Steve Greenberg

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For Sale: Reproduction M3/M3A1/M3A3 Stuart tank engine hand crank. This will work on a Sherman too. $250 plus shipping. Located in Oregon USA.

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Steve

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Reproduction 57MM M2 AT gun data plates. They are cast out of aluminum. The original was pot metal. $60 each plus postage.

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Steve

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For Sale: Repro. M3 Stuart Light Tank cast brass data plate. $140 plus postage. Located in Oregon USA.

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Steve

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For Sale: M3 M3A1 Stuart Tank Compass. The compass is original & the bracket is an excellent reproduction. It comes with the rubber shock mounts & bolts. The Pioneer Compass plate is an excellent reproduction. I do not have the light switch or wiring conduit. $335 plus postage. Located in Oregon USA.

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Steve:-)

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That is an interesting modification. I have never seen that one before. Is that an antenna bracket welded on the turret next to the pistol port door?

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Steve

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For sale: Reproduction M3 Stuart tank main data plate. $140 plus postage. Link to photo:

http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=229722

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Steve

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How is the Stuart restoration coming along?

Steve

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That flame thrower sold a while back. I know the previous owner!

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Steve:-)

Terry,

The M3 flame throwers are very hard to find. I do not own the one that was mounted in my tank. It belongs to a collector in New York. I have my tank set up to fire 37MM blanks. Here are a couple links to youtube videos:

Steve

Hello,

Last Sat. I fired an original M3 flame thrower from my M3A1 Stuart tank. It was kind of scary, fun and hot all at the same time!!! That was the first time I have ever experience that. We were shooting a show for the Smithsonian Channel that will air sometime this coming summer.

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Steve

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I am still running around in my M3A1 Stuart. Here are links to videos of a Robinson R22 helicopter attempting to bomb my M3A1 Stuart tank with a 5lb. bags of flour at an event in October! I was inspired by the 1941 Laural & Hardy movie Great Guns!!! Although it appears the helicopter scored a hit there was no flour on the rear of the tank.

Here are links to a couple other videos firing blanks.

This was at Heiser Farms in Dayton in October..

The following weekend...Well...it only took 60 lbs. of flour but they scored 1 confirmed hit! https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B13sHcEulu1HS1p2WUl0dEJTRmM/edit?usp=drive_web&pli=1

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B13sHcEulu1HcnFwN0JvZmdBd0k/edit?usp=drive_web&pli=1

Here are a couple other videos

Happy Holidays,

Steve

Hello,

The following weekend...Well...it only took 60 lbs. of flour but the helicopter scored 1 confirmed hit!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B13sHcEulu1HS1p2WUl0dEJTRmM/edit?usp=drive_web&pli=1

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B13sHcEulu1HcnFwN0JvZmdBd0k/edit?usp=drive_web&pli=1

Here are a couple other videos

Enjoy,

Steve

Hello,

Here is a link to a video of a R22 attempting to bomb my M3A1 Stuart tank with a 5lb. bags of flour! I was inspired by the 1941 Laurel & Hardy movie Great Guns!!! Although it appears the helicopter scored a hit there was no flour on the rear of the tank. So...USA 3...the Axis Powers 0!!!

Here are links to a couple other videos firing blanks.

Enjoy,

Steve

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We had 8 DUKW's at the 2013 MVPA Convention in Portland, Oregon. We took 230 people out for rides Thursday and Sat. in the Columbia River and made beach landings!!! We had 8 DUKW's go out and 7 come back during the 1996 MVPA Convention in Portland. (1 DUKW had fuel pump problems...he eventually made it back) Here are a few photos and links to some videos:

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Steve

I own a 1942 M3A1 Stuart Light Tank built by American Car & Foundry Co. in Berwick, PA They produced over 15,000 M3, M3A1 and M3A3 Stuart light tanks. This is a story about a Stuart tank S/N 10103 returning back home to Berwick, PA. and what it meant to the community. Near the end of February I received an e-mail from a friend by the name of Tom McLaughlin. Tom is one of the board of directors for the Berwick Historical Society. The message was the about the 200th Bicentennial Celebration for Columbia County. I replied to Tom, if they wanted to pay the expenses I would consider hauling my tank out for the event. I was kind of joking. About 1 minute later tom told me to get him some figures! On 16 March 2013 my Stuart tank began its journey back home. At 7am I loaded up the tank on a low bed trailer for its approx. 5,600 mile round trip. The following Thursday I caught a flight for PA. I arrived Thursday afternoon and my tank arrived Friday afternoon. After unloading the tank we parked it in one of the buildings at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. Saturday morning I fired a blank to start the 5K run. The runners cheered are they passed by the tank. The rest of the morning the tank was on display at the fairgrounds. Around 1pm Tom McLaughlin and fellow MVPA member Rob Reigle from Ohio jumped up on the tank and we drove a couple miles through town to the form up area for the parade. I had the distinct honor of giving WWII Veteran Fred Shepperly a ride in the turret during parade. Fred worked at a.c.f. prior to WWII in the engineering/production department. He was pulled from a.c.f. by the Marine Corps to lead the tank repair contingent in the Pacific Theater. Needless to say Fred had a wonderful time riding in the tank. This was the first time in 70 years Fred had been in a M3A1 Stuart tank. Before the parade started I was sitting in the turret talking to Fred. I asked Fred if the smell, sounds and feel of the tank brought back memories? He replied, “It was like it was just yesterday”, with a big smile! Following the parade the tank was on display at the fairgrounds for the rest of the day. 100’s of people shook my hand and thanked me very much for bringing the Stuart tank to Berwick. Many of them said, “I had no idea just how much it meant to them to actually see a running Stuart tank back in Berwick”. Many of the people had only ever seen photos of Stuart tanks. I heard story after story about fathers and mothers, uncles and grandfathers who all worked at a.c.f. during WWII. These people were extremely proud of the fact their community played such important role in the war effort producing the light tanks. I spoke to a 90-year-old gentleman by the name of Joe Massina who worked at a.c.f. during WWII. His job was to test drive the tanks. “We drove the tanks right up main street for several miles, sometimes up to 50 miles per hour”, Joe told me with a smile on his face. Joe Zielinski also 90, was a welder at a.c.f. He told me how he welded up the idler and rode wheels on Stuart tanks. He pointed to a spot near the hub where they stamped their welders symbol into the wheel. It was amazing to be able to talk with the people who built these tanks 70 years ago.

Saturday evening they had a very nice fireworks display that was augmented by the firing a 37MM blank from my tank to start the show.

Sunday morning we loaded up the tank on the trailer and headed for Berwick, about 15 miles away. My tank was on static display in Berwick, PA.. at the old tank test track from 2 to 4 pm. We arrived a couple hours early so the truck driver, Tom and David Kovach, another Berwick Historical Society board member and county commissioner, piled on the tank. We drove through Berwick to the old a.f.c. location where a few of the original building still stand. We took photos of my tank next to the historic buildings. Then we drove to the local Subway for lunch, where a crowd of people gathered asking questions about the tank. After that it was past the VFW post and to the old concrete railroad-loading ramp where tanks were loaded onto flat cars 7 decades ago. I drove up the ramp for a photo. It was getting close to the time for the display at the test track so after stopping by the local gas station to fill up, we headed back. Everywhere we went there were several cars following us to take photos and ask questions about the tank.

Back at the test track people started to show up. My old friend and fellow MVPA member Steve Krentler arrived with his son. (I bought the tank from Steve 10 years ago) Fred Shepperly arrived with his wife and son. Fred showed me a photo of himself wearing a tankers helmet sitting on the front of a M3A1 Stuart tank when he was 21 years old. I asked Fred to climb up on the tank and put on my tankers helmet for a photo. He held up the 70-year-old photo with a very emotional smile on his face. The organizers of the event figured 50 or so people would show up at the test track. There were over 600 people there! I heard many more great stories from family members of former a.c.f. employees. Many of the a.c.f. employees where there as well. Just before 4pm Fred climbed up in the turret, Steve Krentler and his son climbed mounted up along with Dave and Tom. To honor all of the former workers at a.c.f and the Veterans we took a lap around the test track in the tank. Upon returning there was short memorial service. The USMC League provided a color guard. I let Steve fire a volley of 3 blanks and WWII Veteran Dick Donald played taps. That was the end of the event…so we thought. Around 6:30 the crowd thinned out. Fred was one of the last to leave. Before doing so I asked Fred if he would sign his name on the top of the turret. He said it would be an honor to so that. Fred’s wife took my hand and said, “God bless you for coming all the way out here with your tank. You don’t know how happy you made my husband. He will have this great memory to carry with him for the rest of his life”. She had tears in her eyes as did I. I told her it was a great honor for me to make an old Veteran and his community so happy.

I let my old friend Steve drive the tank back over to the trailer with his son. His son was only 2 years old when I bought the tank so he never had a chance to ride on it. We loaded up the tank, chained it down, cover it up and it was on its way back…to its home away from home.

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My tank just got back from a trip to its birthplace!!! Berwick, PA. The Berwick Historical Society paid for all the expenses to haul my tank and me back for the 200th Bicentenial of Columbia County. It was just under 5,800 miles round trip. I drove my tank in a parade in Bloomsburg, PA. on Saturday 23 March and the tank was on display Sunday 24 March at the old tank test track in Berwick. A WWII USMC Veteran by the name of Fred Shepperly rode in the turret during the parade. He is almost 92 years old. Fred worked at A.C.F. prior to WWII. I met several people who built M3/M3A1 Stuart tanks at American Car & Foundry Co. It was amazing to be able to talk with them and hear thier storys from 70 years ago. One guy told me how they welded up the idler and road wheels. Another guy was a tank test driver and others with lots of great stories. I heard for 100's of people who had fathers, mothers, brothers, and grandfathers that worked at ACF during WWII. The people there were very proud of the what thier town did for the war effort. I was amazed how everyone really appreciated me taking the time off to have my tank there. I had Fred sign the top of my turret! While in Berwick I drove my tank to the place where A.C.F. use to be. 3 of the original buildings are still standing so I took a few photos next to one of the buildings. Then we drove to Subway for lunch! Then it was off the old rail head. One of the old concrete ramps used to load the Stuart tanks onto flatcars was still there so I drove up it for a few more photos. Here are some photos of the trip.

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Steve

PS I am glad that was not my tank in the photo above!!!

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Just kidding :-D After a very long day the trucker driver asked me if I thoughT my tank could drive off the trailer so he would not have to unhook the truck. I told him I had never tried that before but I don't see any problem. I drove off just fine. I stopped to take a few photos!

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Steve

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The repro M3A1Stuart lube charts are done! $75 each. Contact Tim to order yours tmboard@hotmail.com

Link to a couple photos: http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=218664

I will have mine on Monday!

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Steve

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Last weekend I was running around with my M3A1 Stuart tank at Heiser Farms in Dayton, OR.(55 miles SW of Portland, Oregon). It had rained for the past few days with made the field a bit muddy! Link to a video:

It was a lot of fun...but as we all know along with all the fun comes the not so fun part of cleaning up afterwords! It took 3 hours of pressure washing to clean all the mud off the suspension and tracks...Once we loaded the tank and were ready to go home the trucker attempted to turn around but did not get very far!!! The first tractor that came to pull the truck and trailer out did not move it very much then it stalled and would not start. The battery was dead so I jump started it with my Ford Explorer. The second all wheel drive tractor was able to pull the truck out of the field. Then we headed down the road.

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Steve

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According to the manual the tank gets 1.5 miles to the gallon! Regular unleaded fuel is about $3.50 a gallon right now on the West coast. I add 100 octane leaded AV gas to the mix. It ia about $4.50 a gallon There are 2 28 gallon fuel tanks but I only used one of them. Most the time I take the tank out the people who want it in a parade or display pay for the cost of the trucking and fuel. Tomorrow the tank is participating in the Great American Steam Up in Brooks, Or. (About 30 miles South of Portland, Oregon). Lots of old steam powered equipment to see! We hauled the tank down today. They are honoring Veterans this weekend so our local club will have several MV's on display and in a parade. We start the parade by firing a few blanks!

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Steve

Here are a couple videos from last year:

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On 12 July I had my M3A1 Stuart tank in the Mountain Day Parade in Sandy, Or.

(Sandy is about 25 miles East of Portland, Oregon) The guy who hauled my tank out to

Sandy was not able to make the corner on the street where he was going to drop

me off near the start of the parade. I told him to just go to the end of the

parade and I would drive the tank back down Highway 26 to the start of the

parade. So he did. On the way back I stopped by the local ARCO gas station to

fill her up and Subway for dinner! I did not really need any gas but is was a

good photo opportunity! We were hungry!!!

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Steve

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I came across this cast brass data plate in the shop today. It is about 4 X 6 inches. Do any of you know what type of gun it was off of? It is some type of twin gun mount. It may be US Navy??? On the back side it is stamped: 2416 C7 - 1 NP

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Steve:cool:

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I bought my Stuart from a friend in PA. in 2003. He bought it from Sarafan in NY back in the late 80's. Sarafan imported 10 M3A1 Stuarts from Brazil in the mid 80's. That is all I know about the history of my Stuart.

Steve

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We did a little aerial photo recon today while at Heiser Farms Pumpkin Patch near Dayton, Or. (35 miles South of Portland)!

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Steve 8)

Link to video:

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I had my tank at Heiser Farms Pumpkin Shoot this weekend. On the way home we unloaded my tank off the trailer and backed onto the Wheatland Ferry and crossed the Willamette River...Just because I could! The ferry Capt. said this was his first WWII tank he had ever taken across the river! Ferry ride over and back $4, gas to drive the tank on and off the ferry $10... The look on the motorists faces using the ferry was priceless!

Enjoy,

Steve

Link to a video: http://www.youtube.com/Steve1958OR#p/u/7/fm-cZVXJk9Q