Mountings, Carriers, No. 1

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

The Installation Instructions make no reference at all to hole locations on the table, or any drilling information for that matter. They simply read:

(7) Bolt the Mountings, Carriers No.1 to the Wireless Table, placing Table Mounting Strips on top and underneath the table and using eight 1/4"-20 x 1' long hexagon head bolt, nuts and lock washers.

(8) Lift the whole assembly of Carriers, Sets, No. 23 (this is after the Wireless, PSU and Control Box are installed) by means of the carrying handles and slide into position on the Mountings, Carriers, No.1. Fasten the Carriers, Sets, No. 23 securely by pushing up the spring clips at the front left and right ends of the Carrier.

Seems perhaps the Mountings holes were predrilled in the wireless table by Wilson Truck Bodies, or whoever built the tables. Life was so much easier then.

David

On that basis, I'd agree that the table tops were pre-drilled as part of the contract for whichever set the truck was intended to have installed. (WS19 or WS52 would have been options, possibly with the WS19 (Canadian) HP (though I don't think that ever went into service: according to Louis Meulstee in WftW Volume 2 the Canadian Army Overseas used the British RF Amplifier No.2 due to problems (weight, power consumption, spurious emissions) with the Canadian WS19HP in user trials).

Later use of the vehicle with other sets would have added extra holes or possibly led to the replacement of the tabletop with a new piece of plywood to give a smooth surface with on awkward holes.

Chris.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a few on ebay.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Question Mark Over.

[rob love]

Those are the ones made from Plutonium. Surely the regular ones can't be worth that?

[Chris Suslowicz]

"I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous reply."

They are junk - rusty, and missing the shock mountings (disintegrated) and reinforcing strips (presumably still attached to the missing remains of the shock mountings).

P.T.Barnum was right!

Chris.

[Johnny Canuck]

Wasn't sure how to respond, I'll assume the gentlemen with the opinions are not actually interested in buying anything.
If any of you sell something of questionable value I'll try to do the right thing and say nothing insulting; like my mom taught me fifty years back.
Also I think it's unobtainium not 'Plutonium' first you'd need a special licence to sell that stuff and secondly I think the stuff is sort of dangerous, no?
Maybe something constructive.............. like what a complete set in original box with shocks and plates is actually worth, then the rest of us that have no idea might be able to get an inclination of what they are actually worth.

Geoffrey Truscott aka Johnny Canuck Canada

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Johnny Canuck

Wasn't sure how to respond, I'll assume the gentlemen with the opinions are not actually interested in buying anything.
If any of you sell something of questionable value I'll try to do the right thing and say nothing insulting; like my mom taught me fifty years back.
Also I think it's unobtainium not 'Plutonium' first you'd need a special licence to sell that stuff and secondly I think the stuff is sort of dangerous, no?
Maybe something constructive.............. like what a complete set in original box with shocks and plates is actually worth, then the rest of us that have no idea might be able to get an inclination of what they are actually worth.

Geoffrey Truscott aka Johnny Canuck Canada

Well Geoffry, if it's a listing here on MLU I won't comment on somebodies' price, no matter how exorbitant it might be. If I know the seller, I might PM him. But this was a listing on ebay, so it's kind of fair game to call it when the price appears a little greedy. I had no idea it was one of us.

What is the market price on these things? Here is a little test. I have the two in the photos below in perfect condition, C/l\ marked. Not shown in the photos are 4 of the thin strips that go with them. First person who wants them for $20 (plus actual postage of course)for their own use or collection (not so they can merely re-sell them) can have them. And that is Canadian dollars, cause I am in Canada. Not American dollars because they are 45% more.

If someone PMs me and takes them, then we'll know the price is somewhere between $20 Cdn for a perfect pair, and $200 US for the set on ebay.

I hope I don't offend you with this post Geoffrey, and believe me, I have edited it a few times before hitting the "post" button.