Walker LVT Floats Again!

Arron Walker · #1 01-08-07, 02:29

After many hours work........... it floats again! Just in time to be used in "The Pacific" TV series.

Enjoy the photos.

Arron

phoenix · #2 01-08-07, 02:56

I love those LTV's. Great work, it looks great!

Rob Dyba · #3 01-08-07, 03:34

Congratulationson a sucessful swim Arron, any more piccs of the work you have been doing to get it to this stage?

Rob

Ryan · #4 01-08-07, 03:52

Well done and good luck with the " The Pacific".

Any other locals going to be starring?

Arron Walker · #5 01-08-07, 07:15

Here are some of the before photos...

As you can see there was a little bit of rust in her!

Arron

#6 01-08-07, 11:25

Absolute first class Arron, congrats to you and your family for getting it running

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #7 01-08-07, 12:02

Good job, Arron! I love those beasties...

SUNRAY invokes Executive Privilege for a swim next time Downunder!!

Arron Walker · #8 02-08-07, 09:42

Here are some more photos of the inside. We ended up putting a CAT v8 diesel in it.

Arron

Arron Walker · #9 02-08-07, 09:47

And some photos of the engine!

Mike K · #10 02-08-07, 13:42

Corowa newbies may not be aware of the Uptons yard ,formerly on the outskirts of Corowa . They had a graveyard of LVT's in various states of completeness. I recall they were the turreted version . Back in 94, they wanted 6k $ for the most complete one . Fading US markings were still evident on them. They had a V 12 PT boat engine too . Hall Scott I think.

Mike

lynx42 · #11 02-08-07, 13:44

Well done Arron.
I've not been able to download the first 9 of the last lot of 12 photo's, dont know if it is my computor of if others are having a problem or not.
Keep up the good work, I'll probably see you on production at some stage.
Regards Rick.

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #12 02-08-07, 13:50

To Arron and the Team
Brilliant!! Well done. That was a mamoth task.
Bob

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #13 02-08-07, 13:53

All I have to do now is learn to spell mammoth correctly.

Bob

ron · #14 02-08-07, 23:57

Well done Arron,it looks great its a credit to you that it has been done in super quick time,
Regards,
Ron

Arron Walker · #15 03-08-07, 05:11

Here are some photos of it getting loaded for the journey north to the set of the TV series.

****Downsized by MLU Staff for easier viewing. Please contact Arron for larger scans.

Phil Waterman · #16 03-08-07, 18:26

Loading pictures are great, can see the problem of getting the vehicle centered on the low bed.

One question the pictures came through as very large how did you post something wider than 700 pixels?

It will be interesting to see if the TV series makes it to the US keep us posted on developements.

Cheers Phil

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #17 03-08-07, 19:27

Hi Phil,

He didn't upload the pics, he linked to them from another site. Later on when I have time I'll resize them and upload copies easier to look at within the framework of the forum.

Peter Nenadovich · #18 04-08-07, 00:08

The series that the beautiful LVT restoration will be a part of is another HBO series done by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. It's the companion to "Band of Brothers" and as far as I can gather is going to follow the stories of three marines fighting in various campaigns across the Pacific. Judging by the character's names they've cast - they seem to be using Robert Leckie's "A Helmet for My Pillow" and Eugene Sledge's "With The Old Breed " as at least two of three story threads. I've read Sledge's book and I feel it's one of the best first person accounts I've read. It is gut-wrenching and has some haunting imagery. I highly recommend it and can't wait until this series is completed. The IMDB says it's in pre-production and has a 2009 completion date.

Peter Nenadovich

desertman · #19 11-08-07, 05:35

well what can i say it turned out great from when I last seen it good job and a credit to use.