Maurice

yes overlook , but before the de Groot collection moved in.

Where is the damn parking in this town?

the spotlights on some WW2 tanks are 24 volt , they could be hand held like in a weasel or operated from inside the turret , if they plugged them in on top of the turret.

No Piere I don`t have a picture , but it was shown to me on an I phone last year . it resides now in the North of the Netherlands.

it is now converted into a 75mm gun tank .

The conectors on the survivors have been crudely welded with Stainless Steel , that is wy you still can see the marks on the Hull , s they are the grinded shine spots between the rusty sides . on the surviving ones on the sides every single conector had been welded on , by the look of the pattern . Also if you look up pictures from the Sherman VC from Amersfoort , you can see in the older pictures that it still had the tracks on , and now only the welds are there to be seen .

AEC Militants also use the same set up , this may widen your search

It is the Van type , the WD number should also start with a V instead of a Z

There where different methods of course , but what I can see on most range Shermans that I have seen in the past , is that the end conectors are welded on the hull, and after VE day grinded off again . the marks were still there.

The orriginal Vendor is sill in the trade , you could give them a Call . They imported several vehicles from the Swiss Army.

And is there any news ? did people speak to the organizers at Stoneleigh ? if there is not a bit of cooperation , then I will as well after going for a long time to W&P look for other Shows .

I heard from several people who bid on lots , also spares , that they got a message that even after they had the winning bid , it was cancelled. ?? Can they do that ?

Nick , would these anti tank versions be MWG`s ? because not all were MWG . and the number from the MWG is so low , that it should fit in the 2nd contract .

I don`t have the contract cards , Bart Vanderveen had them , and after he passed away , they went to army Cars , will be auctionned today ?? Barts archive was donated to Army Cars , so everybody could read things in it for their own research , so wy now getting auctionned ?

Just looking back at another thread , Scandinavian Bedford Chassis number 10227 Contract number T 8102 again ???

Hmm , funny thing is my MWG has number 1423 , so MWG`s were only made under the first contract ? only 50 units are supposed to be made . My MWD has number 3116 , and according to Vauxhall it was produced in November 1939 ( replied by them in 1984, when they even send me a lot of factory pictures from wartime Bedfords) Body has plate on it with 1939 , but no contract or WD number stamped in it .Long time ago We (Bart Vanderveen and myself)tried to figure out Chassis numbers from the various Bedford types , but numbers jumped sometimes with 50 to 130 numbers up , and later down , so we gave up in the end , Vauxhall only had months on the delivery charts , so you could look up a chassis number , and they could tell you which month it was deliverred, maybe it has to do with the external body manufacturers.

Yes all wing mirror blocks are taken off Belgian Firefly`s , On mine I could also still see the stainless weld for it , Centurion`s have the same mount for that mirror , just shorter arm, so look for a wreck .

Strange , Collectors know the correct value, so who has been bidding , these prices are way above everything that even don`t sell at millweb , 1/2 tracks never go for that price , even if perfect.

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They are for sure Sherman VC , so converted M4A4`s 3 piece transmission housing also points in that direction , wheels on a IC are very close to each other.

it has been moved to an indoor storage , it is still alive.

According to the owners there is a bid for 250000,- from a well known person. So that is why that is the starting bid.

Talking about not much bidding , the thing were there is a bid on like the CCKW and Dodge`s , the price now is right , but if you add the extra cost for the auctioneers , etc they are already way over priced. Read the terms and conditions first

Danny , this depends on when the body was made , early ones are without , later ones also vary , got a sample tail gate over here , come and check it out

The Number looks to fresh , can somebody make a picture of their chassis number , to see if the font , and size of the numbers are the same ? then we can compare.

Does anybody know where this projector was intended for ?

I can only help you with an axle , no springs