draganm Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 may 12th, 2017 Indiana, USA . from what I can tell most /all of these vehicles are from the Victory Museum in Auburn Indiana, which auctioned off a lot of vehicles in 2012. Not sure who owns them now but they didn't see to have traveled very far? Like the last one though, I would expect this one to bring international bidders According to Shadok-surving panzers the Mauliter15cm Panzerwefer 42 and Marder-3 AusfM chassis' are not original, still the maultier is one of only a handful of armored rocket werfers known to exist. despite that some of the estimated prices appear low. Maultier at $50K, maybe a full reproduction would go that low? The Diamond T with tank transport trailer looks really cool. $15K to $25K, well that would make someone really happy 1941 Krupp 88mm flak 36, $75K to $125K ? 1944 White M16 with Quad mount - $120K , high? http://www.auctionsamerica.com/events/all-lots.cfm?SaleCode=AS17&grouping=Featured%20Military%20Lots&category= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve M7B1 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) "The Diamond T with tank transport trailer looks really cool. $15K to $25K, well that would make someone really happy :-)" Could that be a 6/71 detroit engine fitted ? Edited April 23, 2017 by steve M7B1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummermark Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 "The Diamond T with tank transport trailer looks really cool. $15K to $25K, well that would make someone really happy :-)" Could that be a 6/71 detroit engine fitted ? Certainly looks like a Detroit 6-71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draganm Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Certainly looks like a Detroit 6-71 so non-original power plant? that would certainly kill the max value, but isn't the trailer alone worth a nice chunk of change? any idea what's under the tarp, looks too small to be a tank? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 The Maultier has no engine or transmission, OK, but the estimate of 40-50 000 sounds low to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 is it just me or does the maultier look like a replica based on a T16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draganm Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 is it just me or does the maultier look like a replica based on a T16 the chassis is admittedly universal carrier, the drive sprocket is a little too far back, but something else about it didn't look right. Took a while but I finally see it. If we accept the one in Samur, with battle damage, as an original and compare. There is a slight downward slope to the bonnet, not much , maybe 5 degrees. the one in the US is almost horizontal to the ground. Here The Werfer tubes look suspicious and the support frame is too bulky. Front fenders looked fab'd for sure, wrong headlight brackets/lights The 3rd one in Russia looks to have a lot of reproduced parts as well. I'm not knocking the work done, as a reproduction it's well done, but the question is how much, if any, of it is original. For all intents and purposes, IMO I would consider this a replica that might have some original parts on it and people should bid accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 it's a nice job but to sell it as a wartime maultier might cause a few legal issues with the new owner ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draganm Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 it's a nice job but to sell it as a wartime maultier might cause a few legal issues with the new owner ! yup, buyer beware. Very few auctions will guarantee the items they sell for authenticity, and when they do it's never HMV's interesting prices, about what you would expect . The reproduction Marder on the Stridsvagen chassis went for a lot http://www.auctionsamerica.com/events/all-lots.cfm?SaleCode=AS17&grouping=Featured%20Military%20Lots&category= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 i reckon it was worth $45100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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