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[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

The 'as new' Cadillacs must have been those taken out of the tanks the Baker Motors purchased. They also advertised engines at 100 pounds each. Since they purchased over 30 AC1 tanks, that's more than 90 engines to sell. Crating the engines for interim storage and sale makes sense.

The new, unused Cadillacs were sold by the CDC for the flat rate of 150 pounds each.

Not one AC1 tank was ever completed to the staqe of being a reliable, combat-ready tank.

My take on the story of the development and demise of the Aust Cruiser tank is in the book design phase with Trackpad Publishing at the moment. Should be available in the next couple of months.

Mike

Great , should be a good read !

I was mislead by this film of the AC1 tanks actually driving around. The army or somebody must have cobbled a few AC1 tanks into running condition for the Dept. of Information movie cameras and the visiting 'dignitaries' including Bob Menzies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJ8mflCXQU