carrier sold

[Ledsel]

Just got back from a local auction and this sold for $7600.00

[Lynn Eades]

Left hand drive, low sillouette!!

[Ledsel]

Yea someone did a lot of work on that one. It also has a rear end from something else, I think maybe a T16?

[chris vickery]

Wow, that bid just confirms my assessment that people in Alberta have WAY too much money for their own good!

That is an outrageous price to pay for a scrapper.

[Ledsel]

I'd say so! It did have a lot of extras. MACHINE GUN MOUNT, ALL REAR EQUIPMENT BRACKETS, ENGINE COVERS, 2lb.MORTER BASE, REAR LARGE BOX, RATION BOX, GUNNERS BLANK OUT PLATE, REAR BOXES OVER FUEL TANKS, FRONT GUNNERS ARMOUR, FRONT FLOOR TOOL BOX, ETC.

[Ledsel]

Rear Fenders, Crank, Side Step, Overflow Tank. Etc.

[Ledsel]

Manual Data Plate,

[chris vickery]

It appears that this one would have made a good "donor" for someone who had a complete armoured hull sans drivetrain.

Just to put things into perspective, within the last 2 years two carriers I saw go at auctions here in Ontario went in the $2500 - $3000 range. Both had complete armour, drivetrains and "goodies" still attached...

I think this just goes to show the "trap" that many enthusiasts fall into. Pay way too much for too little to only find out that the actual restoration cost is going to fall into the thousands of dollars later.

Once you are finally finished and decide to sell and move on to something else, the cheapskates come out in droves expecting to get a really good "deal". I would hazzard a guess to say that carrier needs a minimum of $10,000 plus a donor hull just to make it right. Whats the going price on a fully restored carrier these days???

[Ledsel]

Tracks were wore out pretty good, they had been totally taken apart and shimmed with washers so they tracked straight. no extra links left. Still could easily be restored and returned to right hand drive as all linkage was just reversed. Three times more than I wanted to pay but now I have a good idea what mine is worth as it is all original excep for some home made brackets. Wonder what the one down by Vulcan is going to go for on Sunday?

[rob love]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

I would hazzard a guess to say that carrier needs a minimum of $10,000 plus a donor hull just to make it right. Whats the going price on a fully restored carrier these days???

I don't know about the 10K, and really what this thing needs is a set of armor and a back axle. I would venture to say that this would make a good donor carrier, with a lot of the hard to find boxes and brackets to go with the deal. But the price is considerably higher than I would have thought it would see outside of ebay.

I would venture to guess that a restored carrier would fall into the $16000-$30,000+ range here in Canada. Seems like there are a lot of guys with more money than time these days.

[chris vickery]

Hi Rob

I just threw the $10,000 number out there off the top of my head.

If one considers the following, it's not too hard to add up quickly;

rebuilt flathead $3500
sandblasting and paint $2000
rebuild transmission and rear diff, brakes (assuming new bearings, seals and gaskets and you do it yourself) $500?
pull and replace or repack wheel bearings, @ $35 to $50 each x 8
new fenders and associated sheet metal, just have a look at Midwest Military site for prices
guages and electrical $$500-$1000
radiator rebuild $500
on and on and on....

10 years ago when I did my 12 cab Ford cmp, the truck cost me $900 and I put another $6500 into it. Considering the drivetrain and many other components are relative, I think my $10g figure is close on doing a carrier ad I would add that that would be if you were doing most of the work yourself.

[Ledsel]

Well when this guy from ( Loydminster area ) bought this carrier the owner asked him if he would stand beside it so that he could get a photo of him with it and the (jerk) said my picture costs money and proceeded to walk away. Soooo.. I say, I think he should have paid more than he did.

[chris vickery]

Maybe the former owner wanted a picture to prove what an idiot looks like...

[Ledsel]

The previus owner is in his 80's and he was real happy.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Maybe the former owner wanted a picture to prove what an idiot looks like...