Karoshi Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 So would this be the Tank Museum Achilles ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 So would this be the Tank Museum Achilles ? I flipping hope not :schocked: no this one is privately owned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 If it's Guy Blacks M10, you're going to need deep pockets! Actually, any M10 will require that, I've just sold mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Having just read the rest of the thread...... :oops: it's obviously not GB's. Unless you also get Rex's turret.......Unless it's my old one......I'll go now :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 If it's Guy Blacks M10, you're going to need deep pockets! Actually, any M10 will require that, I've just sold mine! That's no problem Jack has got DEEP pockets. It's the SHORT arms that could be a problem. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 That's no problem Jack has got DEEP pockets. It's the SHORT arms that could be a problem. :-D Oi I am working on that :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tin Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 John has hit the nail on the head. I'm fortunate that I had ten years in the army on tanks and CVRT before owning my own Spartan here in Spain. As I speak I am attending a major vehicle show in central Madrid with my Spartan. The organizers have paid for two of us to stay five nights in a four star hotel and the loan transporter only requires for us to pay fuel. It makes you feel good to have such reverence. I suppose that it helps that at the moment I have the only ex military tracked vehicle registered for road use in all of Spain. To see what I am talking about take a look at http://www.tanksinspain.com Regards to all Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hi Mick, welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tin Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanks Joris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Isn't private military vehicle ownership frowned on in Spain? I'm sure I've read they won't register vehicles in some places. Shame. I remember seeing features, probably in MMI, about restoring Spanish examples of German armour given to Franco. Interesting. The next best thing is a visit to one of the big Vickers gun emplacements built in the 1930s. If you're ever in Menorca, go to La Mola near Mahon. A gem. They have other German guns too, but access wasn't possible last time I was there in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tin Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Snapper, If your vehicle is 25 years or older there is an article in Spanish law that allows you to register it as an historical vehicle. The problem is that there are a band of 'my than my jobs worth' characters here that make it difficult. But I have the King of Spain on the case, I kid you not who currently has the interior minister and the cabinet running around to try and ratify their problems with this issue. Watch this space as they say. Their problem at the minute is that my vehicle is road registered and taxed as an historical vehicle but they are shit scared to give me the number plates until the King gives the nod. What a load of nonsense I tell you. Who said owning armour is easy. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tin Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Spartan wins the day in Spain. Who said patience never pays. After two long years of playing silly beggars with a not very bright traffic office in Southern Spain not to mention a four page letter to the king of Spain. My Spartan is finally in the annuls of Spanish history as being the first registered for road use, civilian owned, full tracked military vehicle in Spain. It is about to make its second appearance in Madrid from the 28 May for one week at a trade show there. God it makes you feel good when it all comes together. Shame about the plonkers in the traffic office who got it wrong. Like we said before its not easy owning a tracked vehicle but boy it dont half make you feel good. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Way to go sir!!!!!!! Well done for the persistence and initiative, hope you enjoy rumbling around legally now!!!! :-) :-) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tin Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Thank Neil, I tell you what owning a tracked vehicle always leaves you with a little bit of the unknown and you never know when things may go pear shaped, but I tell you what it makes you feel good when it all comes together. I'm on my way to Madrid again this weekend for one week with the Spartan. It seems that they can't get enough of it there. I hope this is the start of a wonderful relationship as they say. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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