>I am trying to research the history of a Ferret, to include time in service,
>possible stations etc.
>Any ideas where I would start?
Several years ago I was researching in the archives of The Tank Museum at Bovington in the UK. I mentioned to the curator that I owned a Fieldmouse MK 1 (Ferret) and wondered if any info was available on it. He took me over to a row of file cabinets and said that most of the service records of post war armor were contained there. He then pulled out a drawer to show me several records. Unfortunately my Ferret is ex-Canadian Army so the records were not there. Last March a friend of mine from PA. stopped at the museum and got copies of the records for both our Saladin armoured cars. Cost was 5 pounds (about $8 US) for each copy. The records showed my Saladin was used in Hong Kong! Contact them with the registration number of your MV. It is the number/letter/number combination painted on the vehicle and should also be stamped on the data plate. Should look like this, 04 ED 78.
For people with a Rolls-Royce powered MV, there is a motor record rolled up inside a little tube on the motor itself. On a Ferret it will be on the top rear center of the motor and has a knurled cap on top. This record will tell you what has been done to the motor and if it has been rebuilt etc.
If you have a ex Canadian Army MK 1 Ferret (it will have a US type alternator instead of a generator) contact me off line and I'll tell you where to find your registration number and year of manufacture.
Jim
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"Considered too dangerous to be allowed to run for the MVPA board"
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Jim Gilmore MVPA # 5843
2565 Wiethoff Inkster, Mi. 48141
313-561-8826 Phone
313-730-1652 Fax
jgilmore@oeonline.com
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