Bren Carrier in a Crate

[peter simundson]

...their bike shop was on Wellesly just east of Yonge. Just bikes no vehicles.
Nortons were $99. We bought one used for $75. Harleys were $199.
But don't forget that was 6 weeks take home. Some Harley's were very low mileage.
They had 15 cwt's and jeeps out on Dundas St. near Runnymede and later
Triumph TRW's at their other Dundas St. location.
No. 1 Mk. 3 curved guard bayonets were $2.50, .303's were $9.99.
38 sets $10.

You're right..the good old days.

[pzrwest]

King Sols had enfields and mausers all mint condition with matching numbers for 29.95cdn. They came with bayonets and slings. They had them standing in wooden barrels

[martyn]

Hi there is one that i know of still in its box its in a very poor state.
its at jacksons the old rocket site there on milweb i asked if it was for sale and got a very short and sharp NO.
cheers martyn

[andrew honychurch]

come to think of it, I recall them having one. They would have bought it at the same auctions that the Crook Brothers bought theirs I assume. Like all things, by the end of the war the war machine was churning out paraphernalia at a rate of knots much to be left unused. I recall my father having sales catologues for crated Spitfires for something like £800. A story he loves to regale to me. However, one forgets that £800 back then was a serious ammount of money. Anyway, I wouldnt mind guessing that there are one or two carriers in crates still left. I do know where there is a delivery mileage Windsor. Sitting in a shed, its actually in gloss green but has 87 miles , from recollection on the clock and has its full tilt still erected. The man will not sell but he wont ever do anything with it either, so rest assured it will appear one day. I am monitoring it.

[RichardT10829]

people like that frustrate the hell outa me, like the crated item by the time those guys want to let go (of their nest egg) it will be totally rusted out and worth a whole bunch less... reminds me of the spoilt kid back at school "Its my ball and you cant play with it" hehehehehe.

i have heard of a pair of spitfires buried in a concrete box here in Northumberland not far from an airfield...similar stories all around the UK it may seem. might have to do a bit diggin......now that would be a nest egg and a half.

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Richard that story has been doing the rounds all my life...I knew the scrap man who emptied the airfield and he got every last thing...I had the station clock!some years ago I located the bulldozer driver who told me the true story...side of hill was scraped away and all the unwanted stuff was buldozed in and recovered with soil and not concrete as the myth has it!...I know where it is but a gravel company are now mining there...he also showed me where the AA gun was sited and in the stream there where still empty cases....on a more positive note Im currently awaiting permission to explore the old Stobs Camp site as there may be a Carrier in the bog although one local reckons its a Valentine Tank which was bogged by the Poles best regards malcolm

[RichardT10829]

keep me posted Malcolm i will come along with you