Awesome T-55 vid

[PorscheTech911]

This is a sweet video a friend of mine posted a few hours ago of his T-55 he bought from the UK. He has had it for over a year now and loves it. Very cool guy. I hope you enjoy the soundtrack as well Needs to be listened to with some bass. Unfortunately he didn't get rid of the music at some point so you could hear that awesome 38.88L V-12 Diesel.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGPmUOk7afY[/media]

PT911

 

[73m819]

no link

 

[PorscheTech911]

I figured it out! Sorry about that

 

[bryan70546]

the song is perfect for the video , sounds like the beastie boys

 

[kcimb]

How much is it running to bring one to a port in the US?

Peter boys and Duncan Nicholson are running in the 60-70k USD for one...

 

[fuzzytoaster]

 

[PorscheTech911]

77,600 shipped with paperwork from the UK. That also includes De-milling. You can also buy from the gov't of certain ComBloc states for a lot less depending on what vehicle your looking for. Shipping will still cost between 6k-9k, de-milling another 1k, paperwork and broker fees are about 3k-4k. Thats pretty general but gets you a ballpark.

 

[roscoe]

Does your friend let you drive it? Where does he take it to play -- I mean test -- it out?

 

[srodocker]

sweet

 

[ETHOS]

nice........

 

[BKubu]

I was offered the T72 pictured below for $35K USD about a year ago. It has/had 250km since a complete overhaul, has/had only five shells fired from its main weapon and the main weapon was still live (the tank is in the UK where this is legal...of course I know this would have had to be demilled before entering the US). The tank came with working radios and headsets, as well as a complete set of manuals (I think they were in Russian, but my wife speaks fluent Russian!). The tank was overhauled in an eastern European country and purchased by the UK government (or so I was told). The UK government painted the tank in Iraqi Republican Guard markings and test fired some shells from it. That was all I was told about the tank's history, but it was owned by a serious collector in the UK who told me he could help with the export process. He even invited me to come visit to test drive and inspect before buying, but it never got that far. I started to look into the process to get it into the US, but my wife talked me into buying an M1015A1 instead (basically the same as an M548A1). I have no idea what these tanks sell for in the US so I can't say that $77K sounds high, but that would have meant that I would have had to pay $42K to get it into the US and I can almost guarantee that was not what I was being quoted at the time (customs, shipping, trucking on both ends, demilled, etc.).

 

[PorscheTech911]

77k is a good price for something like this. I would think he meant 35 british pounds as that's what they go for over there. You should have gotten the tank instead at that price. Very small though the T-72, you have to be a little kid to drive one.

That guy in the video does not let me drive it, because he lives in Canada, but might if I went up there. There are a few people who own these things, and most are really nice.

 

[BKubu]

Nope. $35K USD. I just went back and re-read his original email to me (Price was £19995). At the time, it converted to $35K USD...now it is around $32K. Trust me, I would have bought the tank, except my wife was lobbying hard against it. In the end I agreed to buy an M1015A1 when she suggested it. I was wrong about one thing, though. It was over a year ago. He and I were communicating three years back. Man, how time flies!

 

[PorscheTech911]

I showed my wife this and she just laughed haha. She wants to buy me a tank someday as long as I buy her an Aston Martin. She is a wonderful woman as long as I stay outta the flower beds lol

Is the guy still interested in selling that T-72 or anything else? I'd love to chat with him. 35k USD is an incredible price for a tank. Especially one more modern like the 72.

 

[BKubu]

I can check. I will PM you after I contact him. I am completely willing to share sources, but I want to make sure that he wants me to share his contact info. As I said, he is a big-time collector. I have seen other pics of his stuff and, seriously, most anything he owns is nicer than most of the stuff we see!

 

[PorscheTech911]

Thanks I do appreciate it! If he is ok with it, I'll get in touch with him.

 

[BKubu]

I just sent him an email. I will let you know what he says when he responds.

 

[BKubu]

The tank has been sold. I emailed him back to see if he had anything else of interest, but he has not yet responded to that question.

 

[PorscheTech911]

Okay thanks I appreciate it, I hope he has some other cool stuff he'd like to sell off

 

[B3.3T]

Just stay away from Boys Bros. They are nothing but trouble.