Sherman tank for sale at Collector source

antiqueguy said:
not all that big just needs to turn down some 3" stock id go with a free machining steel or even aluminum just need to figure out a way of making and attaching a driving band since that engages the rifling the projectile is just under bore diameter
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copper tube and a die to swedge it into the groove
 
At 0 Down Payment and 3% Interest for 12 Months, your Sherman Tank Monthly Payment is a very comfortable $25,408.11.
 
Thinking whoever buys this is somebody who won't quibble over a few bucks. :)

While we're at it, didn't even know there was one of these in Canada.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1501830/weve-heard-from-some-dodgy-characters-red-deer-man-selling-1-5-million-jet-on-kijiji/

Grizz
 
bogusiii said:
I'm pretty sure it's CAROL and besides the postal truck at the Toronto CNE I saw it do in a hydro workers' truck in Perth, Ontario in 1995. The owner/driver at the time (now passed away unfortunately) was legally blind, but could see a little bit through coke bottle thick glasses. At the end of a VE Day anniversary parade he was maneuvering CAROL in the hydro compound for storage until the float arrived to take her home. His ground guide was his wife (an elderly lady that had no formal training in that particular skill). Between the glasses, the arm waving ground guide and the communication problems (what with the two diesels rumbling in the back), predictably things went wrong. What was mean as "STOP you're about to run over a pickup truck!!!" was interpreted by the driver as "all clear, go ahead and make that backwards pivot turn". Scratch one Chevy S-10.

CAROL's other 'kill' was a Volkswagen. I didn't witness it but apparently the tank was hired to crush a VW beetle in a mall parking lot for a commercial (it was painted orange for the event and you can still see orange where the OD is flaking off). The tank arrived to do the deed and, as expected, there was the VW. Only it looked in pretty good shape and there were valid license plates on it. Also, there was no film crew which should have been the first warning. No matter, the owner (same gent as above) was paid to do a job and that job he was going to do. You can see where this is going. Immediately on flattening the VW two people showed up: the driver of a tow truck with a derelict VW on the back and a woman with a bag of groceries in each arm looking for her VW.
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You should have a warning on this post not to have a mouth full of beer while reading,....
 
If this is actually 'CAROL' then Al /Fred should do the right and decent thing and put the name back on 'her'as a token of respect for the late Don Smith. Without Don's passion for preserving historic ordnance then Carol would have been scrapped 40 years ago and not be looking to pull in a 300 K payday. RIP my friend.
 
How hot does it get in the Tank in 35° C Summertime?

Do I need a Sears Lady Kenmore portable Air Conditioning Unit on top of the Turret?
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Olds Legion bought one 20 years ago, very similar, cost 60,000. Tanks are a good investment. :)

Grizz
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They actually got 2 Shermans for $60,000 and only received one. The buyer kept the better of the two and swapped the power packs out of them and stripped a lot of the parts off it. Nothing like getting a free Sherman.
 
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