Thanks for posting this Ed! I took pictures of this before it disappeared and was trying to dig them up last year but couldn't find them. I remembered it had a reg. plate on it and was curious what the number was. Problem solved!
IIRC that Saracen was later sold to SAIL (now PREFAIR) in Montreal. The last i saw of it was about 2002 when it was displayed in the front yard. I know that when I went through the back lot at Prefair in November it wasn't present.
I was told many years ago that this vehicle was acquired by the Museum of Science and Technology after going through trials in Canada and disposed of after radar equipment was removed from it. I know that Science and Tech. still has a very nice Saracen in storage so this may be a case of mistaken identity. A close look at the pic does show large mounting points still present on the roof and no turret so could this be a radar vehicle? I seem to recall that I took pictures of the inside and this vehicle and it wasn't equipped to carry a turret.
Hopefully someone recognizes the vehicle or configuration.
Ed you didn't by chance get a pic of the Ferret that used to sit beside this Saracen at Cohen's did you?
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