Armoured radio battery box

[kevin powles]

Hi all, finally got my battery box made, used this thread with additional information from Jordan Baker and Bruce Parker, Bruce really helped me out and got me some spot on drawings and pictures. Will get some pics with it on the carrier shortly, got to meet that 30th August deadline for Nigels book.

thanks kevin.

[kevin powles]

Hi, Interesting pictures from Ford Canada carrier production, confirming the battery box internal was painted with a rubberised black paint. A couple of others featuring instrument panel production and carrier box fabrication.

Many thanks to a carrier enthusiast for passing these on.

Kev.

[RichardT10829]

Awesome pics Kevin.....where did you find those

[Jordan Baker]

Those pictures were in one of the past OMVA magazines. I think the place making them was a factory in Kitchener, Ontario. I guess a lot of stuff was contracted out to smaller sheet metal stamping places.

Kevin. Just wondering why you think it's rubber paint. I thought maybe it was the standard black primer used on a lot of stuff. Saying this, rubber paint makes sense for something housing batteries

[kevin powles]

Hi Rich, They are off this site ;
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/w...y/index-e.html.

Whats great about these particular pics is you see the actual people working on the home front fabricating parts and as most of us know to a very high standard.

check out the picture of George VI in the background in that carrier parts stock room and the old boy knocking out the carrier instrument panels, we can only pay tribute to there memory in keeping history alive in carrier preservation.

kevin.

[kevin powles]

Jordan, If you look at the battery box in the store room, the inside is clearly still in this gloss black finish, the guy painting is only painting the inside, also looking at shauns Ronson carrier (picture attached) there are remains of this paint. The rear plate the box attaches to was also painted as the remains can be seen in the picture.

I have used chlorinated rubber paint at work at it look just the same, I am guessing with the use of enclosed battery cells on charge you would not want a spark from the hydrogen gas and to reduce the risk of shorting out the battey you whould benefit from insulating the battery enclosure.

kevin.

[Michael R.]

Sunshine Waterloo Company Limited

Formed in 1930 by the association of Waterloo Manufacturing Co. Limited and H. V. McKay Ltd. of Sunshine Australia, the company originally planned to produce a self-propelled combine in Canada for sales in the United States and the Argentine. However, before the doors could open, the Depression struck and a decision was made to manufacture more economical products such as dies and stampings for automobiles. During the Depression years, the company also developed and manufactured baby carriages, bicycles, tricycles, shelving and partitions. With Canada’s entry into the Second World War, the company switched to manufacturing war supplies, mainly bombs, anti-tank mines and components for planes and army vehicles. At its peak production during the War, Sunshine Waterloo employed over 1,200 workers, many of them women.

See URL: http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/veter...spx?tabid=1342

Sourced July 17, 2011 9:14 pm.

[Michael R.]

Employees, Floyd Schmidt, left, and Howard Shantz rivetting bullet proof steel on Universal Carrier battery box.

See: http://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/30352/data?n=6

Sourced 17 July, 2011 @ 9:35 pm