Transit Chest Images - For those interested

[grant580]

Son
Looks to me these chests are Bren chests converted to house the No 4 snipers?

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[grant580]

Son:

Some pictures of the interior would be awesome, these types of chests are all new to me and very interesting.

[stencollector]

Here are some shots of a vickers chests hinges, and a Short style Bren chest, which I believe came out of India at one point. The bren chest has many layers of paint with stencils uderneath. I don't have the heart to start stripping it down and removing it's history.

Anyway, the hinges on the bren chest come closest to those shown, with 4 screws on the long part.
Below is a shot of both chests (vickers on bottom, bren on top of it), and the hardware on the vickers chest.

[stencollector]

Below are some shots of the short Bren chest. It's hinges have 4 holes and come close to the hinges shown by the OP.

[thorswhisper]

Does anyone have any pics of original M1 Garand transit crates?

[grant580]

Once I was told that the hinges they onced used on the seats of older Land Rovers in the UK were/are the same hinges used on transit chests in the UK and as shown in Stencollector's recent pictures on the Bren/Vickers boxes. Anyone know anything about that, or have an old Land Rover in the back yard they could reference?

[Nickjc]

Well lo and behold i have a set of those hinges....my dad picked up a set for me after we were talking about them.... Bless his heart....

I adapted them to my 'range box' chest and they seem to work fine......

The box is completed with the fine components supplied by Rick.....!

I think it will serve the purpose well...i don't have an original T.... But my scoped no 4 will be fine in it...I'm going to look Around for a tin to hold the scope etc....all in all it will make a fine range box.....I received two compliments on it today as well.....

[grant580]

Well lo and behold i have a set of those hinges....my dad picked up a set for me after we were talking about them.... Bless his heart....

I adapted them to my 'range box' chest and they seem to work fine......

The box is completed with the fine components supplied by Rick.....!

I think it will serve the pruposez well...i don't have an original T.... But my scoped no 4 will be fine in it...I'm going to look Around for tin to hold the scope etc....all in all it will make a fine range box.....I received two compliments in it today as well.....

We need pictures Nick!

[Nickjc]

Pics!!!!!


I'm not much of a woodworker....lol.....more of a computer geek....but it was fun....I made some errors and if I assemble another I know what I would do different in assembly.....

Fun project....I'm happy with it.......!!






A few more to come once they upload...... Lol

[grant580]

It's looking awesome Nick!!, I especially like the green coloured interior.

RG