Lynx II, hull # 4225

[James Gosling]

I think that might be my Lynx in the film.

I have the same right hand headlight blackout cover, The inside of the turret has similar metal strips around the top as the one with the crew sitting on it and also my front box doesn't have the strap type hinges but ones similar to the type used on the LAATs, which you can just make out in the last photo posted.

I will try to get some pictures later.

James

[lynx42]

A bit larger James,

diep2.jpg

Regards Rick

[James Gosling]

Some pictures from before I picked her up from Luxembourg.

Mine is the only one I have seen with the butt type hinges on the forward stowage box and you can see the metal strip around the inside of the turret instead of the thick pads. Lastly there is the pin hole blackout light.

So, the old girl might be a film star too?

[James Gosling]

David,

Any idea what number Wheels and Tracks magazine?

James

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by James Gosling

David,

Any idea what number Wheels and Tracks magazine?

James

James,

See this thread: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...6595#post46595

Hanno

[David Dunlop]

Thanks for that reference, Hanno.

So if we factor in the lead time Bart would have needed to get submitted photographs to press and Peter Fords habit of using the Summer Holidays to travel down to Ottawa to research the Archives, we can push the date of the photos in Wheels and Tracks to sometime in July or August 1983.

I think Stu might have been working either on the Staghound or Stewart Tank around the time the two Lynx arrived at Bill's home. Perhaps he could narrow down the arrival time for us.

David

[BCA]

I can confirm that the Lynx that was used in the 1993 CBC mini-series Dieppe was Bill Gregg's 3rd Lynx (after one to Canadian War Museum, one to Shilo). A few years later I arranged it's shipment to Johan Dieffenbach who was able to complete a full collection of WW2 wheeled Canadian armour with the addition of the Lynx: Bill Gregg was quite pleased to be able make this happen. Evidently the collection was disbursed after his death: so James, this may well be your Lynx..... Brian

[Russ Gregg]

Originally Posted by James Gosling

So, the old girl might be a film star too?

I'll stop by and autograph it for you next time I'm in the UK.

[David Dunlop]

James.

Sadly, no. However...and I add my apologies to Peter for adding this to his restoration thread...we might be able to narrow it down among us all.

The Lynx arrived at Bill Gregg's before he held his big CMP Conference and his two were there when we all showed up. Peter Ford would have documented their arrival just before that Conference. If one of the other attendees of the conference can confirm the date, the article about them should have appeared two or three issues either side of that date.

Next...trickier step.

Peter Ford LOVED taking LOTS of photos of military vehicles and took great pains in documenting and filing his photos. His son was active on MLU a few years back. If we can identify when the photos were taken, perhaps we could get in touch with Peter's son and see if the full set of photos are still available. They could prove a goldmine of references as to the Canadian Army history of the Shilo Lynx, as well as your own, vis a vis the surviving markings that were on them. Peter Ford would definitely have included shots of any visible markings when he documented the vehicles.

David

[James Gosling]

David, that sounds great, Its super finding out some past history of the vehicles.

Russ, next time you're in the UK lets do a before and after shot!!

[lynx42]

James, try Wheels and Tracks No.7 page 11. I knew that it was in one of the early issues and it was the first one I looked at.

A quote from page 13:-

‘The Ford Lynx is one of a group of ten located on a Greek Army base through information furnished by Dutchman Sjoerd Haagsma in 1981. Eventually, three of them were obtained through diplomatic channels as gifts to Canada from the Greek Government. The remaining vehicles were destroyed. Of the three survivors, two are in Dr Gregg’s Collection, the third is at the Canadian War Museum. All three were in ‘peeling and dented’ condition but virtually original and good mechanically. The two still showed remnants of 1st Canadian Division marking and were presumably obtained by the Greeks when they became surplus to Canadian requirements in Italy in 1945.'

Regards
Rick

[Alex van de Wetering]

Phil has a photo report of the CMP conference on his website. A lynx appears on the edge of one of the pictures.

http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.com/CMP84.htm

A Wheels and Tracks magazine index can be found here:

https://www.afterthebattle.com/magaz...andtracks.html

I think it's the same index that was published in the last issue of the magazine.

Alex