halftrackman Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Will try to post picture, I always wanted to got to England and drink a beer in a pub. Hope to start a new resto on my m4a1 high speed tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Please tell us more ! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 Thanks david, well we try to stay busy, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 I hope to start on the m4A1 high speed tractor soon as the weather warns up. I been collection nos part for a while now. I think there might been enough good parts to build one tractor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 interesting project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Thanks supertrack, well I got a little done on the M4A1 high speed tractor, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Best of luck with the project Halftrackman. I'd just point out that if you fancy having a beer in an English pub, be best if you got your skates on. Pubs here are closing at quite a rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Hi Ross, I seen this on tv about the pubs closing. Dam what else is going on in England.My family the Watson,s left England years ago. Why did they leave, so we could help with inventing the telly phone, Bell first words on the phone, was ( Watson come here) I sure would like to visit England, but it will never happing. I like rock and roll,. beer , good looking gals and fast cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Well there's still plenty of beer around HTM but most of it seems to be bought from supermarkets. The prices charged by breweries in the pubs they own is a big factor. Then there was the smoking ban too, that didn't help. Pubs were often the focal point of a neighbourhood for my generation but not so for young people now. I'm with you on the beer and the rock and roll and the fast cars but got a bit too long in the tooth for the gals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Just kidding about the gals, Me and the wife be married since 1964. I will have a beer or 2, but like the rock and roll and fast cars. I was wild back in the old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 A grainy picture that might interest you. The US vehicles sent across to the UK in WW2 were landed in Liverpool in partially dismantled form. The job of reassembly and setting up was given to a big truck main dealers and arrived in such volume that there was no alternative but to store the completed vehicles in the surrounding streets. I drive up the road in the picture every day and never fail to think of the rows of vehicles that once queued up there. I know most of the vehicles stayed in Europe after the war but I wonder if the HS tractors went back to the US? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Ross said: A grainy picture that might interest you. The US vehicles sent across to the UK in WW2 were landed in Liverpool in partially dismantled form. The job of reassembly and setting up was given to a big truck main dealers and arrived in such volume that there was no alternative but to store the completed vehicles in the surrounding streets. I drive up the road in the picture every day and never fail to think of the rows of vehicles that once queued up there. I know most of the vehicles stayed in Europe after the war but I wonder if the HS tractors went back to the US? I think those vehicles were assembled by Pearsons. A few years ago archive photos from Pearsons were published in a book. I recollect some were initially posted on this forum by the late David Hayward, who was involved with the book publishing. regards, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) I have found a picture of one being used on Schiphol national airport in Amsterdam after the war. It looks like it was from the fire service... Edited May 17, 2019 by Citroman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Thanks for the great pictures, post all the pictures you can. I think most of the HST went to Germany after the war.The numbers that I put on my HST front bumper is a post war. That unit was in Germany to fight will the Russians if need be .Thank God it never happen, Also some went to Korea. Well the yellow HST is a M4A1 HST, it had the wide tracks with duck bill on each side of track, bumper were wider and the fenders, That a sportey hot rod HTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 They seem to have done some more tuning...i don't know if it's the same tractor but it's the same airport firebrigade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Dutch individuals and companys are very good at customising vehicles. Great photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11th Armoured Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 18 hours ago, Citroman said: They seem to have done some more tuning...i don't know if it's the same tractor but it's the same airport firebrigade. Very 'Thunderbirds' - I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 It looks like a M6 high speed tractor, If so they are good at mod. jobs. I read that a museum in the netherlands has a M6 high speed tractor and a M4A1 hst. They are very few left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 (edited) Must be at Overloon i think, they really have a lot of stuff. Edited May 20, 2019 by Citroman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Overloon have examples of the M4, 5 & 6 HST! http://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=11400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Thanks for the great pictures at the museum, I was in the Netherlands in 1983 with the us army doing a reforger, with the 1st cav, We were at budle, and other towns, ever town we went through hundreds of people lined the streets. Also was at vinlo, but without our tanks. They were wonderful people in the Netherlands. I still have some gilders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorfahrer Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Even the Austrian Army got some leftover High Speed Tractors when the Allied Forces left the country in 1955. See this facebook Video of the Traditionsverband Heereskraftfahrwesen. Here more info provided in english http://www.hkfw.at/en/our-vehicles/80-allis-chalmers-m4-high-speed-tractor-18t-2-en Motorfahrer Edited June 2, 2019 by motorfahrer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halftrackman Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 Well, I will post a few pictures, but this was back in my army days. I have not worked on the m4 much this summer, the heat index has been up to 116, hot hot. I will drink a few beers, so cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 On 5/17/2019 at 9:51 PM, Citroman said: They seem to have done some more tuning...i don't know if it's the same tractor but it's the same airport firebrigade. Looks like one may exist still: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtskull Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 5/18/2019 at 4:21 PM, 11th Armoured said: Very 'Thunderbirds' - I like it! My first thought precisely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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