disposal of WW1 renault tanks

[Jack Innes]

Cliff,

Ed Beach does not have a Renault - he sold it to me many years ago. He & his son are still in the tractor wrecking business though. I bought a pair of wheels for my Kubota tractor from them a couple of months ago.

Jack

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Bob,

Re. posting pictures see the thread http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=19 or email them to me.

Regards,
Hanno

[servicepub (RIP)]

Years ago I stumbled across the DND disposal files for these. As tractors were a scarce commodity during the war yet industry was gearing up to dfeed the war machine, it was decided that these 6-ton tanks could be sold to 'approved' buyers. Some of these buyers included the Sorel shipyard and other industries, including logging and forestry.
The files included coies of the sales records which showed many of these companies, unfortunately I did not take note of the file reference and have not stumbled across it since the original find (damn!)
Clive

[Michael R.]

Le Renault at Musée de l'Armée, Paris, France.