English 3" Mortar Carrier

[kevin powles]

Hi Wayne, You dont hppen to have with that mortar carrier details or the remains of any rear mounting brackets which stowed the 3" mortar in place on the rear deck?.

nice carrier, kevin.

[andrew honychurch]

if it is indeed a Sentinel made Carrier my father was emplyed making these at the factory at Shrewsbury. He recalls many details about them, so if anyone has any particular question by all means try me and i will ask him. One thing he vividly recalls is the tarmac outside the factory gate. The test drivers used to spin left out of the factory on Harlescott Road and run about 7 miles up to Haughmond Hill and back. The road was completely scuffed up from that first fast left up the road! Every time he sees a Carrier he always looks to see whether it was a Sentinel or not.

[Lynn Eades]

I would like to know exactly how the riveting was done to get such perfect rivets. I believe the riveter had a gyroscope feature, that stopped them moving sideways. I would love to see specific tooling details, because many rivets are in awkward places.

[motto]

You'd probably be surprised at how primitive the gear was that was used to set the rivets Lynn. It would all be down to the skill of the workmen. Remember that they would be doing them by the thousand and if they muffed it they would be in for a right bawling out.
David

[andrew honychurch]

I will speak to him and ask a bit about the riveting and report back.

[Lynn Eades]

It will be great to hear what he has to say. Thanks in advance.