tack9/12l Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 found this when a mate went looking for a lost parachute lots of wheels and a spare gearbox with it so hopefully it will be restored:laugh: wont say where it is in case nobody is suposed to know :angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 nice pics but you are wise to keep the location hush hush or some beggar might go round and rob those wheels to use on his centaur :cool2:!!! rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Great find, must be amazing to stumble upon something like that!! Thank for sharing! :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane.c Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 What a find, keep us updated on the restoration, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tack9/12l Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 sorry shane am now posted back to germany hohne to be precise ill take some phots of the hards when i can and then to batus in aprill dont think many hards there but have digi cam will travel:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 nice pics but you are wise to keep the location hush hush or some beggar might go round and rob those wheels to use on his centaur :cool2:!!! rick He'd get a shock if he did, they wouldn't fit! I wonder what happened to the BESA mount? :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 :banghead: Rob............................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Ok guys, so you have found my hide out ! better go count my wheels tomorrow then ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Nice looking old tank.....:cheesy:... showing foolish ignorance or whatever.....:undecided:. but is that turret more or less the same as were on Centurions? and.....should you set about restoring a tank with damage such as that........... ......(never having messed about with trying to weld armoured steel you understand).... ......would you repair the spang / pock marks / penetration damage (whatever you wanna call it) to the turret by simply filling up with weld?........Yeah I know..hours of work...good stick practice for the workshop 'lad' though! been there you see....done many an hour on a stick set filling similar damage to boiler shells and steam calorifiers in my youth! ............... or ..........would most folk just grind them off flat, fill with metal filler , then sand them off and repaint ??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 looks very similar to this one : http://www.hartziel.de/index.htm?/_typen/comet.htm P-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 sorry shane am now posted back to germany hohne to be precise ill take some phots of the hards when i can and then to batus in aprill dont think many hards there but have digi cam will travel:D Good luck with that mate - if you get chance can you get some pics of the batus cvrts as well!! Cheers Timbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I remember this Comet on Pirbright, it was recovered and ended up with the East of England Tank Museum before passing to Jules. It is a very early one, do you have it's T number Jules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 good luck with the resto. do you have the besa mount ? i have a lead on one if needed rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Nice find. The only Comet I saw was in the night sky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Never mind the garden ornament - did your mate find the parachute?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tack9/12l Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 TIMBO will do also will look through my old photos as we were opfor in 99 and o2 so got lots of sturgeon/salamander pics and yes my mate did get the parachute with parachutist still attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Haha. "Found" a Comet - as you do. All the best with the resto, looks like you've got a got amount of work ahead of you. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I found a DUKW once in similar circumstances.... Turned out it belonged to an undertaker. But I did end up with it. The DUKW, not the undertaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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