Duffy

Hey Vince, could you show us a pic of those lifting rings and the lifting points you use. Thanks Alan

For sale or scrap....?

The Canadians ended up with four or five in Belgium and Holland. The story goes that the RCD's wanted Staghounds but there were none to be had....so they took several M8's. There are two pics available showing this. Sorry , never heard of the Brits having them in Western Europe. Al

Very nice step by step description with excellent pics. When pads become "contaminated" can they be cleaned properly and reused or should they be replaced? Alan

The Belgians were deployed in a number of noteworthy locations. Are there any records similar to the Tank Museum or Merlin Reports? Alan

Yes Tim that was a big help in understanding the service history. Thanks. I am considering buying this Spartan. If I do, the next big challenge is to figure out where the heck I'm going to put it. I'm running out of room. Alan

I do not recognize the following parts of the Merlin Service history report. 169 14/06/94. A0555A. 1 RRF 999. 22/06/94. A4420A. HQ CTG BG 3DIV99. 08/04/97 A4420B. RE CS TROOP HQ CTG BG 1 RRF was in Bosnia in 1995-6. The vehicle was on the books of 1 RRF for 8 days and with the second entry for three years and the third entry for another 6 years. What does the second and third entries mean? What are the units and where would they be located? There was also a change code entry as noted; 6/8/93. Code change from. 0854 3000 to 0854 7500. e38 What is the nature of the change? Thanks Alan

Having repaired our Sherman we are looking to top up the tranny oil. We have been told that number 50 lubricating oil is specified....but to what? Tranny or Engine? Thanks Alan Duffy

They have a common and yet very interesting history. Al

They currently could be Sabres or Scorpions. The service numbers are as follows: 02 FD 36 02 FD 38 03 FD 28 03 FD 45 03 FD 55 03 FD 61 03 FD 65 04 FD 39 PM me if you own one or know where they are or what may have happened to them. Thanks Al

Thanks Clive, very informative.

Looking for an update on this thread. Has anyone found a copy or could share a few pages of it to shed some light on this piece of kit? EMER WHEELED VEHICLES V 005 Installation Instruction No.1

Congrats Andy. CVRTs are like a bag of chips. You have one and soon you must have another! You must share the service record when you get it. Alan

Wow.....and to think I simply wanted to hit the starter with a hammer!

My 54 MkI Ferret is sitting on blocks in my garage. I start it up every month or so and have never had an issue. Two days ago I charged up the batteries and attempted to start it. After several short attempts it fired up but when I released the starter switch the engine died immediately. It did this every time. It would start up and even rev up quite nicely as long as I kept the starter switch on. I thought there must be something electrical and I was thinking I would install the nos ignition assembly sooner than later. I asked a mechanic that I have had work on it before and his thoughts were that the starter motor or more specifically the the gear on the starter that engages the flywheel is not retracting and is in fact remaining engaged with the flywheel. The result being the engine dies immediately. He suggested that I give the starter a whack or two and maybe the gear will disengage. So what are your thoughts.....should I give it a whack and try again or is there another approach? Thanks Alan

Hey Ross, I believe this is a different Striker. Vince also has his listed there as well. The sights on the one that Vince is selling is the early type. The listing I am referring to has several vehicles for sale. Different vehicle. Alan

Advertised on Milweb. Does anyone know anything about these vehicles? I have an interest in the Striker and maybe the Sabre. Are there more pics of these vehicles anywhere? The CVRT Striker VRN? Alan

I will have to get the Merlin report to see. I have done that with some of my other vehicles. I do not have the vehicle yet but the pictures clearly show ample desert yellow color bleeding through. I would rather get a Mk 1/2 ferret that served in the Gulf in 91 but there are many pics of Mk 2s that were there. If anyone has or knows of a Mk1 ferret with Gulf war service for sale please contact me. Thanks Alan

Ferret 00 CC 76 is said to had served in the Gulf in 91. Looking at the service history card it does not show that. Could it be incomplete? Any explanation possible to validate the claim?

Anyone know where the following Strikers may be? 07FF22 07FF81 07FF77 I have been looking but no luck so far. Thanks Alan

Great Scorpion pics! Does anyone know what unit they are from? The unit/regimental flag?

I am looking to fully equip my Scorpion with Clansman kit. I have a Clansman loaded Sabre. Would the equipment/pieces be basically the same? I haven't taken possession of the Scorpion but am trying to have the comms installed before I squeeze it into a container and ship over here. I would appreciate any diagrams or pics of the comms/radio configurations. Thanks

Could you possibly scan or photograph the service/history card and reproduce it here in this thread? Is it the Merlin printout or the old card type record? Al

These are the tracks waiting to go on. This Sherman will enable the Ontario Regiment Museum to field two running M4A2's.

Here is an M4A2 76mm Wet HVSS variant of the Sherman. I purchased this last month and have a long term usage agreement with the Ontario Regiment Museum in Oshawa Ontario. My garage is big but definitely not Sherman size! It was built in 1945 and is one of 300 purchased by the Canadian Government in 1946 for $1,400 each. They were used from 1946 to about 1972 until fully replaced by Centurions. I drove them while in the reserves with the Ontario Regiment. It runs well but has a steering issue that is currently being sorted out. New tracks and other bits are waiting to go on.