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Originally Posted by Ian Pullen
Doug,
as for the "borrowed" US 1/2 tracks. I have heard a couple of stories. This is the first time I have actually heard a specific number. There is nothing concrete but I enjoy turning over rocks so to speak so I will have a look.
Ref the 12 Army personnel that were involved in the D Day operations. I believe they were all officers of the rank of Major and above.
As for Aust use of M8s. If I find any more I will let you know.
I heard a while back that the other M8 may be coming on the market, just didn't know when. He may have plans there but this is not the stage.
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That number was told to me nearly 30 years ago. It had its origins in the post-war surplus sales.
It was all a bit of a Holy Grail in the collecting community back then.
"Indianna Jones and the quest for the 4 halftracks".
Lots have tried to track them down, but without success.
However, I am told that there was a couple of German halftracks and possibly some Jap ones at some stage. It could well be that those vehicles
were mis-identified as the above 4.
There were some other interesting odds and sods that came out of those sales, such as the Jap tanks ( 2 x IIRC).
You will be interested to know, that I was 2 years too late to recover a
Sentinel. The owner stated "nobody was interested in it, so I sold it to Sims".
Geeez, who did you offer it to?
"Nobody asked to buy it".
So, when I told him that he had probably just got 5% on the dollar of its value he wasn't a happy farmer.
It had turret and power pack, both off the vehicle, but went with it.
Amazing that people can be so thick.
Regards
Doug