Wanted: Carrier Stacey Towing mount

[Jim Burrill]

May have to see where that leads... I have Lance's to remove to use for a pattern.
Two patterns plus the leafs and the pintle.

Loads of pintles around but trying to find the "CMP one".

I came across a photo (on MLU) of a late Mk1 with desert water stowage but with the towing hitch. Would be practical to have the carrier with the mod.

I wonder if there would be any interest in repros of the "horns"...
Jim

[chris vickery]

Jim, I think there would be. The leaf spring portion is easily enough to have duplicated. CMP pintle hooks are still around NOS as well as whatever wrecks out there that still have them. The "horns" or brackets as I called them are the elusive bit.

[kevin powles]

Jim, I had one cast, direct from an original, any good caster can do it in cast steel, the only issue you have is that it's a solid lump, I drilled the cast holes to make it appear hollow. To make a pattern to cast it hollow was just to expensive.

Kev.

[Petr Brezina]

British carriers had welded "horns", not casted ones. Much more easier to make a replica. I know its not proper for canadian carriers, just an option.

[RichardT10829]

Casting can be done but it would need a sacrificial wax plug made.. Bens fortay is cast work so will defer to his superior knowledge. It is otherwise an easy enough job though.

Only problem with solid arms is that the carrier will be arse down before you even hitch anything up.

Kev might be worth casting as a lump, section the arm and mill out the unwanted material, then re weld the two sections back together.

Time consuming and no doubt expensive, but you would get what you wanted at the end..

I will need a Stacy setup for my current project at some stage

[Maurice Donckers]

Petr usually Mk2* carriers had casted horns with them , most MK1* carriers had welded retrofitted ones , maybe it has something to do that they where already in the UK , my mk1* had the welded ones on as well.

[Petr Brezina]

Yes, that sounds logical, Maurice!