Churchill in Scrap Yard

[Stuart Kirkham]

Hello

I caught up with a local 'scrappy' today and questioned him about ex army stuff he may come across whilst picking up scrap form farms etc.

Unfortunately, he finds little ex army stuff still remaining on farms but did tell me about a Churchill tank that is sitting in a scrap yard in the eastern states (Australia).
He says that it has had a bulldozer blade attached. Apparently the 'barwork' that attach the blade to the hull are made from gun barrels.

Anyone familiar with this Churchill?

[Keith Webb]

Maybe. I have some pics from Ron Fry of a pair of Churchills used for scrub clearing back in the 50s and 60s. One of them had a 17 pounder barrel as a tree pusher. Apparently it would bend then spring back as the tree gave way.

The second Churchill had a dozer blade and there are pics showing it dam building. The tanks reportedly took a lot of maintenance to keep them going.

They also had a large ball and chain which they used to pull between them - it was made from traction engine wheels welded together.

The pics are on a different hard drive at work. Will dig something out.

[Plushy]

Tommy ,
I have seen a photo of a Churchill with a dozer blade ,no turret sitting in a scrap yard in Nsw i will see if i can find the photo and post it up from memory the asking price was around $20,000 i cant remember if the photo was on here or not .

cheers Plushy

[Plushy]

FOund the photo

http://www.class-five.com/~mlu/forum...7&d=1185879254

its in this thread from howard apparently its near or in Griffith .
http://www.class-five.com/~mlu/forum...ight=churchill


cheers Plushy

[Howard]

As far as I know the Churchill hull is still there...
PM me if you want contact details.
HH

[Stuart Kirkham]

Thanks guys, that looks like it could be the one.

At $20 000 I would have thought that someone would have snapped it up by now.

Is there something dodgy or wrong with it?