M4A2 Sherman

[Hanno Spoelstra]

It is commonly agreed the Army Cars auction's prices were going through the roof, not good representative of current market prices. Their Sherman was a good fully restored runner, that fact would have to be taken into account. One big minor point is that it has the wrong engines for its type.

Speaking of auction prices, Grizzly no.1 of 188 attracted a max bid of £112k total at a recent auction. Reserve was £150k so it failed to sell:
http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auct...ser-40128.aspx

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

One big minor point is that it has the wrong engines for its type.

Teach me? If it was an A2, why would the conjoined twin 6-71's not be correct.

Also see: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...33&postcount=6

[Maurice Donckers]

Because it is a M4A3 Hull , so it was delivered with a Ford GAA V8 , the twin set is longer , and therefore the dividing plate between fighting room , and engine bay is cut to get that set in.

[Michael R.]

Thank you Maurice. Then the Jaap De Groot vehicle was not an A2 at all, but a modified A3 ?
My apologies for taking the thread off direction.

[45jim]

If you can get the tank, the 6046 power pack isn't much of a problem as they were widely used in boats as well and lots ended up in the oil industry as mud pumps mounted on a frame with the rads in the normal location. Diesel source in Calgary had a dozen units in stock a few years ago, they were a little later manufacture as they had internal fuel lines to the injectors rather than the external lines seen on the WWII produced ones.

However, the dashboard (which is always missing) is a bit more challenging to obtain, for some reason they're always missing. I had heard that Princess Auto in Winnipeg had tri-walls of them but I only ever found one and it was in a target tank in Cold Lake. The junior ranks mess of the Kings own Calgary Regiment has one in a display case but I doubt they would let it go.