ajmac Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Looking at the photos of the Stugs that were auctioned off this year in Finland for those incredible prices where on earth would you start? Damaged hulls, No drivetrain, no engine, no interior, you might as well be building one from scratch! The one that went for 185k Euros, was that any better? When you consider the spares and support situation for American Armour the one for German Tanks must be all but non-existant.... For those amongst us who have already restored WW2 armour, if you were to be gifted one of those Stugs or one of the Bulgarian PzIVs where on earth would you start? The major sticking points that I see would be the transmission and I presume the Maybach V12s aren't that easy (read impossible) to find. Tiger 1: I read yesterday that KW is restoring the Tiger 1 from Aberdeen, Maryland, and truth in that rumour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Of course if you had all the mechanical parts to start off with, the purchase makes more sense..... The Tiger 1 is not undergoing any work at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) I got you....:idea: One has all the bits just requires a box for them to fit into.... Couple of years ago I dropped off a few castings for a new chassis at an Historic Vehicle restoration workshop in Shropshire, lovely people and the best fascility I have ever seen. The owner showed me around including the restoration project 'inbox'. This consisted of a pallet with a few fragments of body, chassis or engine and most importantly the chassis-body date plate and a requirement of what the owner wanted building out of the bits...or should I say what the owner wanted building from the dataplate :-) Edited December 20, 2008 by ajmac sp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Is the Tiger 1 not undergoing any work through lack of parts? As far as the Stug resto is concerned Im sure the SdKfz Foundation would help, they seem to be more than capable of engineering almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I think the Tiger is just waiting it's turn. That also applies to the Stugs I would imagine. The Wheatcroft Collection arguably undertake the finest restorations in the world, their Panther has had no effort spared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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