ajmac Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 While looking at the news I spotted this: http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/25012010/36/sunken-bugatti-nets-pound-228-000-0.html The writing is on the wall already..... is the price of WW2 armour following the trend set by pre-war sports / racing cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 That is a heck of a pile of notes for a rusty shadow, but Bugattis always seem to get the car nuts foaming at the wallet... I think the undiscovered 'Bug' is the vintage sports equivalent of the 'dug up Tiger' :nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I think the undiscovered 'Bug' is the vintage sports equivalent of the 'dug up Tiger' :nut: Funny you should say that........ look what I found whilst digging my garden. The rest of it is here under my hedge, honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 That's nothing. I've got the full set in the workshop, only 35x smaller:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've found some Panther tracks in the mud at the botom of the garden does that count... could be cat tracks though :n00b: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Tanks aren't like cars but there is a limit to how much restoration can be done, for example in the late 1980s a Vickers medium Mk2 was pulled out of Ashdown forest where it emplaced as a strongpoint, of course it was intended to be "fully restored" but after a few years sitting around Bovington's yard it was reduced to a pile of rust. There was a fairly recent discovery of a pre-war (1920s) Bugatti was found in the North East, but it was in the garage of an excentric retired doctor -went for a tidy sum. Edited January 26, 2010 by steveo578 additon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 With the recent report that one of the ex Normandy DD tanks is up for sale if it starts to get really silly perhaps some-one might regard these as possiblities, The Covenanter is one of 2 in North Nolfolk (second one just visible in background) and if they are still there there are two more near the Detention centre in Lincolnshire (across the wash) and a turretless comet too. The Universal is on an island in Eastern Canada and is probably well rotted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 That is a heck of a pile of notes for a rusty shadow,but Bugattis always seem to get the car nuts foaming at the wallet... I think the undiscovered 'Bug' is the vintage sports equivalent of the 'dug up Tiger' :nut: The fact with a Bugatti is that there is no part of a Bugatti that cannot be made now. In theory you may make a new Bugatti for even a reasonable price. Therefore, even a pile of rust, provided she brings with her a History and an identity, has a value, because a new legitimate Bugatti can rise from those ashes.... ;-) Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 The fact with a Bugatti is that there is no part of a Bugatti that cannot be made now That also holds true for many of the fabricated tanks, so long as you have the cast parts, the rest it a matter of skillfull fabrication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerJohn Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 There's a few "original" Spitfires flying where just about the only part more than a few years old is the data plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I recall recently reading/hearing that a BEF Tank dug up off a beach near to Calais in the mid 1970s by the fella that owns/owned the Batterie Todt Museum has now been scrapped...Apparently it'd finally completely fell apart over the years awaiting 'rebuilding'... . sad but.... it was in an awful state when first recovered so expectable I guess... ....the little carrier above though???....I've seen a lot worse wrecks on here that have been rebuilt .. ..isn't there a fella on here at the moment putting a carrier together out of 2 absolute piles of knackered shot up scrap he got from a Dutch Range??????? .fair play to dedication I say .....and a very fat wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Unfortunatley anything recovered form salt water is a lost cause,it never stops corroding. Even after sandblasting etc it still corrodes. If you visit the salvage museum in Normandy bits fall off the tanks as you walk around them ! Rob....................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Looking for a Mark I , IA or IB Dingo complete, remains or parts anyone? Peter http://www.milmarket.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Unfortunatley anything recovered form salt water is a lost cause,it never stops corroding.Even after sandblasting etc it still corrodes. If you visit the salvage museum in Normandy bits fall off the tanks as you walk around them ! Rob....................rnixartillery. Agreed - look at the problems the RN Submarine Museum had with Holland 1. I remember going round her when she was originally displayed in the open air before they realised that residual corrosion in the hull was delaminating her like an onion. After remedial treatment she's now indoors in a climate-controlled environment. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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