Sherman tank for sale at Collector source

Collectors source has had 2 bids on the Sherman, both out of country. To bad someone in Canada could not purchase it. There are two in Oshawa up and running. Maybe a start on another.
 
ss109 said:
Collectors source has had 2 bids on the Sherman, both out of country. To bad someone in Canada could not purchase it. There are two in Oshawa up and running. Maybe a start on another.
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once it is bought by someone else where in the world that main gun is most likely going to be demilled
 
Brings back memories .... :)

I'd buy her if I had a safe place to store her and a large sized area to drive in. Also, unfortunately I have zero mechanical skill to paint and maintain her in good running order. It would be great if she could be kept in Canada.

Here's some 45+ year old pics from my very first day on the tank ranges as a fresh young Crew Commander. Two of my first few engagements (different tanks) at 1,500 to 2,800 yards were captured in the color pics below. What the second one didn't show was the result of the 76mm back blast spinning me around in the turret, blowing my beret off my head and over the back deck, plus burning (singe effect) my eyebrows and hair bad enough that it crumbled to the touch. :) Of course, I straightened myself up and tried to look "very cool" to all of my buddies watching.

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Regards,
Doug

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Qualifications:

Sherman (M4A2E8) & Centurion
Group 3 Gunner (RCAC)
Group 2 Driver Mechanic Tracked (RCAC)
Group 2 Signaler (RCAC)
CC and Troop Leader Instructor
 
BadgerDog said:
Brings back memories .... :)
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Thanks for sharing! The 17pdr was supposed to be a bit of a scorcher too.
I could handle a fiberglass Sherman on a wheeled Toyota chassis with fake treads, that would the the limit of my handiness.
The British one size fits all AFV helmets absolutely killed my huge head, so I stayed away from armoured things.
 
BadgerDog said:
Brings back memories .... :)

I'd buy her if I had a safe place to store her and a large sized area to drive in. Also, unfortunately I have zero mechanical skill to paint and maintain her in good running order. It would be great if she could be kept in Canada.

Here's some 45+ year old pics from my very first day on the tank ranges as a fresh young Crew Commander. Two of my first few engagements (different tanks) at 1,500 to 2,800 yards were captured in the color pics below. What the second one didn't show was the result of the 76mm back blast spinning me around in the turret, blowing my beret off my head and over the back deck, plus burning (singe effect) my eyebrows and hair bad enough that it crumbled to the touch. :) Of course, I straightened myself up and tried to look "very cool" to all of my buddies watching.

Regards,
Doug

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Qualifications:

Sherman (M4A2E8) & Centurion
Group 3 Gunner (RCAC)
Group 2 Driver Mechanic Tracked (RCAC)
Group 2 Signaler (RCAC)
CC and Troop Leader Instructor
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thank you for your service
 
BadgerDog said:
Brings back memories .... :)

I'd buy her if I had a safe place to store her and a large sized area to drive in. Also, unfortunately I have zero mechanical skill to paint and maintain her in good running order. It would be great if she could be kept in Canada.

Here's some 45+ year old pics from my very first day on the tank ranges as a fresh young Crew Commander. Two of my first few engagements (different tanks) at 1,500 to 2,800 yards were captured in the color pics below. What the second one didn't show was the result of the 76mm back blast spinning me around in the turret, blowing my beret off my head and over the back deck, plus burning (singe effect) my eyebrows and hair bad enough that it crumbled to the touch. :) Of course, I straightened myself up and tried to look "very cool" to all of my buddies watching.



Regards,
Doug

==================================
Qualifications:

Sherman (M4A2E8) & Centurion
Group 3 Gunner (RCAC)
Group 2 Driver Mechanic Tracked (RCAC)
Group 2 Signaler (RCAC)
CC and Troop Leader Instructor
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I can think of a place...;)
 
I would convert it to a Battery Operated Sherman, no, not 4 D Cells, but a Hybrid Sherman that plugs in to 110 VAC, full of batteries, for those long trips from Vancouver to the East Coast...maybe a few solar panels and a wind turbine generator on the turret...like a propeller on the main gun for turning the generator...
 
Potentially, how many Miles could you drive with that Sherman tank before you had a breakdown?

Would it go from Vancouver to the East Coast trouble free, or would you be replacing wheels, bearings, sections of treads, etc along the way? I'm thinking you better have lots of spare parts, grease, oil....

The question again, how many Miles would it go before a breakdown under normal use (in a straight line) and not abuse?
 
Coyote Ugly said:
Potentially, how many Miles could you drive with that Sherman tank before you had a breakdown?

Would it go from Vancouver to the East Coast trouble free, or would you be replacing wheels, bearings, sections of treads, etc along the way? I'm thinking you better have lots of spare parts, grease, oil....

The question again, how many Miles would it go before a breakdown under normal use (in a straight line) and not abuse?
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considering its nickname was tommy cooker I doubt it but unlike German tanks it could be worked on in the field
 
Hence, the Sherman’s grim nickname—Ronson, like the cigarette lighter, because “it lights up the first time, every time.”


So the M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle would have to be towed behind the Sherman from Vancouver to the East Coast?

antiqueguy said:
considering its nickname was tommy cooker I doubt it but unlike German tanks it could be worked on in the field
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