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Old 06-03-06, 05:16
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OK lets see what AFV looked like when you 1st got it...

To get the ball rolling he is my fairly complete M3 Hybrid with a M3A1 bath tub and British Universal Carrier bath tub. The Stuarts had just traveled 1000klm from Sydney and the Carrier a further 800klm from Victoria. The M3 had 1st come from near Perth in WA on the other side of the country. So it is well traveled.

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Old 06-03-06, 11:13
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Default Re: When you first got it!

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OK lets see what AFV looked like when you 1st got it...
Phil, great idea. Well here's what the Ram Kangaroo looked like when I first got it:

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Although it had to be transported over 650km only, we did pass through four countries! It looked terrible, but was good enough to restore as a plinth vehicle - it could even have been restored as a runner. Although I did get it transferred into my name on paper, this was done only so I could go ahead and restore it to serve as a memorial for the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment.

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Old 06-03-06, 14:43
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Hanno,

I was in Mill again, last week. It is still a very fine monument!

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Old 06-03-06, 17:33
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Staghound arriving at the workshop, May 1995.
For years, most people referred to it as "Scraphound"....

Marco
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Old 06-03-06, 19:09
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Here's my Otter when She arrived!!!
Affectionately known as the armoured skip. Sadly due to the arrival of the Fox not much has changed.
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Old 07-03-06, 00:59
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Here is my other big toy.

LVT 4 (late production) Before we could move it it had over 6 ton of water in her to be pumped out 1st. Not much done to it but atleast it has a roof over it now.

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collection includes:-
Chev "BLITZ's" (CMP's)
Inc:- No.8 FGT, C8A HUW, C15, No.9 GCT (sold)
Milt Land Rovers
Inc:- 58 "gun buggy", 60 FFW, 70 FFW, 71 10 seater Wgn, 69 GS.
M3 Stuart Light Tank "hybrid"
FV1600 Humber FFW/cargo
Mk1 Ferret scout car (waiting restoration)
Various trailers
Inc:- K38, "Ben Hur" 1 ton, 200 Gal "Humber" water tank Tlr, Aust jeep, Landrover recovery.
Milt Radios
etc etc...
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Old 07-03-06, 02:12
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Ok here is the picture that was sent to me by the seller when I initialy asked about his UC for sale.
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Old 07-03-06, 02:14
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and here is my C15A truck. I had been sitting outside for about 1.5-2 years when the picture was taken.
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Old 07-03-06, 08:08
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Here's a pic of my Portee taken 2 yrs ago, it had sat under a lean to for 15 years and was in a pretty sad state. Amazing what heaps of blood, heaps of sweat, heaps of time and heaps of money can do, I feel a bit sick now .
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Old 07-03-06, 08:23
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The latest project , NZ LP2 carrier
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