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23-12-08, 02:42
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This looks like a simple mount with a bamboo chair for a seat. I like the Boyes mount too. I wonder if that bracket was simply bolted to the spare wheel so you could put it where-ever you wanted.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 
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23-12-08, 05:47
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Original AWM caption ID Number: 008801 Physical description: Black & white Summary: SYRIA, 1941-06. GUNNER J. WOODS (ON TOP) AND DRIVER T. KELLY, AIF, HAVE ADEQUATE DEFENCES AGAINST AIRCRAFT, TANKS OR INFANTRY. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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24-01-09, 22:01
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I started fabricating the Motley mount for my Motley seat the other day. You can traverse the gun a limited amount without moving the seat as the vertical pivot pipe doesn't attach to the pipe on the seat. I tried it on for size and it would be hard to use if you only had to swing the seat to traverse. I'm going to have to look around to find a couple of counterbalance springs. I should be able to come up with something close. A two inch trailer ball cut in half worked perfect for the end of the gun support arm.
I also started assembling my plastic Lewis gun to go on top. I made a wooden stock for it to make it stronger and more authentic looking. It'll probably look real when you're standing back a few feet.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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30-01-09, 01:30
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I got most of the mount made and pieced everything together to see how it works.I haven't got a picture of a Lewis mounted on one but this is how they must have done it. I've just got a single spring jury rigged to set it up and the Lewis isn't glued together yet but it looks pretty good anyway. I still have to pretty up some of the welds and make a few more bits.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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