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Old 02-28-2013, 11:07 PM
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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.

Scattered around the country are members of a small fraternity of guys who own tanks. They are hyper-avid history buffs or hyper-edgy investors or just wealthy men who can now afford hyper-sized versions of the toys they played with when they were boys. Tank brokers—yes, there is such a thing—estimate there are several hundred to 1,000 private tank owners in the U.S.

"There's always a little boy in the man," says Barbara Bauer, whose husband, Bill Bauer, owns a pristine, 20-ton, World War II Chaffee tank in Port Lavaca.
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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Old 02-28-2013, 11:20 PM
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I'd be curious to know how many of them are functional enough to drive...
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Old 02-28-2013, 11:35 PM
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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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Old 02-28-2013, 11:58 PM
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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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Old 03-01-2013, 2:13 AM
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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

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If I were a rich man........
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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

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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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For some odd, unexplainable reason I'm not threatened enough to not let him do it. Hmmm.
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I want a tank now!! Time to start saving!
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I always wanted a tank. I can settle for a Bren Carrier or Ferret.
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"You get a tank, you end up with an ex-wife," warns Mr. Miller, who has one of each.
Yeah, I was thinking that as I began reading the article.
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I always wanted a tank. I can settle for a Bren Carrier or Ferret.
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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are these destructive device and hence restricted in Cali? : rofl2:
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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.

Scattered around the country are members of a small fraternity of guys who own tanks. They are hyper-avid history buffs or hyper-edgy investors or just wealthy men who can now afford hyper-sized versions of the toys they played with when they were boys. Tank brokers—yes, there is such a thing—estimate there are several hundred to 1,000 private tank owners in the U.S.

"There's always a little boy in the man," says Barbara Bauer, whose husband, Bill Bauer, owns a pristine, 20-ton, World War II Chaffee tank in Port Lavaca.
From the article, you can get a pretty good deal on a British Chieftain.

The slideshow's got some good pics too:

Fella north of Woodland has been dealing in armor and military vehicles for awhile. A couple years ago he had somethng like 10 halftracks in the yard in various conditions. Currently there are 2 M60's parked there, one looks operational the other not so.
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Man even if you can't drive it how cool would it be for your kids to play in that in the back yard? Too my house is on a postage stamp in socal...
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There's a nice-looking armored vehicle at the auction site in the IE. 60 fwy at Van Buren, just East of I-15. Been there a long time.
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I might flip a couple cases of 5.56 and go buy a tank myself.
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