Carrier for sale in the US (ebay)

[Stewart Loy]

Folks,

How about a Carrier for sale?

1942 BREN GUN CARRIER

Due to other interests I have decided to sell my 1942 Ford Bren Gun Carrier. I was told that this carrier when to the ETO and saw combat during WWII. It has two bullet holes that I asume are original. Beside the camo paint job and unit markings which were done by the previous owner she is all original . All the drivetrain is original and runs very well. starts and runs very well. All the armour plate is original with Ford stamps and broad arrows. There are tons of marking and dates on the plates and brackets. I'm sure I have not seen all of them. I believe the paint on the inside is original. This may be the most original and complete carrier around. It will come with all of the track tools and many accessories such as hand tools smoke grenade discharger, very rare antenna, even rarer Boys anti-gun mounting brackets (not installed) fire extingiushers extra track section, tarp and many other impossible to find items. The engine is the original Ford flat head V-8 that purrs like a kitten.
Please Note, the dummy Bren gun, Enfields, helmet, wire cutters, motar , Piat , Webley and web gear are not included, but may be available to the byuer However evrything that belong with the vehicle will be included.
This is a rare opportunity to own an original WWII tracked vehicle .that is sure to climb in price without spending a fortune I am advertising this vehicle on other web sites and reserve the right to end the aucion at any time. Due to the amount of fraud I will only accept cash in person. Vehicle is sold as is where is. I will help in loading anyway I can and will also store it inside my garage where it presently resides for a reasonably amount of time.
Check out these videos on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2Ia1SVvUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUlSR-_fg1s

I have no connection with the seller.


Stewart

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Stewart Loy

How about a Carrier for sale?

Gee, seems to be the Carrier Season . . .

They are dropping from each and every tree!

H.

[RichardT10829]

yeah hard times on the economy are forcing folk to let go of them, problem is there are less and less people who can afford the luxury of buying WW2 armour

the first ebay one has zero bids with a matter of hours to go, if that had been say four months back the bidding would have been crazy.

i am very interested in the second one that has been posted, very nice indeed.


Richard

[RichardT10829]

just asked and the reserve is set at 30k......? fingers crossed for the bloke but i have my doubts.....mind i am a pesimist

[rob love]

CT163013 was my first carrier. The lower hull came from stead Manitoba, the power train came from Nipigon Ontario, and the upper armour came from 2 or 3 different carriers located in Northern Ontario. The bullet holes were most likely from hunters, although one of them was a fair size caliber. I used to use the bullet hole to mount a spare sprocket onto the side of the carrier. There were certainly no markings anywhere to indicate that any of the carriers involved in this build had been overseas. The side armour had DND numbers on it vice the CT number one would see overseas. I even have a card somewhere around here with the numbers on it. The armour was all bolted on with carriage bolts, I can't tell by the photos whether they have since been replaced with rivets.

I had a lot of fun with that one, and drove many veterans in parades with it. I believe it has had a few owners since. I traded it for a ferret back around 1998. $30K is a bit steep alright, but it was sure a fun vehicle.

I have thrown a bid onto it for old times sake, but I am certainly not prepared to throw half a years wages at it.

[Jordan Baker]

I seem to remember seeing some pictures of it posted here a few years ago. I think the owner at that time was Steve Katner (similiar spelling). Don't know if its the current owner or not. Looking over the pictures it looks to have the shield in front of the drivers seat for all the linkages. Be nice to see some more pictures of that.

30k is a bit steep but then who am I to set prices. I guess the world market we all share will show what it will go for. Mind you I can be cheap (Im cnd after all) but I do buy quality.

[Stewart Loy]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Mind you I can be cheap (Im cnd after all) but I do buy quality.

Jordan,

Your new bank account will be delighted to know how much quality you will soon have.

The C15a tarp sample is at the canvasmith as of yesterday, so get ready. The tarps and covers should be ready soon.


Stewart
in MD