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14-04-08, 16:07
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Oh yeah it needs work! That is for certain!
I just found a complete running Ford flathead motor and 4 speed to put in it for $500. Not far from here. I found some one on line who makes reproduction motor mounts so that is a relief. I will have to make a pair of fuel tanks though. There seems some good info on the web about that. A gentleman in Cobalt restored a MkI not that long ago for the Bunker Military Museum (Static). So I have a reference close to hand to use as a model. So as soon as it arrives I will get busy cleaning and sandblasting and removing crap. The engine will go in the shop on an engine stand and I will work on that on rainey days or over the winter. 
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15-04-08, 15:49
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Isn't this the same carrier that you were looking at last fall Chris V.?
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15-04-08, 16:30
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15-04-08, 18:23
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Central Ontario Carrier
Here is the thread Hanno, its the same carrier, photos down below in thread...
http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9912
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15-04-08, 19:58
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16-04-08, 03:52
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Its the same one alright!!!
Poached before I could get my hands on it... Anyhow, good luck with her, at least saved from the scrapper.
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16-04-08, 13:37
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From down in Maryhill...
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19-04-08, 13:37
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Hello all,thats a good looking carrier you,ve got there Ralph,good luck and look forward to more pics.
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21-04-08, 02:17
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I have been going over the hull and cant find any numbers in any of the usual places. Some of the armour has been removed.
BUT! I found the number 801 stamped into the angle iron on the outside rear of the hull (on the gunners side.) Would anyone else have something like this and does it relate to either your S/N or Hull Number? On the plus side I found it still has the Literature Case under the front hull in front of the gunner.
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21-04-08, 03:57
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There should be two more numbers there. It should have five. That is your lower hull number. There is one more hull number right behind the gunners head on the angle iron there. That is the hull number that is on the data plate. It should be fairly close to the other maybe about 100 or so higher.
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21-04-08, 15:16
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What is the range for the serial, uhull, lhull numbers for carriers made in Canada. Is there a registery for UC's?
Will the casting date on the tracklinks be any indication of when this MK I carrier as made?
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21-04-08, 17:04
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Track dates would not be a good way to get a build date as track replacement would have been likely. You should be able to get a year on most of the brackets, it will be stamped near the area of the FMoC marking.
Serial ranges for the mk1 carrier range from around serial number 1 to, I believe, around 18000, when they switched over entirely to mk2 production. Earliest carriers I have seen were 1941 production. Lowest serial number I have seen on a carrier to date was 48. If your hull number is indeed in the 800 range, then yours would have had early features like the horn, the baffle type air cleaner, and possibly the ratchet type track adjusters. It may have also had the large brass plate on the right fender with all the serial numbers on it, although I am not sure of when the cut-off was for this. If your carrier did have this, then it would not have had the serial numbers on the front armor. Yours, unfottunately, has the typical book size cut out for the driver which gets rid of many of the numbers. As was suggested by Ledsel, check the angle iron behind the co-drivers head and you will get another serial number which, on the early carriers, should be relatively close to the other number you have already found. On earlier production, these numbers tend to be relatively close....as production went further, the numbers could be several hundred apart.
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