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I guess you can contact Ron F. by his business-email, partsdepartment 'at' g503.com. Hope that helps?

You can post pics here by uploading them to http://postimage.org/ and then just copy & paste the code they give you in a post here. :-)

Congratz! I think those spares will keep a lot of vehicles on the road!

Would love to see some pics too :-)

I assume you are familiar with Axis Track Services? Maybe they can help you out with some things.

Amazing it hasn't been found earlier, it's not in deep waters and Croatia is popular for diving holidays...

I would love to follow the recovery!

Well at least 1 small town police department now has a good stash of Humvee parts that should last them for a while... :-D

Same here, ofcourse.

Hi John,

other than a registration and valid insurance you don't need anything special to use it on the road, as long as it is roadworthy obviously (working lights, brakes etc.). Vehicles older than 1960 do not require an MOT in The Netherlands.

However, if the registration of the vehicle is transferred to you before it is at your place and you want to drive it home I think you will need to apply for a temporarily export registration and get insurance for that. You (or the seller) should be able to find more information abou this on http://www.rdw.nl/ (in Dutch, don't know if there is an English version).

Hope that helps a bit!

David

On the Wehrmacht Awards forum you should be able to get some advice.

Apparently (please note the 'apparently'...) the one used in the Dirty Dozen eventually went across the pond and then after many years ended up with Jaques Littlefield.

I think it's the one that sold a few weeks ago at auction for $1.2M then. I might have seen it a W&P years ago w/o its body. Apparently this was not the best restoration though.

Still very interesting. I wonder what it sold for and what happened with it...

Very likely, K-M was the prime contractor for the 8-ton SdKfz 7. I believe they even made a few post-war for the British occupying forces (from left-over parts?).

Can you post a scan of that page? Not a usual entry! :-D

If needed you can get a drawing of the correct placing at jeepdraw.com.

I guess the fact that the site has to be returned to the original condition is to blame that they don't build a real bank. Maybe they can do a pile of scaffolding & plastic seats if enough people keep asking about it?

Sdkfz 7 and 8.8cm Flak, Sdkfz 250, Sdkfz 251

The owner of these vehicles was present but brought in the movie-reproduction Tiger and Sherman to promote Fury. Good chance the German vehicles will be present again for the next WPR.

I would have loved to come but it didn't work out this year. Hopefully next time! :-D

Maybe the hull number will become more clear if you rub it with some chalk or grease pen?

The French company who was considering the manufacture of the tracks has pulled the plug on the idea due to the start up costs.

Is this the same company that made them for the French army?

Unless they are hidden away in some forgotten warehouse somewhere.

Stranger things have happened, maybe the company's historian (if they have one) can look into their archives.

Not sure if the Israeli's are even allowed to sell their machines, being Defense material? How about the French companies?

Probably a dumb question, but it is certain those old molding machines don't excist anymore?

If it turns out it is physically possible to recover it and you have secured ownership, it might be worthwhile to get the (local) press involved. That way you may be able to make a good deal with any of the help you'll need to hire, because those companies will get some good exposure & basically free advertising.

I managed to watch the episodes online (I don't have Quest), and I must say I do like this show a lot. Yes, the script is not always believeable and the acting is over-the-top sometimes, but I've know Bruce Crompton for years and he is a larger-than-life figure in person as well; very friendly too. His collection and the quality of his restorations are well known.

As stated before, this is a show for the general public, not a documentery for the MV crowd. This format was probably chosen so the show can be sold to TV stations worldwide (read: the US).

I hope there will be a new season made, I will certainly watch it.

Have you checked on Google Earth? It might even show up there... :-D

Excellent!

Looks like the bastard offspring of a Mack & a Reliant Regal!

That must have been one hell of a party! :-D

Indeed, Dutch. Value mentioned above is correct.