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Old 02-11-08, 09:42
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Default 16 WW2 Stuart tanks imported into the UK

... wow, 16 early M3's were imported from Brazil into the UK. Read the full story on milweb.

Somebody told me the the starting price is around Euro 80'000 per piece...

Fantastic that they have been saved. I guess we'll have some more Stuarts at the coming Tanks in Town Events
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Old 04-11-08, 12:00
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Hi Zemsi,
Fascinating story to read via your link. Terrific pics as well. Well done to the chap in Brazil too for holding onto them for so long.
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Old 09-11-08, 17:30
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From Mike Stallwood himself, the asking price is 50,000 pounds a unit

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Old 13-11-08, 17:51
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Default Mikes Brazilain Tanks

They would seem pretty expensive against my reserve condition T55 MBT which are only 47,000.0 euros each ex Helsenki.
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Old 13-11-08, 19:16
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With all due respect Malcolm, a T55, be it as it may, is not WW2 armour...

In recent years the prices of anything WW2 have dramatically increased and I believe the scope of this recovery of the quantity of original Stuarts found in one place is remarkable.

As stated by the vendor himself, there are already deposits down on many units and at any rate, he is in no rush to sell or offer bargain basement prices once the first few pay for the lot.
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Old 14-11-08, 12:57
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Chris yes that a fair point but at some time all this WW2 stuff is going to dry up....and its not everybody that can afford those prices...even old range hulks are fetching crazy money...my own preference is a working tank ready to run for reasonable bucks! best regards malcolm
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Old 21-11-08, 14:38
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I saw a Mk2 stuart on E-bay within the last year and it went for £14000, it was an elderly restoration and was a runner.
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Old 21-11-08, 14:42
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It would be interesting to know whats has happened to the Argentian Shermans.

Are they still in service or scraped.
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... here's an article in French, but they speak of 20 saved tanks, not just 16 (deux M3 et dix-huit M3A1 Stuart)???
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Old 02-01-09, 01:33
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not sure if Stallwood is running Staman International (i thought he was R n R services) anyway.... there are a load at Staman for sale POA of course, the advert can be traced from www.milweb.net in the for sale section, its top of the pile !

on the price front i agree in some respect that you cant put a price on saving a peice of world history and yes very soon they will almost all be gone.


Mind i have to say in the past Mike has always been a fair trader with me, even offered me a complete T16 with 14k on the clocks (requiring resto) for £6000 which is cheap in retrospect.

if i win the lottery i will add a grant to my list of carriers wanted and perhaps the odd sherman

HOWEVER.

i know of unscrupulous people that buy this stuff in for scrap prices than slap a massive price on re sale, i know business is business but surely a tru armour purist would be more concerned about getting the machines to good homes bringing them back to life.

however again... on the flip side at least the 50K price tag would ensure a buyer who had the funds to complete the build rather than let it rot away in the back yard.

50K can get a half decent house so you would need to be loaded or part of a syndicate to afford one.
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Hello, I visited Joop Staman's yard a couple of weeks ago and the first 2 bagdes of Stuarts were sold the same day as they arrived at the yard, so if you want to have one you must have a lot of money and be very quickly .

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choice of two, both running (Original 9 cylinder Guiberson diesel radial engines) and both run and drive, located UK, i have no attachment to the seller.

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" Original 9 cylinder Guiberson diesel radial engine.

Running and driving.
Excellent restoration project and investment.
Large stocks of spare parts available.
Rubber pad tracks - ideal for road use.
Delivery possible in UK or Europe.
An opportunity to own one of the rarest WW2 tanks - very few were fitted with the Guiberson engine and just a handful survive now.
Choice of two. "


Kerry Cheese 01233 820 219
currently on www.milweb.net



price not known but i doubt they will be less than 30K a peice however a nice opertunity for someone



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Old 06-04-09, 09:13
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The Bovington Stuart is also the diesel version and I remember them claiming at the time it was only cartridge starting like some aircraft.

I assume this was because their tank was missing the starter?
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