Elliott's Yard, Ontario in 1993

[Stefan Leegwater]

One of the nicest finds at the Elliots yard is our F60H, my dad Dirk saw this truck the first time when Barry took him there in '98.
Ever since, Dirk and I got back there every year, and at one point finally got this unique truck out of there.
With help from Barry we got the holmes wrecker to go with it.
We liked to meet up with the brothers every year and found besides the vehicles many cmp parts as well there in the school busses.
I also added a picture of the Stuart M5A1 in the yard, picture from 1998

Good memories on this yard!

Stefan

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[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Elliott's yard today on Google streetscape, now Fast Auto Parts & Metals. It remains much as it was (except for the CMPs of course). My Fox came from about where the blue roll off bin is behind the white transport truck through the gate. The office in Stefan's photo is to the right and you had to chat with one or other of the brothers and drink a bad cup of coffee in there first before getting into the back.

[Ian McColl]

The Elliot Brothers occupied the building directly across the road when I was first there as a young boy. The first time I recall visiting they were fabricating a 15cwt 2B1 box or at least a good portion of it. That building was then utilized by a forklift company if I am not mistaken. The buildings shown in the photos were used for storage at that time. I recall them moving across the road to to the buildings shown when they were starting to "wind down" a little bit but were there for a great number of years as most will know.

[Bob Phillips]

Here are a couple of related pictures..which vehicle is this Bruce? Though it probably doesn't show up well in the scan, there is a double triangle on the front with adata plate in the center. Second photo goes hand in hand with the German halftrack photo. This ME262 was sold for scrap out of Aylmer ontario to a local scrap dealer. Engines had apparently been removed from the aircraft for testing. It was broken up for scrap. (Warbirds International. May 2000).
I wish I had been a scrap dealer in the early 1950s !

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[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Phillips

Here are a couple of related pictures..which vehicle is this Bruce? Though it probably doesn't show up well in the scan, there is a double triangle on the front with adata plate in the center. Second photo goes hand in hand with the German halftrack photo. This ME262 was sold for scrap out of Aylmer ontario to a local scrap dealer. Engines had apparently been removed from the aircraft for testing. It was broken up for scrap. (Warbirds International. May 2000).
I wish I had been a scrap dealer in the early 1950s !

What a lost opportunity on the Me262. Damn.

The Fox is "THIN ROOF HULL", the Elliott's museum piece. Given the painted hull and unpainted turret the photo dates from a time during their cleanup. The giveaway is the headlight configuration and undersize dummy smoke dischargers. Barely visible is that it has two front axles, the Elliotts used what they had. I spent many hours inside that Fox and it provided invaluable information for my restoration as well as one in England.

Here's pics of it on the day it arrived in Salt Lake City and what it looks like today. I swear some of the brown marks on the floor are my blood from scuffs and nicks suffered during my fact finding missions. This is also the Fox that almost killed me and note it STILL doesn't have hinges holding the engine cover on.

We just need a current pic of Paul Visser's Fox to see where all three ended up.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

We just need a current pic of Paul Visser's Fox to see where all three ended up.

Some info here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28804

[Alex van de Wetering]

Couple more pictures of Paul Vissers FOX, taken at two different events....one event in Canadian markings and one in temporary British markings for XXX Corps.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Stefan Leegwater

I also added a picture of the Stuart M5A1 in the yard, picture from 1998

OK, so whatever became of the Stuart? I thought it was long gone by 1998.

[Bob Phillips]

I believe the stuart was sold to a fellow in Quebec, who began collecting parts for it. Later it went to Marcus S and it was resold again to another collector- possibly out west. Don't know where it is today. I remember that it went to Marcus with several crates of parts and the diff assy out of a M3 stuart which is apparently a completely different beast than an M5.

[Stefan Leegwater]

Wish we got that Stuart back then………., I had the turret!

Indeed the M3 is a totally different beast

[Jordan Baker]

I believe this is Paul’s FOX AC. Picture taken by me on the 30th Corps trip

[paul visser]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

I believe this is Paul’s FOX AC. Picture taken by me on the 30th Corps trip

Yes it is my Fox.

[Al Nickolson]

It appears that the Elliot Stuart tank is the same one that's now owned by Rod Ceccato, Leslieville, Alberta.

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[Ed Storey]

These are a couple of photographs I took in Bill Gregg's yard back in 1983.

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[Jordan Baker]

Steve Guthrie took these pictures in 1980. I’m just sharing them here with his blessings.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Steve Guthrie took these pictures in 1980. I’m just sharing them here with his blessings.

One more from Steve:

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[James P]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Steve Guthrie took these pictures in 1980. I’m just sharing them here with his blessings.

Any more pics of that Sd.Kfz. ??

[Jordan Baker]

Another batch of pictures curtesy of Steve Guthrie.

[Al Nickolson]

Does anyone know the history on the Stuart Tank that was at Elliot's yard?

[peter simundson]

There were two there. They came from me.

Peter Simundson

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by peter simundson

There were two there. They came from me.

And where did you get them from, Peter?