Shilo's new T-16

[George McKenzie]

My friend came by yesterday with a T16 Very little rust but not much left above the fenders. Interesting thing is that it has four leavers to steer it He lives in Vancouver and will be on this site soon .

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by George McKenzie

Interesting thing is that it has four leavers to steer it

That'd because the T16 uses a controlled differential steering system, discarding the track warping system devised by Vickers-Armstrong.

Inner two levers are for controlling the differential and used for normal steering. Left and right outside levers work on the drum brakes and are only used for tight and slow turns.

T16-ford-carrier.jpg

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Left and right outside levers work on the drum brakes and are only used for tight and slow turns.

You can see a tight turn executed with the brake levers here: https://youtu.be/NutxkByK8RI

[rob love]

I am currently prepping the vehicle to head outside for storage by changing the oils in the gearboxes (well, water mostly to be honest, but soon to be oil again) and before stowing all the small parts back into the vehicle, thought I would reveal the markings from the infantry school. There were about 5 schools in central command, so I was really hoping for a number. Sadly all that was there was the RCSofI marking.

The central command shield shows no sign of the castle, which came later I believe. The 1947 manual just shows a red shield, which was all I found in the 3 locations where the shield was found on this T-16.

No doubt though that in the end the artillery markings will take priority upon restoration. We are Canada's National Artillery Museum after all.

[Eric Korhonen]

Hi Rob.
I was just checking out carriers on eBay, not sure if you are looking for parts for the t16 or not but there are some advertised there. The seller is in Wisconsin .

Eric

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by Eric Korhonen

Hi Rob.
I was just checking out carriers on eBay, not sure if you are looking for parts for the t16 or not but there are some advertised there. The seller is in Wisconsin .

Eric

Applicable to the Swiss modified T16. Not advertised as such.

[Colin Alford]

Rob,

I have found some info that might interest you:

T-102032 was consigned from 1 Cdn Veh Coy RCOC (England) to OC, Central Mechanization Depot, New Sarum, Ontario in Oct 1945 as part of a shipment of 29 "Carriers T-16 4.2" Mortar Modified Class 1A"

The Bill of Lading was completed on 5 Oct 1945.

It was loaded on "S.S. Grafton Park" in Liverpool on 10 Oct 1945 and docked in Montreal on 16 Oct 1945.

It then departed Montreal onboard Canadian National Railways Car #CNR 661506 on 23 Oct 1945 destined for New Sarum.

Colin