White M3A1 AOP Windshield and Door armour

[Lynn Eades]

Darryl, there are some bits on ebay at the moment in Aust.

[motto]

Try this Darryl. I've measured as well as I can and it should be easy to follow.
A line drawn through the two upper hole centres is 2-5/16" above and parallel to the upper edge of the port cut-out.
A line drawn through the centres of the two forward holes is 1-3/4" forward of and parallel to the forward edge of the port cut-out.
The forward hole centres are 6" apart.
A line drawn through the centres of the two rear holes is 1-1/8" aft of and parallel to the aft edge of the port cut-out.
The rear hole centres are 5" apart.
Don't hesitate to ask if in doubt about any of this.

Dave

[Big D]

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies.

Lynn - yes, I saw that Scout car armour on EBay. I have all the big stuff I need but I was eyeing up the tool box lid, rather than having to build it from scratch. The postage was going to be a bit steep though at $80. I will give it some more thought.

Dave - thanks for the dimensions. Can I please confirm the hole spacing for the front armour down latch? In your last post you had 6" centres for this but in your previous post, the measurement worked out to be 6 1/4" (Forward guide mounting hole centre line is 1-3/4" forward of forward edge of the opening with hole centres 4-3/8" and 10-1/2" up the line from the lower edge).

I know it is not a huge difference. This latch hasn't yet arrived to me but I was getting all the holes drilled this weekend if I can.

Thanks.

[motto]

The difference between the two measurements (error) is actually 1/8" Darryl, 10-1/2" minus 4-3/8" = 6-1/8" and I do believe the more recent dimension is correct @ 6". There is a little bit of guess work in locating the hole centres with the large countersink but I'm sure I'm right at the second attempt as I used a slightly better measuring arrangement.
Apologies for any confusion.

Dave

[Big D]

Hi Dave

Awesome. Thanks for that. My maths is clearly not that good! I'll run with 6".

Many thanks again.