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Old 01-06-21, 13:54
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Default Dieppe Pourville museum...vehicles, where are they now?

Back in the late 80's/90's there used to be a museum in a bunker near Dieppe-Pourville, France. Most remember the museum because of the vehicles that littered the grounds around the bunker; left in the elements which meant a hard life, especially for the Soft skins. It seems the museum closed in the late 90's.
Here is the bunker as it sits now:
https://bunkersite.com/locations/fra...479-dieppe.php

I am curious what happened to the vehicles....I know from Maurice that a Morris CS8 ended up in Belgium, and from Wheels&Tracks magazine and online we know the Normandy-veteran PzKfw IV ended up in the Becker collection that loaned it to the, now also closed, Normandy Tank museum.

Attached are a few picture my dad took when we visited the museum....(I might just be one of the children in the picture ). Please feel free to add your pictures of the museum as well.....and I would love to know if other vehicles have lived on, either restored or as parts sources.
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Old 01-06-21, 13:58
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Here is the Panzer IV while at the Normandy Tank museum. (so After the Dieppe museum closed)

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This late-production Panzer IV Ausf H German Medium Tank is in a poor condition. The vehicle is remarkably intact inside but is missing its auxiliary generator, parts from the engine, radiator, radio racks, radio operator's seat and transformers. It is missing half of both tracks. It is believed to have served with either the 22nd Panzer Regiment and/or the 12th SS Panzer Regiment. It took part in the Normandy fighting in June 1944 and was knocked out near Caen by a Canadian unit. An AP round penetrated the hull just behind the right hand sprocket which also damaged the gearbox. After the war it was transported to the military vehicle scrap yard at St Lambert-sur-Dive.

In 1948 it was then taken to another scrap yard on the Route de Paris near Le Mans. In 1976 it was rescued from being cut up by the owners of the ‘Musée du 19 Août 1942’. This was a private military museum located on the cliffs to the east of the town of Pourville, east of Dieppe. The tank was not restored but left in a wrecked condition and displayed outside as a memorial to the Dieppe raid of 19 August 1942. After the Pourville museum closed this PzKpfw IV tank found its way into the Becker collection and finally to the Normandy Tank Museum.

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Couple postcards showing the inside exhibits.

source: https://www.delcampe.net/fr/collecti...621638503.html
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I've never been to that museum, though remember reading about it in Wheels & Tracks magazine issue #5 and #38 if I am correct where the CGT Cab 13 on display drew my eye.

#mandatorycmpcontent: from the thread CMPs at the Dutch National Military Museum:
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Hello Hanno , The Quad was comming from the French Army , at the same time one went to the Pourville Dieppe museum. They where in mint condition.
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Old 13-08-23, 13:14
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Attached are some scans from Wheels and Tracks magazine no.5.

A couple of days ago Hanno and I were talking about a rare Karrier 6x4 restoration project.....a Lorry that came from the Pourville museum and even in the Wheels and Tracks issue it is described as "possibly the sole survivor of the breed".
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A couple of postcards from the museum exhibits from collectors website Delcampe
https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/
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Couple more..
https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/
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The rare Karrier....



All postcar pictures from: https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/
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Nice find, those postcards And thanks for looking up the W&T article.

Shame that museum closed down, although it was better for the outside exhibits. I wonder where the CMP vehicles went? I see a 3-tonner, a LAAT and a FAT, most likely they all came from French Navy reserve stock meaning they were all in excellent condition before they were put out to pasture.

The Karrier CK6 still exists in the same dilapidated condition. It needs a full restoration but the good news is that it is under cover in a private collection. If you’ve always lusted after a British 6x4 truck, you’re in luck as it is for sale. Contact me for more details.

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