Original Loyd Hood?

[ajmac]

Has anyone ever had their hands on an original late type Loyd Carrier hood?
They have three drop down panels at the back and a panel in the roof at the very front at the LHS so that a chap might role it back and stand up for a look around.
Most in museums don't have original hoods, neither does Dirks, I asked him. The ones in NZ and Australia are early models which I think are without the hole in the roof and have an internal separator panel that sits just behind the bench seat.
I will have to make a copy as I expect the chances of finding an original are remote; to get it 100% I need to borrow an original.

The 26th Loyd down on P-Os surviving Loyds list is the type I am after and looks to be original or a very good copy.

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Loyd_Carriers.pdf