ajmac Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 That looks good Pete. Yes I have the missing end in the workshop. I also have a photo with dimensions showing the missing starting handle support. The easy bit to bend up and weld on for me to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 This is the missing handle support, I photographed an original a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter75 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I finished welding the the 4th and final seat today. There's a bit of grinding for Alastair to do. The good news is that my Loyd has a simple bench seat. Peter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 A hell of a lot of work Pete, I bet you are glad they are over! Now I can do the easy bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter75 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I made a start today on the body support brackets, mainly making cardboard templates and ruff cutting plates. As Alistair needs to make the same brackets I ruff cut a second set of plates. Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Update video. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland_laddie Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Thanks for sharing the video. Great camera work 😄 Really good to see how far she has come. I've been following this thread for years and reman astonished by what you have achieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Fitting a rear hull panel. Running on its tracks soon. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Update 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Nice work on the pressing there 🙂 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XS650 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) On 7/31/2011 at 8:19 PM, eddy8men said: carriers could still be useful for many tasks after the war ended, there was a major morrell of the reme who settled in yorkshire after the war and ran a garage, when the surplus carriers came up for disposal he bought a 1000 with the intention of stripping them and selling the parts but he also used a few on other tasks like the salvage of 3000 tons of iron ore from a ship wreck that was only accessable at high tide. it just goes to show how versitile these little machines were. if the name major morrell rings a bell with some of you it's because he's the same fella that designed the churchill na75. rick I have been reading through this thread of a great restoration and came across this post. My father was involved in this salvage operation at Redcar and the photo below is of the two ' carriers' used . He is the chap seated in carrier on far right . His brother is perched on top of the carrier. All the men were Redcar fishermen. Major Morrell is stood in the middle , I have a lot more info on operation this if of any interest. I would be interested to know exactly what type carriers they were. Craig Edited May 23, 2021 by XS650 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 51 minutes ago, XS650 said: I have been reading through this thread of a great restoration and came across this post. My father was involved in this salvage operation at Redcar and the photo below is of the two ' carriers' used . He is the chap seated in carrier on far right . His brother is perched on top of the carrier. All the men were Redcar fishermen. Major Morrell is stood in the middle , I have a lot more info on operation this if of any interest. I would be interested to know exactly what type carriers they were. Craig The one closest the camera is a USA T16 and the other is probably a normal Universal Carrier. Thanks for posting, more info would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XS650 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) Well here is the story - On the 28th October 1955 at 3.20am the good ship Karmas was due to enter the river Tees with a cargo of high grade Swedish iron ore. In the second picture above the Tees is on the other side of the lighthouse and breakwater. Somehow the Karmas in fine weather managed to pass to the left of the lighthouse instead of the right and ran aground on a 'beach'. This 'beach' was made up of hard boulders of slag from the local steelworks and is very difficult to traverse by any means. To refloat the ship around 3000 tons of iron ore was jettisoned over the side and she was towed off by tugs. Major Percy H Morrell REME a garage owner from Leeds (who had been awarded an MBE for creating the Churchill tank fitted with 75mm gun from Shermans in his 'wrecking ' yard during the North African campaign and after the war had bought 1000 carriers to scrap.) went into partnership with a salvage engineer from Leeds Bert Bowers to 'have a crack' at recovering the cargo. He had already scrapped most of the carriers but had kept a few of the good ones and decided to try to use two of them to recover the cargo. They were stripped down and fitted with a flat back. Five fishermen were employed as well as a full time fitter on the job. At low tide iron ore which was extremely heavy ( one galvanised bucket full was all a man could lift ) was loaded by hand onto the back of the carriers which could carry around two ton. This was then dumped next to the breakwater and picked up by lorry and took to the steelworks. This must have been very hard work and as fishermen could earn a good living back then they were either well paid or it was mid winter . My uncle said the carriers often broke tracks around the drive sprockets on the slag beach but no doubt Mr Morrell had plenty of spares! Whether Percy Morrell made any money is not recorded. He said .'' well it worked and they ( the carriers) stood up to the job exceptionally well''. The good ship Karmas carried on for another 25 years not being scrapped until 1980. Craig Edited May 25, 2021 by XS650 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 That is an interesting story, like you say though the fishermen must have been well paid or out of work in the winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XS650 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) Yes my father and his brother ( right in the photo ) had their own boat and did not fish in the winter. Craig Edited May 25, 2021 by XS650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 Now posting random Loyd related stuff on Instagram too. Should be a video of it driving soon! https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGEJnQMWog/?igshid=NDA1YzNhOGU= 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Looking at your page I see you know about the Loyd at Bicester (also here at about 2 mins): What's the low down on that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) That Loyd was found in France back in 2012, it was moved to England around that time and sat in a collection near Portsmouth, this year to was brought by a friend of mine and transported to his workshop for restoration. I have some parts from it in my garage at the moment! Edited November 19, 2022 by ajmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 It’s all finished now, apart from the hood. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Fantastic. Having followed this from the start it is great to see it finished. Hope to see it at an event some time this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Fantastic job! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 It is just like mine was in the mid 1980's. A cracking job but get rid of that canvas bucket..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 19 minutes ago, Bob Grundy said: It is just like mine was in the mid 1980's. Which you very kindly let me drive at Battle Day at that time! I was so impressed, I bought one. There was nearly 40 years between the two events, however..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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