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Old 17-02-11, 11:29
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Rick Cove
 
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What a fantastic walk around of a totally unmolested Ford Lynx. Thanks for that. Interestingly it is in a South African Museum and wasn't receiver by them until August 1946 ex.Italy. I think that it is actually a MK.111, not a MK.11.
ie. heavier axles and no armoured roof.

I will stand corrected as to the number of wheelstud on a MK.111. That Lynx is one of the last and it is the first time I have ever heard of the 8 stud wheels.

Here in Australia, we received 170 under Lend-Lease, all of which had 6 stud wheels. The majority were Lynx MK.11's and all came with the armoured roof. I have the last one registered in the Australian ARN's. 123980. It is hull number 1726. (ARN= Australian Registration Number Book.)

I have just been through the complete listing for all 170 which Australia received and they are all listed in the ARN's as Ford Canadian Scout Car Mk.111. (That is strange as the one at Pukapunyal is certainly a Mk.1 and all the others MK.11's)

The earliest hull out of the 170 is hull number 240 issued to the 4th Motor reg. 1st Armoured Div. and the newest is hull number 2025 issued to 3rd Armoured Div. there is no rhyme or reason in the numbers, they are as they came through the gate in any old order and then numbered consecutively from 123810 to 123980. (170).

Regards Rick
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