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25-02-13, 09:58
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The tank sold for $500, not sure to who as the man who bought it did not have a company logo shirt on. Could have been a scrap dealer.
It was positioned right next to a shed, property located next to the intersection for the road used for the vehicle line up many Corowa parades ago. One of the Matildas that Ron Fry bought (and on sold???) many years ago as it still had his initials painted on the side. Hull nearly completly stripped, no mechanicals. Tracks were rolled up in front of it, large sections siezed. It did have the ballistic skirt around the turret ring which I beleive is an Aussie feature. There was the box/tank assembly (1st pic) also included with it. For the life of me I cannot work out if it is from a Matilda or another tank, it had the metal braided hoses, inspection cover. If someone could ID this....
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25-02-13, 10:52
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Lost treasure
Hi
The tank is the fuel cell for the flame thrower, very rare, I did ask the agent but they did not have photos or seem that interested in my questions about its condition, they did tell me that they had calls from all over Australia and some one from South Australia was coming to the auction. I have a feeling that Ron Fry still owned that vehicle, I understand it was stored on that property after Ron acquired it from Upton's but never got it home....Bare Hulls like that weigh 19 tonnes so scrap guys get very excited, It was cheep, but add a crane to load it and 3 grand to bring it to my place and its not that glamorous. Kind regards Matt
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26-02-13, 08:08
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You are correct !
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26-02-13, 10:43
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fella's don't let it get cut up. that tank is part of your armoured heritage your fathers and grandfathers fought and died in them !
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28-02-13, 07:33
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Then and now, Who owns this hull ??
Hi Gents
Additional info for those of you that have contacted me regarding the hull The buyer is a private individual who dabbles in scrap from Daysdale, I beleive that RF is now aware of the tank being sold without his permission !!!, I am lead to beleive that discussions are underway.( I am unsure what you can do in this situation) If you require additional info, just give me a call Kind regards Matt
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28-02-13, 10:07
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well done fella's
 looks like it was never in danger of getting the chop. you aussies had me worried there for a while i thought you'd all lost interest in it. my mistake.all the best rick ps. the guy i bought my churchill hull from a couple of years back was going to cut it up and weigh it in. it just goes to show that if you don't actively do something when the opportunity arises this stuff could go forever.
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