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Friday Art Shot
…if you can see this…you may know what just happened here !
Oct 20, 20171 min read


gotta work …no time for blogging !
sometimes, everything just clicks in and you get lost in the work! here is a few shots of the last two days of caffeine fueled progress (...
Oct 20, 20171 min read


run up time !
after shipping our Sugga and Ferret down to Ottawa to be staged for an upcoming weekend show , we are in our monthly run up and...
Oct 18, 20171 min read


Rear light mount deatils
well, more off, and we are down to the bare floor, here is some detail of the trailer plug and light mounts with the mud guards removed ,...
Oct 13, 20171 min read


Friday Art shot
Such a fine bit of casting work! now that we are down to the rear floor, track is next up . We just have to build the suspension block...
Oct 13, 20171 min read


rust indeed…never sleeps!
this by far is the worst part of our half track when it comes to rust. As you can see, the lower sponson angle rail is a lot lighter than...
Oct 12, 20171 min read


Sugga Service !
Well, one more show to go this year, and that is supporting the Ottawa “Bring a Veteran to Dinner” evening . A not to be missed local...
Oct 10, 20171 min read


rear hull plate details
Once the side armour is off, you can see that the whole structure of the M3 is built from the floor up, with each part reinforcing the...
Oct 6, 20171 min read


Friday Art Shot
The Collections Belgian CVRT, in a Defensive position…..its Deer season after all !
Oct 6, 20171 min read


grinder , torch and BFH…feel better !
well, that’s one rear armour panel off …. ….pretty sure its been there since ’42 !
Oct 5, 20171 min read


under new management!
knowing our M3 was in North Africa in 42 due to its hood markings, we have been looking up pictures … …we found a few of these pictures...
Oct 5, 20171 min read


spark it up !
So, taking a break from the cab section … with that and a feeling a need to use big tools, I’m switching to the rear hull for a bit....
Oct 5, 20171 min read


…..Pasta, part 2
Well…into the dash wiring …. It was easier to flip the cab over and get into it that way, lots of rust and it seems that there is a...
Oct 3, 20171 min read


back again !
one of the downsides of doin this kind of work, is the constant demands of other tasks that take us off the main job of the M3. In this...
Oct 3, 20171 min read


there goes the cab
…have I mentioned how much I love a gantry crane ! last six bolts and the battery cable, up she goes !
Sep 26, 20171 min read


..Pasta anyone??
….Cab lift almost ready, 6 bolts to go, so we take a pause to do final wire and harness disconnects wow…thank god for getting pics …I...
Sep 25, 20171 min read


Armour Test Strip
Just found this ! Its a test patch for Armour Hardness on the M3. It was on the inside of the co-drivers foot well, a long strip that...
Sep 22, 20171 min read


Friday Art Shot
No….its not Snowing….its 30 Deg C right now with now end in sight…so, after a colder and wetter than normal Canadian Summer…the end of...
Sep 22, 20171 min read


…one more layer in !
well, drivers side of the cab off! We decided that instead of striping the cab, and repainting, that we will reduce it to a pile of flat...
Sep 20, 20171 min read


by the numbers …..
here is a shot of the elusive frame stamping of the Ord Number , notice that its not been over stamped, or crossed out, something that...
Sep 19, 20171 min read
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