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Rick.