Tank remains...on ebay, sort of...

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Pretty sure Lucas Earthmoving had 2 Grants converted for Earthmoving in Wangaratta, certainly up to 1980 or so. Also can remember 1 or 2 parked up against the Barnawartha Service station mid 70's (35kms north of Wang.). As well as one out Walla Walla way with the original radial we looked at about 8 years ago. For some reason this one also had a quantity of the ice grousers that went on to the track.
So there were quite a few of these beasties in this area, proximity to Bandiana probably had something to do with it. Do not recognise the one shown on the E-Bay ad though.
Be interesting to see, it would only be 1/2 an hour away.
Rich.

[Robert Farmer]

Heres another Ebay add with 'something' lurking in the back ground. Don't know what it is but Im sure someone will
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Landrover...item45fb7a0ceb

Robert.

[warren brown]

Wow! Hazarding a guess - a Stuart?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by warren brown

Wow! Hazarding a guess - a Stuart?

Stuart, indeed.

[Scrivo18]

I agree Stuart

[Ryan]

I want more bottoms cause "I like big butts and I cannot lie".

I can have all the tanks I want, as long as the other half gets all the sheep she wants. Anybody know of any Damara's and dorpers for sale?

As for the Stuart, with an ebay name like AFVAUS I'm sure they are at least an MLU lurker.

[warren brown]

"As for the Stuart, with an ebay name like AFVAUS I'm sure they are at least an MLU lurker."

True - I guess you don't have a Stuart tank shuffled off into the wings so that you can give your old Land Rover rims the spotlight...probably an ARVRE person?

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Same seller has a Light weight Landy on sale as well:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Landrover...item45fb7b7cc1
Rich.

[Dianaa]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Stuart, indeed.

No they are Land Rover wheels!

But yes stuart in the background and even another stuart on the other side of the corrugated iron with a just overhauled and re-fitted engine. None of them mine!

More than that it's secret.

And Warren it's AAVA not ARVRE!

[warren brown]

Ahem .... AAVA ....I knew that - just testing everybody
A secret eh...?

[Dianaa]

Originally Posted by warren brown

Ahem .... AAVA ....I knew that - just testing everybody
A secret eh...?

There's a couple of YouTube clips of the engine being started and then running when still in the overhaul cradle, they were posted in the last couple of weeks. There [s(trikethrough)]may be[/s] are more since the engine is now back in the hull.

First start after rebuild

First run.

First movement after re-fit to hull

Running in hull