My T16 Carrier

[martyn]

You could try john marchant in northamptonshire he has a t16 ?

[andrew honychurch]

thanks Martyn, he used to have loads of them, I will try him. Meanwhile does anyone know what the large bracket above the left hand side of the gunner is. I know I will show my ignorance here but need to learn!

[horsa]

That horizontal shelf-like bracket is for the 2-inch mortar which was used as a smoke bomb thrower.

[Lynn Eades]

If you go directly into the Carrier forum, you can read the older threads, and you will learn a lot. Read through Davids thread (Horsa) on his T16. Its a great thread, and he has done a tremendous job of it.
No questions are dumb questions. We enjoy them, they make us feel great (So clever and all)
By the way, Welcome aboard. Great to see you here enriching the forum.
Lynn.

[andrew honychurch]

Thanks guys, and thankyou Lynn for the welcome. I find these forums such a great resource and way of learning and meeting new friends. I am a member of quite a few vehicle related boards and really enjoy them. I do get some sideways looks from the dear wife who wants to know what I am doing with the laptop whilst watching tv, but I am sure I am not alone in that!

I have one restoration that I am completing, not an MV, and want to finish that before starting the Carrie. I will pull it completely apart and sandblast the hull. What is concerning me is the highly pitted armour in places which will detract from the look I wish to achieve. i wonder whether good old body filler will do a good job or whether it will eventually crack out ? Any thoughts any one. Short of that, i guess one could look at lead loading ( expensive!) or cutting out the offending pieces and replacing with new metal.

I see David put new floors in the sponson sides in the rear. Was that a mammoth job? What did you use to cut out the old floors with David?

cheers Andrew

[Lynn Eades]

In my AOP I replaced the guards,on each side where they go into the drivers compartment. they were originally welded in with stainless arc rods. (You cant gas cut it) I used an arc air gouger to cut it out. (easy)
Be careful with the rust. You will see what I said in Horsa's thread.

[RichardT10829]

As per lynn's comments, if you are welding bits back in and it is being attached to the armour plate, it will need to be done with stainless, for cutting you can use the thin slitting discs on a grinder you can get them off ebay by the truck load for buttons.... they get worn away fast, but as they are so cheap it does not matter, plus the thin profile of the blade makes a neat job... i dont think the track guards themselves are BP steel. I prefer to weld with a Mig, you could run some lovely seams in there Horsa did a fantastic job of replacing his rear shelf and track guards. What are you restoring at the minute ?