My first Carrier

[Doug Lavoie]

Some more more pictures, plus the clean out of the carrier to see what was there!
Found on the angle iron, left side rear at the back of the carrier -
?8156. Where the first digit should be, is a welding scab that my friend did not want to remove. he said that I could do the honors, just incase it was damaged in the process. Any suggestions, guesses as to id/history of carrier, based on what numbers there is?
Thanks,
Doug

[RichardT10829]

excelent pictures Doug welcome to the mad......i mean fun house....

you are pretty much in the same boat as myself and George Mckenzie we are both doing carriers in the same condition as yours.. mine is a tad worse in some respects...... you have an excelent basis for a fantastic carrier buddy, if you do a search on the this forum you will find schematics for armour... i have a set of DXF's for side armor and the center bulkhead but to be homest i would leave yours in and add the little skillets of steel back in.

i am in the process of communicating with ford Canada regarding my hull and georges hull, pending on how it works out i will forward the contact to you.

the only other way to date it all be it not fool proof is to get the date stamps off the components, i used my seat brackets and gear stick assembly the latter is more accurate in my humble opinion as it was least likely to have been changed later. the component will have a part number and something like FMCO 42 (ie 1942 in my case)

hope this helps.

i would advise leaving all the frame rails in situ and blowing out the rivets from the outside with an oxy torch and a punch, this worked best for me and was a clean way to remove armor segments left behind........ unless this has been done of course.

and my last tip from my experiences photo everything as it is removed and pop it in a plastic box i then taped the pictures of the bits onto the box lid.... works for my little pea brain you see.


cheers

Richie

[George McKenzie]

Great find Doug You have the good things The rest you can make . Go see the carrier that Reg Hodgson has in St Albert .It is a MK2 but is all complete .Another fellow to see is Jim Debock .at Darwell .Jim did a great job on his and is building a Windsor now .I can give you info to get a hold of them ,but they are in the phone book .I know of about 40 carriers in AB and yet they are still comming out of the back yards .There is alot of very knowledgable guys on this site that will help you .Good luck George

[Doug Lavoie]

Guys,
Thanks for the encouraging words. It keeps the spark going. Now I can only hunt and gather until the move. I am still working on the next phase of the plan. The move without going broke!
Have attached the last pic`s until moving time.
I will be posting some of my needs/wants over the next while. I hope that I can aquire, beg, get help, in obtaining the things that make it run. Then make it look the part it should.
Doug

[Mk1rceme]

Can't wait to see this one progress.

Dale

[Doug Lavoie]

Well, after a long pause, I have finally brought my carrier home. As with most carrier recoveries, there is a good story.
My continuing story picks up with me getting the carrier ready to move home. I bought a trailer in the USA, brought to Picton by my son-inlaw`s father. Had a friend with a 4x4 tractor try and load the carrier on the trailer, -just about. Had to lighten the load, so pulled the motor, tranny and rad. This allowed the carrier to be loaded on the trailer. Once this was complete, additional spares were loaded aboard as well. Included with the parts, was a tranny for a duce and a half owned by Gary Williams of Edmonton, Alberta. A quick purchase from Brian Asbury.
Once things were secure, the trip began. From Picton, Ontario, to Beaumont, Alberta in 41 hrs. 3 fuel stops and no problems, other than some rain. I was going to stop by and have a quick visit with Rob Love in Manitoba but things were going great so everyone wanted to keep going so...My be next time.
The real fun now begins. Sorting out the parts needed,and not. The carrier needed to be stripping down for sandblasting and priming. The engine has been stripped down, mag`d, bored, and now on the rebuild (Super Dave`s area).
Parts are still being fab`d/ built at Lazertech, the vision slots, the rear armour plate (lower) completed. The side armour plates are in the works, along with a bunch of other parts to be cast. Rick De Bruyn is leading this part of the charge.
At this point, I would like to Thank Peter Duggan for keeping my carrier at his place, my son-inlaw for helping me bring the carrier home, his dad , who helped with the trailer, driving, and encouragement to keep going.

[Doug Lavoie]

Some more pic`s of the trip.