Hi Matt,
Oberon warming up yet after the winter chill???
The AC1 plate: number should be in the range 8001 to 8065 (but it sure does look like a '7', I agree!). The AC3 was 8066.
The Bellfield AC3 was built on one of the many AC3 hulls cast for the project, but never used. Most were scrapped. John recovered his from the Holsworthy Range where it had been used for anti-armour training. As a consequence, a whole lower side panel had to be replaced: no mean effort on a cast tank hull!
As a consequence (of the hull never actually having been built as a 'tank'), I'm not sure I would include it in the list of 'survivors'.
Mike C
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