Ebay Tank

[michael77]

Have tried to mount the pictures with no luck..
Spotted this on Ebay not sure if its a good price
I like it but dont have $5000 or the know how..

WW2 Army M3 Grant Tank | eBay

[mpw]

Here is a quick pic for future reference.


Mark..

[Scout]

"Local pick-up only" - that I believe.
What a wreck.

[AMTG]

Looks like its been converted for farm work

[reneblacky]

Deffo farm work, big job to restore this one! my Jeep is hard enough

[Nitram]

Could have been a recovery vehicle. Didn't those have a crane like that?

Here's a model I found:


Nitram

[AMTG]

Could be based on that,but hundreds of these things and universal carriers were sold at 5 or 6 pound each and farmers stripped them down and modified them....often dumping the turrets and armament at the back of their field somewhere....a mate of mines grandfather had a Sherman, and ripped it apart and used it as a tractor, he dumped th turret in a dry creek bed in 1947, it's still there

Edit....just spoke to him and after he died 15 years ago, they sold the hull, and recovered the turret.....it's currently being rebuilt.....

[lithgow]

Would be more useful as spares for restoring another M3-there were fields full of these left abandoned in rural areas after the war here in Australia-some used as pretty inefficient tractors (but better than nothing in post war austerity) or just left there.

[michael77]

$5000 isnt a bad price though ? is it ?

[Scout]

Would be more useful as spares for restoring another M3-there were fields full of these left abandoned in rural areas after the war here in Australia-some used as pretty inefficient tractors (but better than nothing in post war austerity) or just left there.

Hope you dont need spares for the engine in the other M3 then