My T16 Carrier

andrew honychurch · #1 22-05-10, 21:58

Guys, thanks for the info. First I am bit slow to respond as I am not getting auto alerts of replies to my e mail address but I can sort that I am sure.

Originally, I was selling this for my father as he had some care issues for my mother who had a stroke. This is now not an issue and so he has asked me to keep it and restore it to its former glory. We did have a little fun in it about 1983/4 when we bought it from a chap called Tony Mansell. Tony was a founding member of the Shropshire and Border Counties MVCH with my father and had bought it in about 1980 from Pounds. Back then, any armoured WW2 vehicle was a rare beast in private ownership, but a tracked carrier was golddust. Tony made a very hasty restoration and when we bought it it was just about runing but not very well. The reason she is on a 1980 registration is that he road registered it back then. I then rebuilt the top end, grinding all the valves in on my fathers ValveMaster machine. I was 21 and did it in my holidays from University. What a job, it took for ever but it sounded really good after. Anyway, with moving away from home and wife and kids the Carrier got neglected and thats pretty much where we are right now. Dad is really keen that we keep it, so thats the project now....get it done correctly. I cannot believe that we have had it for 27 years, but our Jeep we have had since 1952 so I guess the Carrier is relative new comer!

RichardT10829 · #2 23-05-10, 17:44

for your box if you contact eden camp they will let you in and you can measure up theyre carriers boxes / tins. That carrier still has good tracks and wheels... They wont let go of the carrier as it is destined to remain a static display however they may let you swap worn track for the good stuff it has (after all it is not going anywhere) the boxes they might even let you take them away to get repro's made but a bit of groundwork would be needed to build trust up first. i was There just the other day crying over it being left outside.

Richie

andrew honychurch · #3 24-05-10, 11:19

thanks for that. Actually, there is a T16 in a small private collection about 5 miles from me with all the boxes on. I know the guy wil let me measure up, I guess I was hoping to find a usable example...some chance I suppose. Its worth noting about Eden Camp though thx A

martyn · #4 26-05-10, 19:17

You could try john marchant in northamptonshire he has a t16 ?

andrew honychurch · #5 27-05-10, 15:14

thanks Martyn, he used to have loads of them, I will try him. Meanwhile does anyone know what the large bracket above the left hand side of the gunner is. I know I will show my ignorance here but need to learn!

horsa · #6 27-05-10, 15:49

That horizontal shelf-like bracket is for the 2-inch mortar which was used as a smoke bomb thrower.

Lynn Eades · #7 27-05-10, 22:22

If you go directly into the Carrier forum, you can read the older threads, and you will learn a lot. Read through Davids thread (Horsa) on his T16. Its a great thread, and he has done a tremendous job of it.
No questions are dumb questions. We enjoy them, they make us feel great (So clever and all)

By the way, Welcome aboard. Great to see you here enriching the forum.
Lynn.