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Jonathan, I totally agree - tipping my hat to people like you who have the skills to do all this fabrication work! cheers, Hanno PS: hint - the guys over on Maple Leaf Up would like to see your progress too

Sites like this may be a good starting point? http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html

great to see this HUP being restored! seeing all the work, it's more of a recreation

Great find, Canadian 15-cwt water trailer!

Have we seen this one on here before? This is proof tanks are buried, and only waiting for someone to locate them, dig them up and restore them! Read more at https://www.facebook.com/shermanregister/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1046661035412880

This entirely depends on the insurance company. Some are willing to insure it temporarily on a foreign licence plate, but you will have to look for a specialized company and in general the fee you will have to pay is high. Some insurers are willing to give you this temporary foreign coverage provided you will insure the truck with them for the next year(s). Been there done that: you will have to invest time in investigating the possibilities and insurer's willingness as it is a bit of a grey area - despite all of us being in the EU (for now, that is ) Using the current owner's insurance may be possible, the current owner would then have to "loan" it to you. But if you cause damage, he may then loose his insurance or discounts he has built up over the years. You would have to check with the current owner's insurance policy and his willingness to see what is possible. Another option is to ask him to drive it to the UK for you! He could turn it into a short holiday, vist an event, etc. :-D

Try http://www.albert-jagger.co.uk/ I have no connection nor experience with them, but from their catalog it seems they have a good selection of U-bolts and other "old school" body hardware.

Very good pictures! Looks like a great time was had by all.

Well done, Howard! Great to see an early CMP restored to it's former glory.

I hope someone in the UK is saving this QM trailer? http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/view_large.php?ad=80627&cat=7 Although it's been shortened, I'm sure it can be used for spares, as such, or restored - last thing it needs is scrapping!

Some more up-to-date pictures of the Sherman remains being turned into a memorial: http://www.ville-sainte-maxime.fr/le_char_sherman.html http://www.panoramio.com/photo/102206466 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/102206543

"I wanna have tanks on the beach!" This Hotchkiss H-35 re-emerged on a French beach about 5 years ago: This is what it may have looked like when "only used on Sundays for a drive to the beach....." More pics here: http://monptitbonheur.skynetblogs.be/archive/2011/02/28/fevrier-2011-le-char-hotchkiss-apparait-de-nouveau-sur-la-pl.html

Welcome Stuart and thanks for your very informative website! Hanno http://www.mapleleafup.nl/g104

IIRC, it wasn't an article but a picture of it on the range with a short caption and in a later issue a picture of it at Bovington with David Fletcher standing in front. Nothing like background you provided so many years later :thumbsup:

Sprocket, great to read about the history of these AFV's :thumbsup: I recall reading about the Priest arriving at Bovington in Wheels & Tracks magazine.

Sprocket, see http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/manufacturer/m4a1mlw/grizzly.html for a picture of the small hatch. The snake device was basically a large bangalore torpedo which was pushed forward into position by means of a chain. This chain was coupled to a hook on the the floor of the tank via the small hatch.

Indeed - read more about Foundry Symbols and Trademarks at my Sherman Register web site

Howard, HTH,Hanno

as per my earlier posting, I second that

Pete, even with the benefit GMT +2:00 and all we're a bit sluggish here in the land of the Clog (note: Dutch klompen are EU approved work & safety footwear!). Replied to Howard's last posting, your informative-as-ever postings were on the next page already. But I'm glad to have been able to contribute something at least, and thanks for saving me having to dig out that manual to make scans. PS: it was good to see your reaction on 'Agent O's new truck, but speaking of time lapse it was after 4 years of being silent on MLU

I see my friend already supplied proper scans of said manual earlier on - sorry I missed it Pete :thumbsup:

Another picture of the 3C1 body with hoops, this one is on the back of a Ford 30-cwt

Howard, here's a photo taken from a CMP body manual. No dimensions in there but I could scan it properly so you can guesstimate from the drawing. As you saw on page 3 of this thread the hoops can be locked in either a low or high position. On 3-ton CMPs the hoops slide in sockets in the body uprights and can be locked in the high position by a pin - I'd say it works the same on this 30-cwt body. The canvas on 30-cwt and 3-ton trucks was a one-piece affair, as on British trucks of the same weight class. Front and rear were covered by folding over the canvas. HTH, Hanno

Rare pictures of military bicycles in use during a river crossing in Singapore in 1941

Look what I spotted going down on the highway North of Antwerp this morning....