Carlo
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I'm going to find a way to see your M4 when it's complete even though your on the other side if the world.
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You bet, Carlo, you GOT to come over to the USA someday: life's not complete until you've been in a 7-11 Store at 2:00 AM in the morning, somewhere over here.I'm going to find a way to see your M4 when it's complete even though your on the other side if the world.
I can vouch for him he really is a good long lost son. He'll only take the Sherman out to the drive thru once in a whileCan I be your long lost son?? I'm easy to please and I clean up after myself....
Yeah, I have lost track of how much I used so far. It took 3000 pounds to do the hull and I probably have used as much as that on the individual parts so far.I noticed a picture a few pages back of restored parts sitting next to a pallet of Black Beauty. I bet you use a lot of that!
I made the lines like my originals, but I think that they were modified during one of its government rebuilds. The lines had ferrules on the ends and and had rubber hoses from the lines to the cooler and transmission. My lines looked questionable so that is why I made new ones. Unfortunately my oil cooler was bad and could not find one or anyone to re-core it. I had one made out of aluminium, I do not like it but that is the only option I could find.Hi,
Nice to see you have used copper pipe to replace the steel transmission oil cooler pipes and didn't go for the easy option of rubber hose. Have you reused the original gland nuts and the compression fitting olive - are they a standard part or did you have them made? Was the original steel pipes too far rotted or were they missing?
Looking good so far. How's the radiator? I had to record my GAA rad, which cost me $2500... Quite a rare model in Europe the GAA Sherman.
Regards,
Mark
As far as my radiator is concerned I have a NOS one. I will have it pressure tested before I install it and I hope that it is still good. You being able to get one re-cored for $2500 is cheap compared to some of the prices I have had to pay over here. I had $1100 in re-coring a M114 radiator which is a lot smaller than the sherman radiator not to mention that I paid $800 for the radiator to start with.
I have finally been able to start putting some parts on this week and should have some more pictures to share shortly.
Lance
It is copied off of an original one. I had a sheet metal shop build it so I could concentrate on other things. I should have built it myself, not only did it take them over 2 months to build it was very expensive. Plus I have no intentions to ever put fuel in it, but wanted it to be functional if needed to be. The tank is allIs that your design or the original design of the little joe fuel tank? Brazed?
That is an amazing little construct of complexity:
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Ejection Seat?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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