Sexton no. 1953

[Mario Simeon]

Greetings from Slovakia

I d like to introduce my restoration project, i found this piece in Italy where still many of them are, like statues or sadly like firing targets. This one is upgunned with 105 mm US M4 howitzer, because in 1963 the Italian army rearmed to NATO -ammo, but I still dont know where else was this type of howitzer used (found that M4- general sherman howitzer has the modificated M4 howitzer X1). The engine continental R975 C4 wasn t running but is fully original, some parts were missing like exhaust rings etc.

After spending a year of looking for parts for the engine, I can tell,that the engine is finally running

the body is sandblasted and painted, but still looking for some parts like :
1., complete oil filter with bracket
2., any Sexton manual
3., coil for starter
4., exhaust pipes (middle part between ehaust rings and exhaust ending)

I am also not able to find any history about this Sexton, so I must to make a decision between canadian or british markings, but it looks that I will decide to country of made. But any help with this is very welcomed.