My money says they are both ex-Canadian. The one still has the old whitish/tan and black paint job on the back half, both have the square front/side windows by the driver, indicative of an early mk1 (found in both Canadian and Australian contract ferrets, not so much if at all in British ferrets) and as Jason points out, the unofficial Canadian change to SMP lighting. They also have the rear M-series jerry can holders (or the holes for them on the second ferret), along with footman loops welded to the top of the area for the j-can straps. The blocks are welded onto the back left corner for the 5 pound ansul dry chem extinguisher, which replaced the Brit style in Cdn service. One of the Canadian extinguisher brackets can be seen in the photos of parts, along with a number of the parts are packaged in the typical Cdn 25COD packaging of that era.
The turret is, I believe purely fantasy, and possible a built up mk2 turret. Depending how bad the power trains are, the price isn't bad for a pair of them, and close to the Cdn border too.
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