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    Mk1 Transit Chest

    How much is a Mk1 Transit Chest worth in the UKicon, fair condition
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    About £50-75 I'd have said.

    Still quite a good deal compared to the tripods, which seem to have rocketed in price in the last couple of years.
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    And to think I was selling these for £20 a few years back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brit plumber View Post
    And to think I was selling these for £20 a few years back.
    And I was burning them because no one wanted them! I wish I had the space to have stored the hundered odd that I burned!.....Always wise after the event Etc, Etc........
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    I gave it away because I couldn't imagine anyone would ever want it, and i couldn't store it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mk VII View Post
    I gave it away because I couldn't imagine anyone would ever want it, and i couldn't store it.
    So at least it went to a home & was not destroyed!.................

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    They look good with the wood front taken out and replaced with a sheet of perspex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    They look good with the wood front taken out and replaced with a sheet of perspex.
    Ah yes Peter, But you have to have a spare one to be able to do that!........

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    If your restoring a transit box these people may be able to supply the correct paint:

    Military vehicle paint, Nato green paint, Matt nato green paint, Olive drab paint, Camouflage paint

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    I have a few of these bren boxes, in varying states of repair. Some have been modified to accommodate the L7 GPMG by removing some of the internal fittings (nothing too hard to replace or repair).
    This year at Beltring I did sell a couple in this state for £40 each.
    I am in two minds as to what to do with the remaining boxes. I am thinking of using them as parts for reproduction No15 chests for the sniper rifles. but it looks like a costly way to get the right type of hasps.....
    if there is anyone out there with the old type GPMG transit boxes ......... (I think... if memory serves ... they too were fitted with the same type of hasp)

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