M8 Greyhound in Australia.

[Douglas Greville]

Originally Posted by Ian Pullen

Doug,
as for the "borrowed" US 1/2 tracks. I have heard a couple of stories. This is the first time I have actually heard a specific number. There is nothing concrete but I enjoy turning over rocks so to speak so I will have a look.

Ref the 12 Army personnel that were involved in the D Day operations. I believe they were all officers of the rank of Major and above.

As for Aust use of M8s. If I find any more I will let you know.

I heard a while back that the other M8 may be coming on the market, just didn't know when. He may have plans there but this is not the stage.

That number was told to me nearly 30 years ago. It had its origins in the post-war surplus sales.
It was all a bit of a Holy Grail in the collecting community back then.
"Indianna Jones and the quest for the 4 halftracks".
Lots have tried to track them down, but without success.

However, I am told that there was a couple of German halftracks and possibly some Jap ones at some stage. It could well be that those vehicles
were mis-identified as the above 4.

There were some other interesting odds and sods that came out of those sales, such as the Jap tanks ( 2 x IIRC).

You will be interested to know, that I was 2 years too late to recover a
Sentinel. The owner stated "nobody was interested in it, so I sold it to Sims".
Geeez, who did you offer it to?
"Nobody asked to buy it".

So, when I told him that he had probably just got 5% on the dollar of its value he wasn't a happy farmer.

It had turret and power pack, both off the vehicle, but went with it.

Amazing that people can be so thick.

Regards
Doug