Ok, well the story goes that the Indian pattern carrier has a rivetted hull and is based on a different chassis to the NZ pattern. The Indian pattern carrier's steering column is in much the same place as it would be on a truck, but the kiwi one is low between the chassis rails. I can't remember the chassis numbers off the top of my head, but they are quite different. The kiwi carrier hull is of welded construction and has 20" split rims, where the Indian has 16" split rims. When the first hull was made, modifications had to be made to the mud guards to give clearance for the 20" rims. All up I believe NZ recieved 100 chassis, but I can't remember how many were turned into operational vehicles. In service the Wheeled carriers were found to be utter crap. They were used for home guard I believe during WW2 and saw service in Korea. Many ended up as range targets and the rest as Forestry fire tenders such as in that trademe auction.
I would love to have the money to buy them, but I'm only a student.
Alex
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