Wanted Parts

[jbledsoe]

Wanted:

1944 Ford T16 UC (US Manufacture)

Any spares or leads to spares. Wanted: Any useful historical data of the type. Wanted: Any pix useful in ground up restoration of the type.

A long list I know........but whom knows !!!!
Any assistance gratly appreciated.

Jeff (Bham, UK)

[Stewart Loy]

Sir,

Welcome to the club.

I have some U'Carrier bits - few for T-16.

The olde forum used to reference a guy in North Carolina, USofA who had some spares - mostly bearings and minor whatnots.

Sadly, I only have a box of NOS carb float bowls for your restoration. I will be happy to give you 1 ( or all) should the time arrive when you need them. If, heaven forbid, there is a run on these, and they increase in value 1 million times - I will still give you all you want.



Stewart
Beachville, Ontario
Canada

[Nigel Watson]

Jeff email me with what you need for your restoration by way of pictures etc. I should have a good selection of pictures to help you. Send a pic of yours as well please and any manufacturers numbers you may have as I run the register for all carriers.

Thanks
Nigel

universalcarrier@last.sol.co.uk

[Stewart Loy]

Nigel,

There are some Vickers-Berthier bits on eBay:

WW2 VICKERS BERTHIER BUTT PROP + LOADING TOOL
Item # 2159668407



Stewart

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by jbledsoe
Wanted:

1944 Ford T16 UC (US Manufacture)

Any spares or leads to spares.

Jeff, try this contact. It's from an old advert on the MLU website; he may have nothing now, but you never know...

FOR SALE: Canadian Ford T-16 Universal Carrier Parts: I have new carburetors, bogie wheel bearings, and lots of other misc. parts. All new in military packaging. E-mail me with your needs dcmustang@vnet.net Dan Carpenter - North Carolina, USA 1-704-786-0990.

[G166UC]

For everyones info,
I bought all the parts for T-16"s that Were in North Carolina. My business name is Rod Shavers MV Parts, and I specialize in parts for WW2 vehicles.I am restoring a T-16 myself, so I was lucky to track down these parts. Believe me, there was more than a few bearings and seals in the pile. I have a fairly large list of parts available, and I am reproducing many parts for the T-16 as well. Call me @ 480-893-2201 to order parts or to just talk carrier. My e-mail address is scoutcarrod@cox.net
I am restoring mine back to the original condition during WW2, quite a chore as mine was one of the swisserized ones from southeastern equipment.
Hi, Nigel! Did you recieve my e-mail?
Hope to hear from you soon! Rod

[Barry Read]

Jeff
nice to hear from another T16 owner.
I own the t16 kept at Bletchley Park, which isn't that far away.
I do have some spare parts so give us a call.
Tel 01923775785.

If you have a photo of your carrier try posting it.
There are very few old wartime photos of T16's, But I can ashore you they were there.
I have posted a photo I have resently recived. Look closely in front of the Churchill is a T16.
his photo shows 30 corp and was taken late 1944 at Cleve, Holland.
Regards

Barry

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Barry Read
I have posted a photo I have resently recived. Look closely in front of the Churchill is a T16.

Barry, indeed, that's a T16 towing a 6-pdr gun. Could you please try posting a larger version of this picture in the Wartime T16 pictures thread? The forum accepts a maximum width of 700 pixels.

Thanks,
Hanno

[G166UC]

Barry,
We just had a Military vehicle show here in Phoenix, Az. this last weekend. One of the members of one of the reenactment groups here is actually a WW2 veteran of the German Army. He was in the Caen area when the D-Day Invasion began. I told him I was restoring a Bren Gun Carrier, and he Immediately replied that his unit captured a couple of them. Then he said he could still remember driving them and that they steered with levers! Obviously captured T-16s
Rod Shaver

[terry johns]

Mr. Shaver mentions German capture of carriers with steering levers following D-Day.
Let's not forget that in all probability these were Lloyd carriers which also use steering levers.

[T17E1]

Hi Jeff,

I have a T16 and a pile of spares. I am near buckingham. Tobin Jones
tob@tj44.demon.co.uk
drop me a line if you are interested.