New owner of a Finnish Bofors 40mm

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Jon and Peter,

Thanks for the pictures, nice catch Jon.

The next thing you need to cast your nets out is for a LAAT, Light Anti-Aircraft Artllery Tractor - see e.g. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=24307

[Bob Carriere]

I was sure I had a spare wheel Jon

................. but turns out to be quite different.

Is a 20 in. rim with a 32 x 6 old style tire........

....... available to anyone who can justify the use......

Cheers

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Hi Bob,

I think your wheel is a standard 20" Ford 3 ton (here on a German Ford V3000 but other nations mounted them).

DFMLtTT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DFMLtTT.jpg

Cheers,
Patrice.

[David Herbert]

Ten stud on a Ford ?

David

[Bob Carriere]

It seems that in that era a lot of wheels had 10 holes drilled but only five used in front and ten in the rear and they got around to five studs in front by using a 1/8 in. thick spacer between the nuts and the rims thereby hiding the extra 5 holes...... very common on GM and possibly GMC....Maple Leaf..... no experience with the Ford.

The wheel does look similar to the Ford pictured.

Thanks for the info..... wheel remains unspoken for......

Cheers

Bob C