Hi, here are the pics of the Quad Polsten, Ive taken over 150 pics of it so far, I bought it last March for £1500 from JPDeacts in Staffordshire it came with 1 tatty gun cover and a missing backrest (since found down the back of unit hidden by leaves) its dated 1944 along with the tyres.
The lorry that was due to arrive at 2pm on the Wednesday but was delayed till the Thursday 2pm came and went it eventually arrived at 4:30 only to discover that the Quad Polsten had moved and smashed several hydraulic pipes for the lorry loading ramps, so a repair van was called arrived at 6pm to replace the pipes, "Of coarse while all this was happening and between making the Teas, the customary Nosey Parker/Moaner had migrated into the area :twisted: " the repairs were done by 6:45 and we commenced unloading, the SWB Landy was put into action to tow the Quad Polsten and very well to did too, by 7:15 we were all done
Ive mostly been cleaning up the trailer unit for Redoxiding, but Ive also done some parts of the unit, the guns/cannons mainly need a pressure wash to remove lots of grease, the magazines have already been cleaned/blued and put away ready for when its complete.
The engine turns over, which after god knows how many years of not being used is quite nice, the only parts that are missing are the sight mounting bushes and bolts the sight, the connecting bar that connects the sight bar to the elevation unit and a jack handle.
While cleaning the mudguards up I found some markings, on the front of the Right mudguard I found a red Maple leaf (7cm H X 6cm W), also on the same mudguard on I found a stencilled marking:
I.V.
H-797329 (18cm Long),
and on the rear of the Left mudguard I found a red circle (3" Dia),
Here are some pics: