Identification Required.

[Jesse Browning]

Radial engine mounts for tanks are completely different.

[Luke R]

They are aircraft radial engine mounts, They look very similar to a set that I used to have out of a Beaufort bomber.

[Dave Mills]

Thank you for the info lads, much appreciated.

I will nail down which location they came from as this may help the identification, the current owners son believes from puckapunyal between 1959 to 1961. His 82 year old mother believes out of a scrap yard in Brunswick at around the same time.

If out of Pucka i would say a Tank engine stand and if out of a Brunswick wreckers yard i would say an Aircraft engine stand.

Great to get so much input.

Dave.

[Luke R]

Dave,
I sent your photos to a friend of mine and he agrees with me that they are Beaufort/Beaufighter engine mounts as in what holds the engine to the wing.
The mounts that hold the radial engines in tanks/LVTs are completely different.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Just to give an idea, here's a picture of the engine mount of a Lockheed Electra. Not saying your mount came off an Electra, but it shows the general layout and construction of a radial engine mount. Its function is to carry the weight of the engine and transfer the forces to the engine bulkhead which itself is fitted to the engine nacelle (part of the main wing structure). The engine and its mount are covered in fairings to improve aerodynamics.

With your restoration skills, I would not be surprised if one day you would rebuild the rest of the airframe around this mount

IMG_8228.JPG