Welcome to the carrier family Manfred, have you any more pictures of inside the hull ? and particularly the lower part of the rear plate (where the diff comes in)
the front armour appears incorrect (the vision slots...please don't take offence it is just an observation...there is lots of oddities on my carrier too) however she is a lovely specimen and you are lucky to have her.
she appears to have a late Mk1 or Mk2 light setup however the clincher for Mk is as i mentioned above about the lower hull rear pannel, if there are two square holes it is a Mk1 hull, if the plate is solid then it is a later Mk....so Mk2 or Mk3... there are other ways to ID it but that is a start.... if you look onto the gearstick housing there may be a part number and a made by number for example if it is a ford carrier it would have FMco then a number ie FMco 42 indicating that component was made in 1942...... it would give an idea of when the carrier was made however should not be taken as a definite source to age the carrier.
Cheers
Richie
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1942 Ford Universal Carrier No.3 MkI*
Lower Hull No. 10131
War Department CT54508 (SOLD)
1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration).
1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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