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Stange thing someone offered them already a great sum of money for the tank..:cool2:

not strange at all, "Bog tanks" are time capsules because there is no Oxygen. The ones they pulled out so far look like they sank a few months ago instead of 70 years ago. They are perfect time capsules, wooden boxes, paint, cloth, everything is perfectly preserved. Stug 3 in Russia was like that,

A Sherman Firefly in that condition would be easily worth a millon Euro IMO, probably more.

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.

Are these full new tracks or new rubber on old track sections?

 

Cheers Phil

I don't know for sure but they look brand new

http://www.staman.nl/

 

appear to be Modeled after the VVSS T48 style tracks

http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/tracks/vvss_tracks.html

 

must have cost a fortune to retool and manufacture

What has happened with this Covenanter dig?

 

I am surprised this thread has not been looked at in a while.

last update from November

 

BBC has got involved so it's anyones guess now. i want to do it as soon as possible but the vineyard owner wants the publicity so i'll have to hurry up and wait !

however i have been out collecting a few little bits and bobs in the meantime :-D

 

Since the TV people are now running the show, and they don't like rolling out all their gear and film crews just to film in pouring rain, I would expect this to commence sometime late May/ early June? April seems to be 50% rainy days , but then again so is May and June, drops to 45% in July :-D

 

Rick any interesting "bobs" to share? A turret would be nice

wow, 35 tons at 55kph on rubber tracks.

 

 

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

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=

 

 

 

looks like the Panzer Farm in Poland is starting a Tiger 1 resto. Don't know why they would go to all that trouble instead of just pulling one out of the river but it's a cool project none the less :-\

 

 

After a very long time of "Tiger" parts purchasing, acquiring from each sides, collecting even the smallest elements - we've made the decision about rebuilding the vehicle of our dreams - Pz VI Tiger 1.

 

It is our biggest, the most priority project on which realisation we've sacrificed years of work and huge assets. Within the space of many years we had to resign from many other concepts and undertakings.

 

Within the next three months we plan to acquire and buy each, even the smallest amount of parts to rebuild the vehicle as original as it could be. Elements that we won't get from anywhere we need to make ourselves.

 

In such case, we really need help from those of you who want to take part in this fundamental for historical vehicles' collectors project which is the process of rebuilding very rare Pz VI Tiger 1. Contact us!

 

If anyone has any information about the people who has elements from this vehicle to sell or about the places where these parts are in - write or call us 🙂

 

For each part or information we will repay you in the "market" prices

I hope nobody here is implying that the fellow that brought us such serious accomplishments as the "tank limo" and the "tank hearse" might be pulling a fast one to get a little free publicity? Say it ain't so!

LOL , thanks, I think that clears up this story rather nicely :-D

surely it's not possible that no one here knows this guy as a collector in the UK right?

 

video of discovery , although it looks like a recreation

 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tank-restorers-strike-gold-145639375.html

 

I was told that this story was first printed last Saturday, the 1st of April!!! And why didn't they show the hole in the fuel tank?

Seems like they could do with some maths lessons, 5x5kg gold bars = 881 ounces which at £1,000 per ounce is "only" £881,000.

they look bigger than 5kg no? 10 I would think

 

edit, they weight them , about 5.5 kg each

A friend of mine is a commercial welder. He has a little inverter set bought about ten years ago. Funnily enough he had it up last week to repair a trailer mud guard. He reckons they are useful little beasts, and have come down in price a lot, but wouldn't use it for heavy work.

 

That's a good point too, most people don't give much to much attention to duty cycle but if you exceed it the chances of blowing something go way up.

 

Here the standard cycle is 10 minute intervals. So 35% duty cycle rating is 3.5 minutes on, 10 minutes off, 3.5 on etc.

 

oddly enough of the 2 units discussed above the inverter has a higher rating @200 amps , 60% vs. 35% for the transformer. Which makes sense as transformers generate a lot of heat while switching power supplies are way more efficient, run cooler .

looks like £1449 (inc VAT) for the TEC-TIG 225 amp. Add the foot pedal, torch, ground cable and clamp, gas regulator and your going to be back up approaching 2K .

 

 

To me personally, the R-tech 200 amp inverter machine for £1378 complete package is a better choice, but to go inverter or transformer is a personal choice.

 

I would also ask around on a UK forum specifically for welding discussion

Hi all, thanks for the input. Have found a company which is British and stock parts for their welders for 20 years....

Was considering one of these beasties, bit ugly but I am not going to be looking at it.

IMO the basic essential features are all there. They don't specify on a couple, like AC frequency control but.........

 

Not overly sure about the reliability of inverter unit, like the old school ruggidness.

 

Thoughts please

that is not an inverter based unit , it's transformer based

These robustly constructed machines use conventional transformer and thyristor technology, and are not inverter based; this ensures a very long life, good reliability & serviceability and British made quality you can trust.

The transformer units are generally longer lived and more robust, but yeah all that Copper makes for a bigger and heavier chassis. I don't think that's an issue, I want my welder to look like a welder, not a toaster :-D

 

They're warranty is a little disingenuous IMHO

These models have a one year warranty with five years on the main transformer (the heart of the machine).

short of a lightning strike, the transformer is never what fails. What's the warranty on the rest , control board, etc.? They don't say

 

how much are they asking for this thing? keep in mind that the torch and pedal are options too

Would also depend on how deep your pockets are. R tech units work well.

not bad, only $1700. US including VAT , comes with Torch and foot pedal + plenty of modern features and 2 year warranty.

http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/tig-welder-240v-ac-dc-200amp/

 

I paid a hell of lot more than that for the Miller , 4X times more and the pedal was extra and I used my old torch

Hi all, I am in the search for a single phase TIG welder about 200Amps ish. Will be used for stainless, Ally and also steel what are the options to look for in a good unit, any make to steer clear of ?

not sure what Ally is ,

if it's Aluminum, 200 amps will let you weld about 1/4" thick using AC , maybe a little more if it has balance control. I just got rid of our old Transformer based machine because even though it went to 320 amps and was water cooled, with no balance control and 60Hz default it really struggled on thicker AL . Unstable Arc and unable to get enough heat into the weld.

 

To give you an idea of what the modern units do, my New Miller Dyansty 350 is AC balance Default setting at 75% electrode negative and 25% electrode positive at 400Hz. Reason for the first one is you don't need that much electrode positive cleaning action for freshly machined AL bar sock and at 400Hz the Arc does not wander, much better focus on the arc puddle.

 

Second, you didn't say how thick of stainless. Our old unit was good down to about .06" thick sheet. I have to weld much thinner than that sometimes and then I need the machine to be stable down to 15 amps or less in straight DC mode.

 

The old transformer based units are dirt cheap used and run forever , our LTec (ESAB) was wired single phase 400 amp service. Our new Miller is 60 amp 3 Phase. If you don't need the extremes like I do of really thick AL and really thin stainless then your choices are much greater and cheaper.

 

There are small budget inverter based units which are much smaller than the old transformer types but I have never tried one. A friend bought one for a few hundred dollars and he had no complaints on typical stainlesss tubing and schedule 20/40 pipe he welded up for his brewery. I don't think it had AC or HF arc start, DC with scratch start only.

 

I would strongly recommend a water cooled torch as well. A commercial cooler can add hundreds of dollars in cost, but I think it's worth it if you plan to do a lot of welding.

I hate reading about these types of things, but I guess it happens in certain places

 

“The object of cultural significance has been turned over to the government,” the FSB concluded, adding that the man was charged with contraband of cultural artifacts and handed a 3 year suspended sentence.

 

http://www.newsweek.com/moscow-soviet-tank-contraband-kazakhstan-571757

looks like fun,

show and swap inside the (now air conditioned) factory that made airplanes in WW2 and then tanks and AFV's from 1952 until 1972, Including the M41, T-195 - T196 howitzers , M-114 APC's, and finally the M-551 Sheridan.

 

http://www.ixclevelandtankshow.com/index.htm

 

the event center, 2.2 million square feet,wow

 

http://www.ixcenter.com/en/About_Us/History.aspx

something to hold you over til the 2nd half of S2 airs. A tour of his private collection, Two 251 pioneers under resto, and the AAAM Panther .

very cool, as good as the best of the regular episodes. Live feed cuts out at the very end due to connection problems but still 38 minutes well spent if you like really rare miltaria

 

 

i've been afraid to ask lest I jinx the process.

 

fingers crossed for good news , and an inspring pic of the first one, you can actually see the chain attached to the tractor towing it off the farm . Pic from Dorking Heritage Museum

Good news!

yes indeed and it makes more sense now, half the stuff they were promoting last year hasn't been shown yet.

 

And the next five episodes will be shown in the coming months.

Some really exciting stories including Panther Tank, Sherman Tanks, Spitfires, AMAZING Panzer treasures from Russia, paying our respects to veterans of WWI amongst some other very cool locations and restorations.

 

amazing panzer treasures, cool locations and resto's, can't get much better than that :-D

 

Episode 5 was really good though, can't believe Bruce is jumping with WW2 era technology para gear at his age, safer than what the Germans used but looks dangerous at any age really. Couldn't ask for a better spokesperson for this hobby IMHO

Bruce is currently in Australia, he was visiting the museum at Cairns a few days ago.

little vidi of him on the AAAM FB page riding on their new Leopard, straddling the cannon no less

 

I read that there are only 5 episodes in this series.

ARRRrrghgh,

possibly the only show in history that went up in popularity and down in the number of episodes.

 

I guess it's up to Mr Wedlock to entertain us now , he better start practicing his Cockney Slang before the filming starts.

I agree, it's his likeability that carries the show , there's been other similar shows here and they were pretty bad , ended after 3 or 4 episodes.

 

Last nights was interesting, little jaunt around italy , got to see one of the Sdkfz 251's, possibly 251/7 pioneer? little visit to Militracks-Overloon.

still waiting for the Panther episode

here's something you don't see every day

 

https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5995443629.html

 

 

I missed out on a similar condition Meteor her in Denmark recently for 1500£ and they have been listed at a round 2500£ every now and then here.

wow, that's practically free. We've spent close to that on wrecking yard motors here for big V8's

 

the rebuild plate (and load test sheet) both clearly say 27 District Workshop, which as you say was Warminster, in 1991. If a contractor had rebuilt an engine it would have their plate on, all down to traceability in those days. It would be down to the contractor to test as well.

cheers Richard

you guys are such fastidious record keepers ,:-) sure is helpful though when old kit turns up

new (refurbed) meteor V12's on Milweb today for a little under 10K pounds. Wow, that sounds like a helluva deal . A brand new Chrysler Hemi 7 litter V8 is $15K. , this is literally 80% cheaper liter for liter

 

One of those rare warehouse treasures I would think, if I was in the UK I would almost certainly grab one and then look for an AFV to put it in