Stuart VI Recce (was: Stuart Recce replacement)

[Ed Storey]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

All I hope is that they either fully restore it to running condition and to it's wartime specification, or preserve it as a static exhibit and put it under cover.

As the only known wartime Stuart Recce, and one with a recorded history, it is a truly unique historical artefact which deserves to be treated as such.

This is Canada where essentially no-one cares and the country is a historical wasteland. Major historic artefacts, like vehicles and aircraft, are routinely placed outside to be slowly destroyed by the elements or vandals. An underfunded and understaffed Canadian museum community barely has the resources to recognize the small artefacts in their collections so when there is interest generated in preserving a major artefact, the results end up like the 'restored' Holy Roller.