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The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - PanzerKampfwagen VI - Tiger I - Mar. 2nd, 2004
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Posted on 03/02/2004 12:00:32 AM PST by SAMWolf
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To: archy
Here the engine I was thinking of.
http://www.conleyprecision.com/
1/4 Scale 23 "T" Bucket
Powder painted steel frame - Oil filled shocks - Stainless steel exhaust - Wire wheels (front) - Hallibrand style rear wheels with knockoffs - Operating headlights - leather interior and carpet - Windshield - Aluminum firewall - Stainless steal dropped front axle and multi-leaf springs.
Base Price: $4,596.00 (less engine)
Ready-To-Run car start at: $12,495.00
1/4 Scale COBRA
Quick change four link rearend - Four wheel hydraulic disc brakes with dual master cylinder - Custom ball joints with grease fittings-Replica Hallibrand wheels with Goodyear style tires and knock-offs - Oil filled shocks - Stainless steel exhaust- Leather interior- Burled walnut dash with simulated gauges -Fiberglass body (non finished)- Completely assembled chassis.
Base Price: $5,895.00 (less engine)
Ready-to-run car start at: $13,995.00
To: Victoria Delsoul
Good evening Victoria.
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posted on
03/02/2004 5:51:02 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: snippy_about_it
ROFLMAO
To: Professional Engineer
LOL. I aim to please. ;-)
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posted on
03/02/2004 5:55:41 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: SAMWolf
Yeah, Seems all our really fun "toys" got real expensive. :-( I got a phone call a bit ago. A guy wants to meet me for lunch tomorrow to make a job offer in person. Maybe a toy or two will get further up the priority ladder.
To: Professional Engineer
oooo. Good luck!
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posted on
03/02/2004 5:57:20 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: snippy_about_it
Hiya Snippy.
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posted on
03/02/2004 5:57:48 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Despite intense and violent criticism against the Passion, the public has spoken at the box office)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Evening Victoria. Kerry is a cartoon.
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:01:55 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry has mentioned his Vietnam service more times than there are names on the Vietnam Memorial)
To: CholeraJoe
Mid five figure..... OOOOOOOOOOO! Truckload of beer!
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:03:06 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry has mentioned his Vietnam service more times than there are names on the Vietnam Memorial)
To: Professional Engineer
You oused to be able to buy the real thing for less than that. :-(
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:04:23 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry has mentioned his Vietnam service more times than there are names on the Vietnam Memorial)
To: Professional Engineer
Good Luck.
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:05:03 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry has mentioned his Vietnam service more times than there are names on the Vietnam Memorial)
To: SAMWolf
Kerry is a cartoon. LOL, I should've thought about it.
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:10:01 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Despite intense and violent criticism against the Passion, the public has spoken at the box office)
To: Victoria Delsoul
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:12:32 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry has mentioned his Vietnam service more times than there are names on the Vietnam Memorial)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Thanks
To: SAMWolf
Ewwww. It's bad enough we have to look at him on other threads but in the Foxhole...Sam!!! Yucky!
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:16:19 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: SAMWolf
LOL! Right on target.
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:22:45 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Despite intense and violent criticism against the Passion, the public has spoken at the box office)
To: SAMWolf
If an M8 can knock out a Tiger, what chance could a Tiger II have against an M5 (UK Stuart VI)? This is one atypical encounter:
Tankers also get pretty good at telling the types of other tanks, especially in the dark, from the sound of tracks and engines. At the very least, a *theirs or ours* working knowledge is helpful, but sometimes the old hands get overconfident and cocky.
That was the case with one Tiger crew knocked out by a British M3 Stuart, known to the Brits as the *Honey.* This particular crew had soldiered across the Western Desert with the Eighth Army, up the Italian penunsula, and into Austria, all in the same vehicle, so they too knew what they were doing.
And when a German Tiger I commander working a crossroads roadblock heard what he recognized as a light tank with a 37mm popgun, he made sure his crew was alert, but wasn't overly concerned. Until the Stuart/Honey came crashing out of the brush, and fired a round directly into the turret from the American M1 bazooka wired under the 37mm gun. A few seconds later, the commander let fly with another bazooka round from his position in the drivers hatch.
Scratch one overconfident Tiger....
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:23:21 PM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: SAMWolf
A Chrysler Hemi, maybe? Not a bad standin for a V-12.... Where can we get one dirt cheap? *Chrysler Hemi* and *dirt cheap* do NOT belong on the same page, or in the same post.
But I know where there's an old Chrysler Fire Power that might be had right....
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:26:01 PM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: SAMWolf
You want a full size model, it's going to be pretty pricey, especially if you want the armor and the guns to be functional.Not full size, but A Hemi Engine has been mentioned. functional guns would be nice. ;-)
I think full size is do-able. Cutting back on the armor thickness, particularly the turret weight, can reduce the overall weight to 25 tons or so. And if a Hemi can't be rigged up for an engine, I know of a source for mogas Ford GAF 500 HP engines out of Pershings. And should that fail, there's always an M2 Bradley powerplant, right in that approxinmate range.
Right now, tracks is the kicker. If something close can be found, it's at least a possibility.
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:30:27 PM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: archy
Oops. That'd ruin your whole day.
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