Gents,
The AC3 at the AWM is the original and ONLY wartime AC3 produced: John's was cobbled together several years ago from a few original parts (and lots of other bits and bobs).
The original and only AC3 was gifted to the RAACA Association (NSW Branch) by the then-Director of Armour in the early 1960s and mounted on a plinth on a small hill overlooking Canberra near Duntroon (can't remember the hills name). When that area was redevloped, it was transferred to the AWM, where it stayed on outside display for some years until moved to the Mitchell storage annex. Here it was carefully opened (it had been welded shut in the early 1960s) to reveal very intact and nearly complete internals. It is equipped with a Perrier-Cadillac triple V8.
The most original and complete AC1 is that at the RAC Tank Museum at Bovington.
Mike C
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