[BMWCSRegistry] <WOB> This will kill a couple hours....

[Michael Thompson]

You can read about the Tiger tank restoration here:

http://www.tiger-tank.com/index.html

At 08:44 PM 4/6/2008, Art Wegweiser wrote:
>I gave it a good try but got ill after about half way through photos 
>of these immense piles rotted and rusted junk that people propose to 
>work on. Relics of war to be restored? Why?- we have lots of brand 
>new ones and more created every day.
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>Anybody is quite free to spend their time, money and talents on 
>anything they somehow find fun but, short of restoring the gigantic 
>Japanese battleship Yamato from the bottom of the Pacific, which 
>would truly be a unique relic of history worth spending billions on, 
>restoring one of thousands of old tanks thus far rates high on my 
>personal list of stupidity,
>What will they do with these things then?
>Run at Homecoming parades tearing up the tarmac (they do - I saw it 
>happen right around here).
>Good way to help developers knock down old houses regardless of 
>where the people who live there might go.
>It's also a great way to escape the wife and kids too - "gotta work 
>on the tank, today sweetie".
>Anyone restoring a Coupe may be a nut case but anyone attempting to 
>restore a Sherman tank is a potential psychopath.  Surely somewhere 
>in a barn is a nice Sherman in good shape or in Germany an even better Tiger.
>Art
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>At 10:03 PM -0500 4/5/08, Dale & Sheila wrote:
>>You thought restoring a coupe was a big job?
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>><http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/showthread.php?t=417090>http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/showthread.php?t=417090
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>>(and don't let the rennlist.com fool you)
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>>Dale Olson
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