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Old 06-03-18, 23:07
Maurice Donckers Maurice Donckers is offline
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I was just going through my stock of bearings , and found a few boxes with the code LV7GM part no5266686 BRG kit 0.20 US , inside is a paper which states Moraine Durex Main Bearings -Armoured car , Reconaisance Car light 6x6 Canadian military pattern , armored personal carrier .
It puzzles me as for what they will be .
Has anybody got a clue ?
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Old 07-03-18, 00:50
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Part no 5266686 fits the format for a Chevrolet/GM part number.
The T18 Boarhound 8x8 was a GM (Yellow Coach) product but I have usually seen it described as "heavy" rather than "light".

Based on the parts book for the C60X, part number 5266686 is a "bearing kit, crankshaft (.020 undersize) so it is probably common to other vehicles using the 270 CID engine.

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Old 07-03-18, 08:18
Maurice Donckers Maurice Donckers is offline
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There was also the M38, 6x6 , but these where prototype`s , so why ship so many bearings to Europe .
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Old 07-03-18, 18:09
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That is what springs to mind, indeed: T28/M38 Wolfhound 6x6 Armored Car.

There's also the 'Wolf' 8x8 heavy armoured car, which was a Canadian development - but it was an 8x8, and only one was built.

How so many bearings ended up in Europe? Maybe just offloading unneeded spares as MDAP supplies after WW2....

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Old 07-03-18, 18:21
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Based on the Wolf being a Ford development, it seems unlikely that it would have used the same engine bearings as a GM 270 engine (but anything is possible.
The Wolfhound is listed as using a Cadillac V8, at least it would be the same corporate parts bin but (without specific knowledge)I would have thought different bearings.
The Boarhound is quoted as having 2 GM 6 cylinder engines (which is what suggested it to me) of 125 HP each which I admit seems a bit much for the 270 at that era.
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