jdmcm

Hey Rick I sent you another PM

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John

What about the Israeli M50 and M51?

Is there a way to see this in English?

Now sold

Sold pending funds

For sale: Sherman tank Instrument Panel, very complete, comes with all wiring, plugs and back panel, all instruments intact, includes circuit breakers, intended for Ford GAA engine I believe, but can be modified to fit others, Getting harder to find in complete shape, will ship worldwide, FOB Vancouver BC Canada, EFT Or wire transfer preferred, tired of Paypal fees. $1000 USD plus shipping

For Sale: one Sherman tank all around vision cupola, getting harder to find every day, cupola is in good shape, will of course need new vision blocks and a a cleanup, Please Note: No Hatch with this cupola, hatch in the photo is just a metal plate. Will ship worldwide, $2500 USD plus shipping. FOB Vancouver Canada. Wire Transfer or EFT payment preferred, getting tired of PAYPAL fees...Other Sherman Parts available as well

Much appreciated!

That's too bad Adrian, thank you for the reply though. Sepp I am working on an M4A3...I can see where on the hull the strips were mounted but not the thickness or width of them

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John

Looking for you on this one Adrian!

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John

Does anyone know the dimensions and thickness of the steel strip welded along the hull bottom on VVSS Sherman's used to mount the sand shields? It appears to be applied in sections, not one continuous strip. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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John

Congratulations! Do you know much about its history or in service life?

john

What a stunning video, things like this help to re-invigorate me, uninitiated people always ask the same question...what are you going to do with your tanks when they are complete....I am just going to refer them to this video and say..."that's what I'm going to do!"

john

Personally the "Panther" I am going to try and create will be a replica, albeit with some genuine parts, but it will never be anything more than that. And that gives me a lot of latitude in its construction, the hull and turret will only be thick enough to avoid having to use an inner structure or framework which gives that "movie prop" look. The rest, well we will see, the Russian fellows who built the stunning Tiger 1 replica a few years back came up with an interesting coil spring suspension system...so the fact it is not a "restoration" will allow some real creativity

John

Just a note to let everyone know, restoration of M4A3E2#73 is slated to begin this July, there will be a dedicated web site and Facebook page to follow the restoration progress.

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John

Absolutely inspirational work, that gun is a work of art!

John

Malcolm another thing I thought I should mention is that when we first got the tank running, we had the idle set too high, this also made gear changes tough. Once we had the thing running smooth and we lowered the idle to spec it was much easier to accomplish gear changes.

John

Hi Malcolm

ours has a very low first gear and usually, unless loading or unloading from a trailer or negotiating really tough terrain, I use 2nd to start off in as well. Yes they can be quite the beasts to drive, not a wonder the Israeli's re-powered them with the Detroit 8V92 and Allison cross-drive from the M109 series, we obtained a great running M109 powerpack from MCB Pendleton and were seriously considering the retro-fit. But so far we have managed to keep the old girl original so I guess once we run out of engines and transmissions we will have to consider it...What does your DsHk run off of? Is it a gas gun or blanks? Sure looked impressive!

John

Saw the videos of it at Aquino, looked great slogging through the mud! How did the coolant leak repair go Malcolm?

John

Always amazes me the conditions these guys operate in, wonder if I could send mine in for a tune-up!

Here in Canada, I have been collecting as many original parts as I can find/afford, but they will all be hung on a replica turret and hull...

Fantastic! Please tell us who are not in the loop, the rest of the story!

Good for them, a lofty goal for sure but I sure support their dream...tilting at a Panther tank windmill of my own...Good Luck Panzer Farm!

John

Checked my Iraqi bring back tank...was going to give up when I found a small slip of paper in the last external fuel tank....appears to be an I.O.U from Tony Blair....anyone have his number? I would like him to make good on my purloined gold

John

Perry

check out this thread, unlike the Chinese ones that Staman sells, these ones appear to have the correct pitch to them like the originals, I am going to order a few links and check them out but these are the ones I am currently leaning toward.

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John

http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=272544