Grizzly for sale

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USD $480,000 (Reserve Not Met)

That is an impressive show of brass by the seller.

This kind of pricing validates one market segment I've mentioned before. There is a French company, www.http://www.balmoralgreen.com that has built rolling, driving Shermans from scrapyard relics and burnt out range hulks using modern automotives. Externally they are Shermans, but internally there is a bus engine, automatic transmission and hydraulic controls.

As we see now, the market holds a Sherman's value at half-million dollars, a rejuvenation budget of half a million is a lot of wiggle room. IMHO, that give potential buyers who value driving their tanks more than admiring the 100% originality of the restoration, an opportunity to get into the game.