Heads Up: Grizzly for sale

[Chuck Anderson]

It's been on David Uhrig's site for while.

http://www.armyjeeps.net/Grizzly0830...%20Grizzly.htm

[jdmcm]

That tank belongs to the Veluzat brothers, Andre and Renaud and is located in Newhall California, and they are indeed the owners of the Melody Ranch motion picture studio where many Hollywood movies, especially westerns were filmed. They sold the sister to that tank early last year, that one was priced at 195k. The brothers have a pretty extensive collection of military hardware, including several ersatz German panzers and US halftracks masquerading as Sdkfz's. The ranch is also home to Hollywood heavyweight Arnold Schwarzenegger's M47 Patton. I recommend anyone traveling through the Santa Clarita area north of LA to pay them a visit, they are great guys and have stories for days about the film business, not to mention the collection of cool military stuff.

[J.Mosher]

Isn't 19,000 miles alot for a tank?! That's like driving across Canada three times LOL. Still would look pretty cool in my garage tho Interesting that it still has the WS19 variometer in place.

Cheers,

Jeff

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by J.Mosher

Isn't 19,000 miles alot for a tank?! That's like driving across Canada three times LOL. Still would look pretty cool in my garage tho Interesting that it still has the WS19 variometer in place.

Cheers,

Jeff

I think that is an hour meter, not an odometer. There are other gauges that have much lower numbers. (But I know someone smarter than me will have a definitive answer.)

[Andrew]

Even if hrs wow 19000 is alot lol

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

I think that is an hour meter, not an odometer. There are other gauges that have much lower numbers. (But I know someone smarter than me will have a definitive answer.)

[rob love]

Normally hours will be less than miles, so 19000 hours would be even a higher mileage. There was a formula in the EME handbook if I recall.

[rob love]

19,000 revolutions make a lot more sense.

The 1500 mile life of an engine also sounds about right. Armour is hard on engines, primarily due to cooling difficulties. In more modern times, an M113A2 APC engine (which was a detroit 6V53) normally gave around 10,000 miles before requiring rebuild. The AVGP, which had virtually the same engine except with a turbo, was good for 19,000 miles. The average bus, which also ran 6V53s, were usually good for a hundred thousand + miles.