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15-10-08, 09:53
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interested country
Maybe somebody needs to step in and really talk these tanks down before this foreign country hands over its money.
Something along the lines of: " You'd be better off buying T-55's, these Leopards are buggered. " " Personally I think your being ripped off, I wouldn't pay any more than scrap. A .22 could penetrate these frontally!" That way the deal can be off and collectors can have their fun. Come on Rudd, you gave the pensioners something, how about us!
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15-10-08, 15:06
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I can offer you a good price on a shipload of 33 T72's, delivery to be organised ex Somalia.
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17-10-08, 10:24
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Guys,
If the govt were to actually allow these things to be sold off via public auction, I very much doubt that many would remain in Australia. There would be cashed up buyers (exchange rate is looking good for them) from overseas waiting in a line also. To be brutally honest there would not be too many collectors here who could afford one, transport it, run it AND maintain it. We have to admit that our hobby is small here compared to the USA, UK & Europe. I would expect about 80% would end up there. Considering there would be less than 100 tanks that would be sold off, if they were to go. That's not many left.... 4 MPG @ $1.70 plus per litre, plus costs of transport to & from. Ouch..... Parts are non existant and to get it to a meeting and back would cost literally thousands. The logistics would be a nightmare also. Escort vehicles, road closures, bridges etc, it would not be easy. Is that talking them down enough??????????? If they were to go up for auction, my wife would leave me, but then I suppose I could always sleep in it...... I would however like to know more on the T72's though.
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17-10-08, 11:16
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G'day All, read all about it here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4831652.ece cheers Dennis
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17-10-08, 22:59
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Tanks again
Gee Ian, lighten up! Everyone knows that the minute a collector buys a tank some nutter with a gut full of whisky and a manic dislike of government property nicks it anyway.
 Owning a tank is just the same as owning a massive stinkboat or having a mistress, something that costs bucketloads of money and is used rarely, but oh the ride....  When I win lotto I'm gunna buy a tank, I've already got the whisky...
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18-10-08, 09:53
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Yeah, sorry gentlemen. I suppose that was just venting.
A very good friend of both my wife & I has just passed. Given only two years to live five years ago she fought on. She said she wanted to hang on just to up the betting odds. Aparently no one apart from her, had anything more than three years on the sweep. (Hey, it was her idea, cleaned up too)......... There have been other things this week also including having to put my dog down. Seems I'll no longer have any one to blame my farts on after 18 years of having Boxers. So gentlemen, I was just needing to vent. It's just been a week I'd rather forget..... 
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28-10-08, 15:41
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Just saw this SMH article about the Leopard-in-your-cornflakes-box giveaways. There would be a lot of disappointed people over this:
http://news.smh.com.au/national/vete...1028-5aft.html
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