Here´s my restoration suggestion for anyone who ends up with it. The British converted redundant Grant and Lee tanks to the Grant ARV I by removing the turret and main hull gun and fitting various tools, including a small jib crane that could be fitted to the front of the vehicle. The British converted other tanks (Sherman, Ram, Churchill, Centaur) into ARV Mark I´s along the same lines. This conversion should not be that hard to replicate.
See more pics of the Grant Armoured Recovery Vehicle Mark I at
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