M4A3 Sherman Restoration

[ducer]

Parking brake?

Denny

 

[battlecr]

Absolutily stunning attention to detail. I will enjoy watching the machine come together. Armor don't leave home with out it

Don G.

 

[Another Ahab]

Guessing the controls left-to-right across the mounting platform:

- Clutch/ left track/ right track/ accelerator?

And curious to know the function of the "paddle" (below) behind the track levers. If you don't mind, a clarification of all that would be terrific, please?


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Ejection Seat?

 

[jdmcm]

Where did you source the brand new tires for your road wheels? I am looking for a bunch for my two VVSS Sherman projects.

thanks
John

 

[srodocker]

JDMCM do you come down for the arlington air show? I love shermans and cant wait to see how this build turns out.

 

[lilreddodge]

Where did you source the brand new tires for your road wheels? I am looking for a bunch for my two VVSS Sherman projects.

thanks
John

I bought them locally from Canton Bandag in Canton Ohio 330-454-3025. I could not find any NOS ones. The tires are a forklift tire size, but it is a discontinued size. Supposedly when I bought the ones for mine there was only 16 of them left in the country. The company however can re-rubber the old tires. He has done HVSS road wheels and stated he could do the ones for the VVSS as well.

You would not happen to have a spare water pump for a GAA engine would you? I'm in need of one since mine is cracked in several places.

Regards,
Lance

 

[jdmcm]

I will have a look through my GAA stuff and see what I can find for you, thanks for the tip on the tires! Of course the CBP won't let us bring any armor in for the Arlington Air show, I have the two Sherman restoration projects sitting north of Bellingham but neither will be making any moves under their own power this year, that's for sure!

 

[Another Ahab]

I will have a look through my GAA stuff and see what I can find for you, thanks for the tip on the tires! Of course the CBP won't let us bring any armor in for the Arlington Air show, I have the two Sherman restoration projects sitting north of Bellingham but neither will be making any moves under their own power this year, that's for sure!

Can't wait to see them up and running.

 

[DoctorCheney223]

WOW... amazing! I wish we had the time to work on ours but we have been busy acquiring new armor and other tracked vehicles around the property. I would love to do a restoration like yours but I think we are going to have to go with a "restomod" type of restoration. I plan on using this tank daily on our property and want to install an engine/transmission combo that is relatively new and with off-the-shelf parts for easy repair.

Our Sherman needs SO much work

V/R
Ron M Cheney

 

[lilreddodge]

WOW... amazing! I wish we had the time to work on ours but we have been busy acquiring new armor and other tracked vehicles around the property. I would love to do a restoration like yours but I think we are going to have to go with a "restomod" type of restoration. I plan on using this tank daily on our property and want to install an engine/transmission combo that is relatively new and with off-the-shelf parts for easy repair.

Our Sherman needs SO much work

V/R
Ron M Cheney

I agree your tank needs a lot of work, **** mine needs a lot of work. I'm kinda stuck right now since I have not been able to find engine parts for mine. You may want to check out this link of a guy in Texas who restored his with a Detroit diesel. http://www.shermanrestoration.com/ His work is my inspiration and I hope mine is as nice, but with original engine in place. The hardest work on restoring a tank is finding the parts.

 

[Another Ahab]

I agree your tank needs a lot of work, **** mine needs a lot of work. I'm kinda stuck right now since I have not been able to find engine parts for mine. You may want to check out this link of a guy in Texas who restored his with a Detroit diesel. http://www.shermanrestoration.com/ His work is my inspiration and I hope mine is as nice, but with original engine in place. The hardest work on restoring a tank is finding the parts.

Don't lose heart. The Iron calls you for resurrection. Stick with it:

- Not a Sherman (Patton, maybe?)

- But let Arnold lend you inspiration, here

http://youtu.be/w4lnVx2BAYk

 

[lilreddodge]

M4A3 Sherman Restoration Continues

After a long break I was able to get some work done on the tank. I installed the final drive, cleaned up the tracks, and installed the tracks.

 

[Carlo]

After a long break I was able to get some work done on the tank. I installed the final drive, cleaned up the tracks, and installed the tracks.

That is nice detail work! This is going to be museum piece when it's done.

 

[lilreddodge]

More pictures

Interior side of final drive and exterior pictures with tracks installed.

 

[Scar59]

Really nice work. No such thing as "light" sanding or "light" repairs work that thing. Soldier B and C required.

 

[Another Ahab]

Man, that's pretty. So SWEET. Beautiful restoration. And beautiful photo record to boot. Thanks for all the eye candy.

The forward machine gun: how did the belt(s) feed to that? Was there a tray or something near it to hold the belt(s)?

Also wondering how many rounds were typically stocked (standard); 600? 1,200? More? Less?

 

[Carlo]

Does it use the radial air cooled or ford V8 motor?

 

[steelypip]

See post 22, this thread. The A1, A2... suffix has to do with which engine it uses, not what design/production generation it is. All the models were produced contemporaneously.

 

[Aerialfred]

Thank you for the pictures! It is looking great!

 

[ODFever]

'Tanks' for the great pictures!!!! I can only dream of possessing the talents and skills that you have.