M3A3 Grant Tank. The clean up
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Cleaning up the M3A3 trying to get her ready for the Capel Military Show in a few week time, we have been cutting off all the bits that the Australian farmers have welded on and removing the rusted out top track rollers, we are trying to get some track on her for the show but she has been fighting us all the way with every nut and bolt, one side is almost ready to fit some track and next week we will try get the other side ready.
I can remember lots of these old beasts lurking on farms , near roads , you would see them any where trees had to be cleared from . try to find one now is not so easy . watch out for the "redbacks " and black snakes hiding within . greetings from Australia
Started to dig out my old US living history gear and collection out of the loft the other day, ''I wonder what happened to Mick and his lot'' crossed my mind and here you are, popping up in my feed. The tinge of rust and heavy green lumps of war machinery never leaves us. Keep going, ill be watching for more updates :D
Just seen it at the Capel show, good work guys, wanted to show that I knew what CPD tracks were, but my family were not that interested😂
lol
I'd say those rollers were just a bit worn. :D
Yer the rollers were so warn that the track teeth had started wearing there way through the roller supports, just in line with the roller bolts and took all the heads off them.
I enjoy watching military vehicles being restored. I can’t help but feel sad that all these vehicles are unfortunately being sent overseas from my country to the highest bidder. They are part of Australian military history and often helped build the country. I hope that you guys will at least do the courtesy of restoring her to Australian wartime colours.
It was rotting away out there and nobody was looking after it, go visit Murrayville there are loads sitting by the side of the road doing the same thing. Lucky we got her back to the UK in time before she dissolved. You do know she was built on a British contract for North Africa?
@@514thmick Yes I’m well aware of how many are sadly rotting away. The reason mostly being that Australian farmers want to much money for them. Of course American and British buyers are a lot more willing to cough up rather large sums of money for vehicles which are now extremely rare in those countries. I would rather see them brought back to life than live in a paddock forever but it’s still sad in a way that we will not get to see her parade in Australia. I’m aware that some of these vehicles were built for British contracts and may have served with British and Canadian elements pre Australian army acquisition. I eagerly await your next progress on these vehicles.
Thank you, believe me is was not a lot of money, it cost more to ship than buy, I don't think there is the same interest in Australia as in Europe, and find people that want to do work is not easy, use rust monkey's are a dieing breed now.
@@514thmick you must have found the only farmer in Australia willing to part with one for a decent price ! Most here would be asking $50-80K Aus or more for something like that not realising how much work goes into actually fixing it. You are right sadly. The Australian public does like to remember what our forces have done for our country and the world but the community of military enthusiasts here is quite small compared to countries like Britain and America who played rather large parts in and were more adversely affected by the war. Most of the enthusiasts here are older gentlemen and women who had parents or grandparents who may have fought in the war. Not a lot of young blood coming in to keep the history alive. That and the fact that farmers think these tanks are worth a mint in most cases means that a lot of these vehicles are left to rot away.
@@514thmick side note, have you seen the Aus Armor Museum videos where they got their hands on 3 Grants and a pile of parts from a private trove?
Ah, she's not so bad. A lot of that'll buff right out.
Your right it will
Where are they going to get all the thick armor to replace what’s been cut away? That’s one I would have taken what can be sold and scrap the rest. What a mess.
It is all flat plate steel, it don't need to be armour plate, it's not going to be shot at anymore, it is a mess but so was my Sherman when we started, it now runs and drives. I think you lack the vision I have.
Safety boots are all you need
Home for a Guiberson? Probably not enough power, R975 maybe?
She had a twin diesel fitted originally
@@514thmick 6068 GM Diesel engines, 6-71s? Good, reliable setup. I have seen a few in mining but not in a tank, that stuff was scrapped before I was born here in the US. We are not very good at preserving our history here.
@@MrMikey4026GM 6046👍
@@SuperSherman44 yup, I was thinking John Deere numbers again. Shame on me! Lol.
You guys have a serious amount of sand blasting to do. 😧
Never even sandblasted our Sherman project and it was worst than this.
@@514thmick Do you use a needler? I've seen them used on tanks as well.
@@terrysmith4831 we use a grinder with wire brush fitting most of the time
Honestly I do not how you can get the motivation to tackle that
easy, you just need vision and time
Motion sickness : please stabilize your camera :)
It was not to bad. Working on the M3 is the main thing. 2nd comes the camera work.
My son gave me his old GoPro and said "Dad people would want to see this stuff", I have trouble using it and a hammer at the same time, and if I have to stop doing one of them things it will be the filming, so maybe if you can't handle the motion you should not watch as I promises it wont get any better ;-)
@@514thmick Keep it up Mick! 👍🏻
You guys are doing that all wrong,its an aussie artifact, more beer and a lot more swearing and it will be much easier!😅
Del swears all day, I have to cut it out, and we always end up at the pub