Carrier Engines

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Max,

All universal carriers were fitted with Ford V8s, so I think your digger was mixing things up - all very understandable since we're talking about stuff that happened well over half a decade ago!

Aside from sticking my tongue out at you, I'd like to point out that Rex Fendick in his book A CANLOAN OFFICER states catergorically that carriers were "usually fitted with flat-head Ford V-8 engines, although some had a Chevrolet six-cylinder engine".

While I don't doubt that the old boy's memory may be a bit duff, he DID go from Normandy to the end of the war in command of a carrier-mounted Vickers machine gun platoon with 2 Middlesex.

Nigel, can you comment? Were indeed any carriers of any manufacture either engined or re-engined with Chev motors?