woa2 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 All I read the recent thread about Lloyd Carriers and there being 22 in the world. I was thinking about other vehicles and the numbers that survive, so the question is 'Do you know own a vehicle where less than 10 survive in the world?' I will start this thread off with my vehicle, a Ford WOA2. I know of only 6 in the world :- 4 in UK (One of these is a WOA2A model, the only one I know of) 1 in Australia 1 in Czechoslovakia So, do you own a rare vehicle, one of less that 10 in the world? Can we get a list of rarities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 The collection I manage has one of only 10 ever made MK 2A Supacats built for Canada. 24 volt throughout. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 ... T-36 Iron Fireman Snow Tractors. Not a bad survival rate as they only made 36 of them. http://www.gwim2.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/t36.htm Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 perhaps not all are rare but this is interesting picture wise http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?141892-Rare-types-of-military-vehicle Are SAS Pinkies under 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooTallMike Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 My Autocar U8144 is one of only two known to have survived, and of only 600-odd built. - MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 What about a Kinderpanzer? Anyone found a set of blueprints yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHIL WOOD Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Hi i own an m4 high speed tractor it would be good to find out how many are left i know of 3 others in various states in the uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Austin made an army version of the Gipsy, 15 SWB and 5 LWB. Mike Gilbert has one of each. No other complete ones are known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Can't be many genuine Mk 2/2 Ferrets left, or any of the later Mks for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 My Scammell Explorer is one of six supplied to the FVRDE under contract no 9870 in 1953, and possibly the last one to be sold off in 1993...unless someone knows of one cast later. It has many small features not found on other Explorers, I think two others confirmed and another possible still exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Austin K5, I have been told by several people that there are only about 7 complete/ restored and no more than 20 in total ? I would love to know how many realy do exist and where they are ? Ian Edited December 8, 2011 by Ian L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Its extremely hard to determin how rare a particular vehicle is,apart from museum examples and vehicles on the show circuit there is so many locked away in sheds and private collections that are unkown. just in the UK alone there are quite a few large private collection that are reclusive. Rob..................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I've looked at this a few times, and the survival rate for WW2 US vehicles seems to be 2 to 5% if produced in quantity, but strangely some of the low-quantity oddball stuff produced in small quantities seems to have a proportionally higher survival rate... 3 of 36 T-36 Snow tractors 30+ of 291 M7 / T-26E4 Snow tractors 3 of 25 VC 6 Dodge Carryalls I can only think of a couple of vehicle types ( apart from prototypes and the like ) which have only single survivors; Rick Jones VK62B RAF crewbus, and our very own Ashby families WK60 breakdown, both three ton Dodges. Edited December 8, 2011 by Gordon_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 i believe there are very few restored welbikes left now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 If you're talking about rare vehicles in private hands (and likely to remain so) you'd have to consider the likes of the Challenger 1's discussed elsewhere on this forum, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 ...hmmm, not sure how many are left, but my saracen is one of only 1850 that were made by Alvis,.... what with people cutting them up, left right and centre, surely the numbers are dwindling!....:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kufra Kiwi Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 One of the rarest must surely be that lone Chev WA ex LRDG truck in the Imperial War Museum and its two derelict mates still sitting forlornly in the south Libyan desert. And as far as I know, not a single 1942 Chev 1533X2 ex-LRDG truck exists anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I thing I have to add in this chart my military Austin K30. It looks like that only 3 are survived. All another are biggers (K2, K3) but only a few survived to. If you know about anathors than in this http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?13997-Austin-K30-K2-and-K3-register&highlight=austin+register please let me know. Super rare is Morris-Commercial ambulance only one in K2 registr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie meachin Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 [h=2] Re: Rare Vehicles[/h] (Hi i own an m4 high speed tractor it would be good to find out how many are left i know of 3 others in various states in the uk) Hi, I know of at least 6 - 8 of M4 HSTs in the UK, 3 of which is going to Armour and Embarkation next year. My Grandad owns 4 2.5 tonne Autocar tractor units which are the only 4 to be known to exist in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 When I was searching for a Morris-Commercial C9/B SP Bofors for our museum I found three - Cobbaton, Firepower, Isle of Wight - then ours turned up in private hands. Another one, heavily modified as a crane truck, came up for sale last year. I don't know what happened to it but it was missing most of its specialised kit - the jacks etc - which would have made it very expensive to restore. That's 5 survivors out of about 1700 built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T corbin Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I think i have the only WOT 3 tructor ?? Its original RAF No .And a picture of it in service in 1943 . i have been told they only made 20 ?? .T ROBERSON & Myself have a INTERMATIONAL M-2-4 & M-3-4 airfield runway light . None know in USA . All so GTB CARGO GTB BOMB SERVICE both original USN T CORBIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) My 1941 1/2 ton Dodge WC11 Panel van is quite a rareity, only 360 were made, a few survive in the US, there are a few more of the later WC19 radio van version supplied under lend lease here in Europe Edited December 9, 2011 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Rare? This one certainly hasn't seen a grill :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Rare vehicles hey????? Well....I got a wheel barrow...... ...it's not got a wheel ......and the barrow bit fell off years ago ......but... ....it's definately old.... ..and has definately been used...... ...probably on D-Day in fact....... ..to shift a load of bricks to build a manhole that Patton almost certainly might have walked by....... should I sell it or rebuild it??? :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Rare vehicles hey????? Well....I got a wheel barrow...... ...it's not got a wheel ......and the barrow bit fell off years ago ......but... ....it's definately old.... ..and has definately been used...... ...probably on D-Day in fact....... ..to shift a load of bricks to build a manhole that Patton almost certainly might have walked by....... should I sell it or rebuild it??? :cool2: Hmm...are you sure this wasn't used by Trigger, would go well with his 'original' brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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