No, not so common, only about 4000 made, but still due to it's smallness quite a few survivors, but most of them never saw action, the last ones built, were sold as war surpus in 1946 in the US.
So on to the steering handles, had several spare ones, and chose the best ones, and blasted and painted them, only to find out I forgot to straighten them! so did it afterwards, paint not damaged too much.
Also straightened the seat supports, they are a bit fragile, and always bent, especially when the big hook of the winch is attached to the seat, and then the winch cable rolled up too tight!
More small stuff blasted.
Then the ballast boxes, had them powder coated, about ten years ago, after some welding, but this was alread going rusty a bit, so some sandblasting, and sanding, and a special clear 2 pack primer was used to get good adhesion, and the next day a final coat of O.D. now only to make one more inspection cover!
Seems early models had 2 covers, and late 3 ?
Here the left one, still have to fit the covers.
Beginning to look like something now!
Fitted steering tillers, was some modifications done to them, but is all OK now, but cannot get them adjusted evenly, the left goes about 3/4" more forward then the right, we'll see if this is a problem later.
Lex