Will WW2 Armour go the same way?

[ajmac]

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?

[Bodge Deep]

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:

[Adrian Barrell]

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.

[ajmac]

That's nothing. I've got the full set in the workshop, only 35x smaller:-D

[Bodge Deep]

I've found some Panther tracks in the mud at the botom of the garden does that count... could be cat tracks though :n00b:

[steveo578]

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
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[steveo578]

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.

[andreadavide]

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

[ajmac]

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.

[PanzerJohn]

There's a few "original" Spitfires flying where just about the only part more than a few years old is the data plate.

[RattlesnakeBob]

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

[rnixartillery]

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.

[monty2]

Looking for a Mark I , IA or IB Dingo complete, remains or parts anyone?

 

Peter

http://www.milmarket.org

[andym]

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