1944 Universal Carrier T16
George Sanders from Manchester brought this and the Compressor truck on the back of a 1975 ex Army Foden 8x4 Dropside and a tight fit they were too. Made in Buffalo , New Jersey George restored the carrier from a wreck that once stood outside the military museum at Holywell (closed). At the 50th Anniversary of D-Day he ferried veterans up the beach at Arromanches to meet the Queen.
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