Sold: M5A1 Stuart Tank

[jdmcm]

Thanks Hanno

When put I the tank together I had no plans to sell it, I have been working on a couple of Sherman projects and I wanted something I could use and have some fun with in the meantime, I built it with ease of use and maintenance in mind, something that would always be parade and event ready and easy enough to drive and maintain that anyone could do it. With that in mind I had always thought that one day once I had the Shermans complete, I would in fact restore it to original. So I was careful not to make any permanent modifications to the hull or turret that would make future restoration more difficult. But life being what it is it looks like it will be going to a new home

John

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by jdmcm

Thanks Hanno

When put I the tank together I had no plans to sell it, ... But life being what it is it looks like it will be going to a new home.

John

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Someone should be well pleased to be the next owner!
Good job John.

[rob love]

Yes a beautiful piece, but unfortunately in a much higher price league than I can play with.

John, I gotta tell you it hurts watching this happen. You take care.

[jdmcm]

Thank you all for the continued support, all is going well and I am feeling very positive. The Stuart is now sold and is going to a like minded collector and overall great steward for our hobby. And yes it is going to remain in Canada. I want to thank everyone for their interest in the tank. And to answer a question I have been getting a lot, I am currently not selling any of my other tanks. If things change I will be posting notice of that here on the MLU. Thanks again everyone. As I said before, it is a great MV community we have here.

Regards
John

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by jdmcm

...The Stuart is now sold and is going to a like minded collector and overall great steward for our hobby. And yes it is going to remain in Canada. ....I am currently not selling any of my other tanks.

Good to hear this update John. I feel the same way as Rob noted above. I look forward to seeing more good news from you, as you make progress and have fun picking away at the Sherman! Take care buddy!

[Kyler Hoffman]

Is this Honey still in Greater Vancouver? And is there any news of the Sherman mentioned in the Peace Arch News?

[Dave Newcomb]

Hi; Just a side note; While clearing jungle we found an abandoned M-4 [cad powered] and our 2nd Squadron maintence crew recovered it and got it running. Then it became an object of High Brass " tug of war" and it got moved around as a trophy. Originally it was found by the 11th Armored Cav Reg US Army. The reason I say Canadian, because I later read an article about those M-4s being sent to the French, from Canadian stores. The M-4 remained in Vietnam when we left. Dave N