Saturday 29 September 2012
CVRT Sabre Arrives at Cooper Close
Its arrived ! Exciting day....
Looked good on the truck. Dragged it off with my Landrover Defender 130.
Chris (who I purchased the Sabre from) left his Towing "A" frame on the Sabre which made it very easy to move. It was, for me, an unknown quantity... the Sabre probably, with most of its internals removed, weighs around 5 tonne.. so I was unsure how easy it would me to maneuver... it was really easy..... left a few marks on the road though !! The tracks are completely worn out.. no rubber left on them... luckily Chris has included a good set of tracks with the Sabre... they still need to be collected from his house.
Anyhow enough waffle.... here is a brief video and a few photos.
Looked good on the truck. Dragged it off with my Landrover Defender 130.
Chris (who I purchased the Sabre from) left his Towing "A" frame on the Sabre which made it very easy to move. It was, for me, an unknown quantity... the Sabre probably, with most of its internals removed, weighs around 5 tonne.. so I was unsure how easy it would me to maneuver... it was really easy..... left a few marks on the road though !! The tracks are completely worn out.. no rubber left on them... luckily Chris has included a good set of tracks with the Sabre... they still need to be collected from his house.
Anyhow enough waffle.... here is a brief video and a few photos.
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| Will not fit in Garage !! |
Monday 24 September 2012
Sabre scheduled to arrive in Bromsgrove
Just received confirmation from Bob Grundy that my Sabre will be collected from its current location, a farm in Stanley (near Derby) this Thursday at 09.00hrs.... so should be with me around 11.00hrs. The Striker, of course, will be departing on the same truck... starting the first stage of its long journey to Canada. Exciting..!
Monday 10 September 2012
Sabre Parts arrive in Bromsgrove !!!
Sunday 9th September 2012
My neighbour, Dave, and I took his large van and very large trailer over to Sandiacre (Nr Derby) to collect all of the Sabre parts. I nearly decided that the trailer may not be required... but... I'm really glad we took it.
We filled the lot... estimate... 2.50 to 3.00 Tonne !!
Main items were... J60 Engine, Two Gearboxes (0.5t each) 4 Messier Dampers, Exhaust, radiator, dashboard, Dummy Barrel and Chain Gun, interior partitions, Commanders sight, Gunners sight, Gunners Infra Red sight, set of periscopes, wiring harnes, 30mm Rarden Shell racks, seats, all the exterior bins, Turret traverse gearbox, cooling fan etc etc....
Our front lawn yesterday afternoon....
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| One of Two Gearboxes |
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| Daves Van & Trailer |
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| Dave and the J60 Engine |
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