This will sell for big bucks

No fun without at LEAST a PAK-40 to tow around.

FLAK-18 would be even better, if she'll handle it.

Thanks for the head-sup! I wonder if they will take pennies........
 
I already checked between the sofa cushions for any pocket change that went AWOL and came up short (again).
 
Magellann said:
It looks like a restoration wouldn't hurt, it could use one from the pics.
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Yeah at first blush it looks like it needs attention but that's all fair wear and tear from back in the day, its earned its dings, dents and rippled tin work. The dunkle gelb over grey (and the field tinsmithing done on the fenders) and the unit applied cam paint is part of that tracks history, sure it could be prettied up but as I said if that D7 was mine it would just see the seat material replaced and leave well enough as is.
 
That thing is awesome.

Some of you guys area watching too much pawnstars and ricks resto.

High end antique vehicles, and guns go for the most money and are most desirable in original state. Even if it has rough edges. Its only original once.

That vehicle looks to be a time capsule with German camo......you leave that type of thing alone.
 
CanadianAR said:
That thing is awesome.

Some of you guys area watching too much pawnstars and ricks resto.

High end antique vehicles, and guns go for the most money and are most desirable in original state. Even if it has rough edges. Its only original once.

That vehicle looks to be a time capsule with German camo......you leave that type of thing alone.
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CanadianAR gets it, restoring it would be criminal as original as used from way back when is very sought after. My son and I where watching what passes as "history" on the History Channel these days and the ricks restoration crew took grampas Viet Nam Cobra aircrew helmet, bead blasted off all the original artwork, stuck a bunch of crap all over it and repainted it. Even my lad commented they killed the value (both sentimental and monetary) by trashing the originality of it.
Museums getting it, oh that sends a shiver down my spine after I see the stuff they do locally here at the CWM. I would much rather see the D7 sold to a collector who will just keep it as is and running well and on occasion take it out for a drive or two.
 
i'd rather have a sdkfz 9 instead of a 10-makes one hellofa tow truck
 
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If some sort of documented history came with it, thats where i think it really pays to leave it as is. I it would be awesome to leave it as is thou.
 
Coyote Ugly said:
If that's his wishful thinking asking price, it sounds a lot like the EE!!!

I'd rather have the M4A3 Sherman Tank for $95,000 to $300,000

http://www.militarytrader.com/military-vehicles-news/buying-a-sherman-tank
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No offense but German armour and vehicles always command far higher prices. Its the old numbers game being played out, look at the amount of vehicles and aircraft produced by the Allied side verse the Axis, throw in the fact that if German vehicles went east they generally did not come back to the west. The seller will get the asking price, may take awhile and a uptick in the European economy but he only needs one buyer to make the sale.
 
300,000 Euro, +- a wee bit.

If it was that hot, it would have sold by now. He can dream. It's just a toy to play with and there are a lot better ways to invest that 300,000 Euro's (condo, house) than to have it sit in a garage and rust away, unless the Euros are burning a hole in a buyers pocket and just has to have it, which is sometimes the case. It's a money pit restoring anything on wheels.

If anything, he should have it in a museum where it belongs. It would have been scrap metal in 1946 or used on a farm.

Would a bank give him $300,000 Euros Collateral with it?


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No offense but German armour and vehicles always command far higher prices. Its the old numbers game being played out, look at the amount of vehicles and aircraft produced by the Allied side verse the Axis, throw in the fact that if German vehicles went east they generally did not come back to the west. The seller will get the asking price, may take awhile and a uptick in the European economy but he only needs one buyer to make the sale.
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Coyote Ugly said:
300,000 Euro, +- a wee bit.

If it was that hot, it would have sold by now. He can dream. It's just a toy to play with and there are a lot better ways to invest that 300,000 Euro's (condo, house) than to have it sit in a garage and rust away, unless the Euros are burning a hole in a buyers pocket and just has to have it, which is sometimes the case. It's a money pit restoring anything on wheels.

If anything, he should have it in a museum where it belongs. It would have been scrap metal in 1946 or used on a farm.

Would a bank give him $300,000 Euros Collateral with it?
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Again no offense intended but do you have any experience buying/selling/trading wartime German vehicles or parts thereof? While everyone thinks the German vehicles are oh so cool to have they just about poop themselves upon hearing the prices involved so that said the market of potential buyers of this stuff is far slimmer then someone hammering a old jeep/Jimmy/Dodge or Sherman tank together. There are buyers with very deep pockets who can and do pay the premium prices. So while you may take offense at the sellers asking price I do believe he will see it all in good time, hey if its sat in his garage for the past thirty years a couple more will not make much difference.
As for "restoring" it, outside of keeping it running well and safely its there and nothing needs to be made "better".
 
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