It's funny how threads sometimes interwind. Just now there is
David Moore's thread on the Elliot Brothers yard. I've crawled all over and through that yard (including their museum) many times. The reason there was so much good stuff is because the brothers seemed more interested in talking and not selling anything. And even if they considered selling so much as a bolt the asking price was silly high. If you finally got them to agree on a price (buying something...anything...as an ice breaker) inevitably it went up by the time you actually went to pay.
Now where it meets with this thread. In the Elliot's yard were several (four if I recall) 60cwt wireless boxes, one of which was a 'Command, Low Power' like the one pictured here. It was complete down to the operator's lamps and base for the 19 set. Everything was there less the generator sets. At the time I had a perfect donor 60cwt Chev to set it on. But, you guessed it, not for sale and the boxes remained at the yard until they crumbled into rotten heaps. I regret to this day not being able to recover that box.
The brothers finally sold out, the Fox and Otter in their museum going to a big collection in Salt Lake City. The yard had to be cleaned up for environmental reasons so everything remaining was scrapped. Not a big disappointment because what was there was well past its prime.
Some notable items that did pass through that yard include a half dozen carriers (one of which is the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment museum one), three Fox, two Otters, a DUKW, HUP, 12 and 13 cab FATS, a Stuart and a Harvard.
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Originally Posted by David Dunlop
I was doing some research into the 52-Set late last evening and ran across these photos of a 52-Set installation in a Canadian Army Signals 3-Ton Command Lorry somewhere overseas. The vehicle was equipped with a 52-Set, with a 19-Set Mk III directly across from it. The photos are from the RC Sigs.ca Website, in their ‘VEHICLES Section.
Some very interesting details in these photos.
In the first one, the Remote Receiver can be seen on the floor with its face turned towards the wall. The next two show two different mounts for the COIL, Aerial Tuning, but what is really interesting is the dark colour of the wooden case for the COILS. It is a lot darker than the Carriers No. 4 holding the 52-Set. This photo also confirms no Canada Decals were ever applied to the front panel of the COILS assembly.
Also, you can clearly see the colour differences in grey between the overall front panels of the three main set components and the Blowers Covers, Sender Access Door, Receiver Vibrator Supply Panel, and the Knobs and Handles Assemblies. All of these pieces show the original Gloss Navy Grey and it is showing up lighter than the front panels of the 52-Set. This set has likely been in use for less than a year but already the varnish is darkening, Quite likely it is the Canada Balsam varnish that was used, and which had a reputation of darkening very quickly.
The last picture was a really nice find. It is the 52-Set Tool Box sitting on the top front shelf beside the 19-Set station and it shows all its original factory markings. These match perfectly the ones I found on my Tool Box, on the bottom layer of factory paint. Mine has the additional features of the later coat of NATO Gloss Green with the later, more abbreviated and spaced out stencil markings for the Tool Box on it. The 52-Set Spares Case is also sitting against the wall in this photo, behind the Tool Box. The Operating Case for the Remote Receiver is probably on the floor somewhere, near the Remote Receiver.
David
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