Having had several of these spade grips through my collection over the years, the Canadian Harvard was, as I recall, markedly heavier due to the casting being in aluminium – good for corrosion if weight not a problem. The fighter units however were lighter being cast in a Magnesium alloy. Light, but prone to ‘fizz’ alarmingly with corrosion unless very well treated and maintained.
My money is still on this unit being from a Harvard, dull grey finish, external route of pneumatic pipes and the lack of a brake lever or fitting.
Mark
The routing is entirelyfine for a Hurricane. (Or Harvard come to think of it!) Harvards do tend to have the gun tubes bent towards the column part tho’.
Canadian grips can be mag alloy but are generally heavier castings (more metal) and not as ‘pretty’. I was told that Canadian grips were stored seperate of brake levers, catches and associated posts…..to allow them to be rapidly drawn from stores and fitted to a multitude of types.
AH2040 are fitted with the bowden cable guide (as is the Ebay one which could easily be fitted with a brake lever post, lever, catch etc).
To summarise, the Ebay grip is a nice example, unfitted (no doubt), I cannot see any corrosion and more than suitable for a Hurricane (or Harvard).
Unfortunately (for you!) I could go on all day about this subject.
As Mark12 will know, the Spitfire had the tubes passing through the bottom of the grip stock to allow them to pass elegantly through the stock/v piece (the yoke).
The Ebay example is actually cheap!!
Nice grip! I have one spare too which is available for swapsies!!
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