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  1. Adrian Barrell
    My concern would be mixing any number of tanks with the carnival! Especially the carnival goers..... Should be fun!
  2. Adrian Barrell
    That ''rangefinder'' is of course a sighting telescope for a Comet tank so not strictly for 17 pdr.
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    There are/were Cents on the Danish ranges but would have been 20 pdr. There are/were however lots of M10 17 pdr, no doubt what you saw.
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    You'd better update the participants list Jack, there's only 10 tanks listed at the moment!
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    A fairly bent Studebaker!
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    Hi Alex, my Cromwell was a Charioteer but came in from the Middle East some years ago. There is a thread on here about it. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?11288-My-last-vehicle-restoration&highlight=charioteer Adrian.
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    You do occasionally find things. Some vehicle are more prone than others. I remember taking the remains of an engine and gearbox from a Cromwell on a range and there were three header tank filler caps on the floor! There is only one on a vehicle so I assume there was a particularly clumsy fitter on that one!
  9. Adrian Barrell
    Internally, new parts consisted of all the tinwork, such as there is in an M10 and various brackets as well as fuel and oil tanks and their associated cover plates and mounting parts.
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    As well as all the internal work, the exterior needed a lot of parts making. All lifting eyes, light guards, brackets and any small projections that were easy to remove had been! Light guards are no problem, we've made many sets of these before but the lifting eyes werea bigger job. Originally cast with an integral pad for welding on, the pads remained behind on the hull. We removed these and made new assemblies by fabrication. Together with all of the stowage brackets and tow hook support, the fitting of these parts helped to make the exterior rather better looking.
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    Oops, wrong picture....!
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    Just about everything on the floor with the exception of the front engine mounts had to be replaced along with engine deck outer support angles and the missing rear plate sections. Fortunately, the upper rear hull plate had been refitted, albeit not very well but at least it was original. The rear plates were typically cut out when the engines were removed.
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    Much of the initial work was to remove cover plates that had been fitted for it's playground use. The interior floor was completely plated over as well as fuel tank compartments and all hull openings. Removing all of these showed just how corroded it was under the floor.
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    We seem to have leapt forwards a bit now but.... I spent a few years trying to find parts for the M10 as well as restore the Sherman and apart from the engines referred to earlier, I had not found a great deal. There is not a lot in an M10 but major componants missing were mantlet, hatches and engine decking. I had aquired radiators, fan cowls, header tanks and filter panel as well as a few smaller items but it was still a long way off a complete package. I found out about three M10s on a range in Scotland and apart from the hatches and mantlet, these would give me most of what I needed. I found a mantlet on another range and hatches in Holland. Unfortunately, the latter were sold on despite being promised to me! At this point, I decided not to proceed and sold the project on with all the contact details for recovery of the other parts. The new owner decided to have us restore all the damaged and missing parts on the vehicle and make new internal parts, reusing whatever original material we could. As Tony posted earlier, I used my M75 to put the M10 in the yard prior to beginning the work.
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    Yes Phil, the M10 was based on an M4A2 chassis which is what Crawfords run. I was impressed with Helmsly's, they were a lot cheaper and more helpful than others I had tried! The M10 goes 29 ton when finished, roughly the same as a Sherman gun tank. The hull is much thinner but the turret is very heavy.
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    It's already booked in Jack, just need all the stars to line up now...!
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    Mind you Rob, you have to put yourself in the right place to start with.... I think you can make your own luck!
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    All will be revealed tomorrow, as I have most of the pics on my office pooter..... But for now, the gearbox was gone but the rest of the transmission was ok, I've sold it so it's unlikely it will be mine ever again (unless I win the lottery), hatches are Bodge size, much bigger than my Sherman, the owner intends bringing it to A&E...... and no.
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    Both the M10 and the carrier had been completely stripped before going into the playground, they had even cut the back out to allow the little darlings inside. Later, it was sealed up to prevent access, it's a pity that hadn't been done originally as then it would have been more complete. Right place, right time Rob, as is so often the case in this game! I bought both vehicles with the intention of restoring the M10. However, my circumstances changed a little and I decided to sell, still having a Cromwell to restore.
  20. Adrian Barrell
    Following an uneventful journey home, I unloaded the new toys, an exercise in itself as neither vehicle had rolled for some 20 years. The Windsor very quickly found a home locally and is undergoing a steady restoration back to full health.
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    Transport was easy to sort out, the hard part was the insistence of the owners that I would have to crane the vehicles out and to do this the road, which was a public road, would have to be closed for the duration of the lift.... Amazingly, everyone concerned, the Police, the Highways Agency and the crane man were all for it and apart from a very early start one Sunday in November, it all went smoothly. The following pictures are not the best quality but show the size of crane required!
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    As a follow on to the 'Sherman spotted on the A12' thread where I mentioned an M10 going the other way, this thread is about said M10 as the owner has asked me to post some pics and info. I first heard about the M10 many years ago but only knew it was in a childrens playground, somewhere in Yorkshire. I did not follow it up at the time as I had other things to think about... It cropped up in conversation again at Stoneleigh 2001 and I managed to get a location. Strangely enough, I was asked at the same show if I wanted to buy a 6046 Detroit twinset, the correct engine for the M10. I decided it must be fate so said yes! I eventually tracked down the owners, it was in a private trading estate, but they were not willing to sell it, nor the Windsor carrier it sat next to. I asked again every few months or so always to be told ''no thanks''. Out of the blue around October, I was asked if I was still interested as they had decided to sell after all. I put in an offer for the pair which was accepted and I became the proud owner of one tired M10 and a slightly more tired Windsor carrier!
  23. Adrian Barrell
    Thanks supertrack!
  24. Adrian Barrell
    That's quite a challenge! It's an early hull that's been remanufactured by Chrysler, can you tell us its serial number? It will be stamped on top of the rear towing eyes and inside the hull under the data plate. It will probably be a four figure number. Good luck, I'll help where I can.
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