sdkfz 7 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 that was the remainder. Now has a new at home :D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 A bit of work with a hosepipe, and it will be like new! :cool2: trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Wow it almost makes it worth digging the garden over if you find stuff like that!!!!!:-D How did you find/find out about it? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pearson Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Very nice Sir Indeed. Looking forward to the restoration, once you find or build a chassis. Great find with the tracks BTW Also, keep an eye out on milweb.com as a guy was selling the top armour from German Halftrack and a chassis. Thought you would have bought it. Mark.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkfz 7 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hello, I'm not going to restore it. I have enough to do with my sdkfz 7. greetings udo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draganm Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 wow, I thought you were joking, but that chassis really was buried in someones garden, right under the Tulips.:-) It amazes the lengths that people will go thru to put together a vehicle, looking for little pieces all over Europe. Then you see a complete Hanomag rotting out in the weather like the one in Bosnia . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Fantastic project you got your hands on , hope you'll find all the vital parts and bits to make that vehicle run one day !! Deutsche Halbketten Fahrzeuge , the maxx ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkfz 7 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 here's a small movie;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UbDWylp1F8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Thats amazing, looks pretty complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Amazing find, how did it end up there and how did they find out?? We demand stories!!! Lol I love it when the excavator is dragging the chassis out, the wheels still turn!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draganm Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) where did all that water come from? Did you pump it out later and check for more parts down in the mud? it appears the chassis was lying up-side down and the digger flipped it over before dragging it out of the hole? maybe the engine is still down there too? I understand the heavy equipment is very expensive to rent, so time was not a luxury on pulling the chassis out . The other thing I've been thinking about is the fact that most WW2 veterans are dying out, and therefore a lot of the people who were around back then and know where stuff like this is buried. It's good that people are grabbing whatever they can right now and preserving history . Thats amazing, looks pretty complete certainly on the front half, Looks like the front suspension and steering mechanism, all the way back to the drive wheels and first road wheel. That makes you wonder what could have ripped the back half off? Typically when you see a vehicle cut in half the first thought is it ran over a mine, but if this was dug up in Germany then it must be end of the war, with the panzers in retreat. Unlikely they would have run over their own mine-field? In one picture it looks like the vehicle was hit on the left side, just behind the first road wheel. Everything is bent towards the side opposite the driver. Udo any guesses on what destroyed this truck? Edited April 18, 2015 by draganm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Agree with Hoseman, love to hear how it is that you acquired these parts from seemingly different sources. Impressive project. Look forward to following this in detail!!! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkfz 7 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 a small update :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Now 'all' you have to do is stitch it all back together :cool2: trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packhow75 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Appears to be stored in a warehouse full of beer... Hopefully not too much will be drunk before welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkfz 7 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 I drink to me it nicely:beer::beer::beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastermike Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hi just wondering how your project is coming along? any chance of an update? Thanks mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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