Tanks
The one on the Ranges did not go to Hayes. It was near the old Greiswald mechanical target range. I found it and it ended up with Mark Beveridge in Kansas. Most of the lower hull was there and, as I recall, the engine but it had been severely exploded.
It was in the bush on an old anti/tank range. The nice part was it had the tail on the back. Mark also got Gregg's tank. Which had been shortened (not lengthened). Mark also got this one,
but found later it had also been widened at the front to accomodate a new engine. So he got two. There was another in the Jack Innes collection in Oshawa which I think is the one Hayes got.
There were two others. One in the Reynolds collection in Wetaskiwin, which has a 1928 Buick Engine, and one just outside of Sudbury, complete but with the turret removed. It also had some squares cut out of the tracks, which was a common way to improve traction.
So there's the whole story. Actually there's more.
Peter Simundson.
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