canadian mk1 restoration

[eddy8men]

hi rich
i was thinking about mounting the fan on the back of the rad and fabricating a cowl so all the air is pulled through the core, as for the mechanical fan i'll probably leave that off but nothing is set in stone, just kicking a few ideas around that's all.

eddy

[eddy8men]

hi fella's
the old girl is finally running and driving but still needs some attention to the brakes and carb aswell as engine/rad armour but it's good enough to show and looks great. (from a distance on a dark night) .
i've just been reading back on this thread that i started last year and my on the road in 50 days statement made me laugh, more like 350 but i suppose my over optimism was due to bags of enthusiasm which is something you can never have enough of, although it can get you into a lot of trouble if you let it.

all the best

rick

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by eddy8men

the old girl is finally running and driving but still needs some attention to the brakes and carb aswell as engine/rad armour but it's good enough to show and looks great. (from a distance on a dark night) .
i've just been reading back on this thread that i started last year and my on the road in 50 days statement made me laugh, more like 350 but i suppose my over optimism was due to bags of enthusiasm which is something you can never have enough of, although it can get you into a lot of trouble if you let it.

Rick,

Congrats on the job done! 50 or 350, who gives, it always takes longer, even if you could spend 7 days a week on your hobby. Seems like you've have some good "finger practice" to start working on Big Armour, eh?
Keep at it mate!

Hanno

[Steve Torok]

I've done some digging in our photo archive. Here are some more Linc's carrier pics to add to the small collection that has been amassed on this thread!!!.

Outstanding work BTW Rick. If you need anymore info on carriers used by the Lincoln and Welland Regiment just drop me a line. We'll be happy to help.

Steve
Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum

PS we currently have two running MkII carriers in our collection

[Steve Torok]

Here's a couple more....

Steve

[c dressel]

Great pics Steve, thanks for sharing

[eddy8men]

thanks for all the support and encouragement guys. i picked the carrier up a week ago from the fella that was helping to rebuild it so it's up to me now and i'm looking forward to getting stuck into it especially as i've just got back from the war and peace show which was a real baptism of fire but i learned a lot and spoke to a few other carrier owners who offered their advice and encouragement which was gratefully received, another advantage of driving it at the show was that most of the faults revealed themselves after 4 days of driving so it should be sorted for the next show in mid august
thanks steve for the pics of the carriers in service, much appreciated especially as i'd like to put the unit and other vehicle markings on now and i'm not sure what goes where. the 4th pic you posted is interesting as the carrier on the left has a solid white line painted above the ct number and this is the same as my carrier, do you have anymore info on the markings and possible significance of the line ? i'd like to restore it as close to it's original spec as possible so any help would be gratefully received.

cheers

rick