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Collecting tanks
From the WSJ:
PORT LAVACA, Texas—Weapons buffs may stock semiautomatics in the gun safe. But nothing makes a statement like having an Army tank in the garage.From the article, you can get a pretty good deal on a British Chieftain. The slideshow's got some good pics too: |
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How cool would it be to pull into an ARCO station for a fill-up?
Can you blast anything with it? A few years ago I saw a video were a guy stole one and led the police on a slow chase as he crunched cars. Hey OJ; ya listening? |
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I remember Arnold had one.
I seem to remember him banning 50BMG rifles too. Oh well, now I need a tank.
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i have been to the littlefield collection and i must say that it was an amazing experience and i had a great time.. only wish i brought a camera that day!
i have seen tanks on ebay in the past. none were functional that i can recall but it would still make an awesome lawn ornament! face it, lawn gnomes arent scaring anyone away.. at least not like a tank! like this website.. tanks for errybody!! http://www.milweb.net/classifieds.php?type=1 Last edited by realgreenfire; 03-01-2013 at 2:16 AM.. |
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Check out my brothers collecting habit, pics at CAPEX N. C. and last one when it was at Mare Island
http://dawhois.com/www/pbr721.com.html Last edited by 6mmintl; 03-01-2013 at 4:57 PM.. |
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I toured the Littlefield collection not long after his death, took a bunch of photos:
http://www.shedracing.net/imgmisc/li...eld/index.html |
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Piers Morgan wanted to know if the 2nd amendment allowed you to have a tank. I guess that question is answered!
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I would love to have a Bradley or a Russian BMP-2!
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Military armor is readily available, there are many throughout CA. Terminus, CA (Hwy 12, west of Lodi) has a big meet of the Military Vehicle Collectors Assoc. every year, lots of fun. There are probably a dozen sites that offer vehicles for sale. I used to have them all bookmarked but lost them when my old computer crashed. Here's a couple I remember...
www.khakicorpsimports.com www.milweb.net Littlefield's collection is one of the best in the world. I've been twice, going again this year. If you ever have the chance to do the tour, do it!
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I got to visit a collection in Texas outside of Dallas several years ago. The collection was litterally in a barn and had an M5A1 with the main gun live, M114, 40mm Bofers, M3 halftrack, French 25mm AT gun, German 88mm AA/AT gun, and a bunch more. The owner was recently deceased and the collection was being auctioned off by the widow. I worked with the brother in law of the collector so I got to climb all over everything. What a blast!
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Funny, I was just browsing through Ebay Motors looking for a tank.
There's a guy with a M18 Hellcat for sale. Also a guy with a Sherman M4A4, no gun. It's only a few plates and rivets away from being reconfigured into a Firefly. If only I had the money.
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