 DingDingDong
Male, 30-39, Western US
 1417 Posts
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:12:36 AM
want. |
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 EVILLECUTTER
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
183 Posts
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:25:31 AM
probably made to run on leaded gas |
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 furryblob
Male, 18-29, Europe
526 Posts
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Monday, December 10, 2012 7:50:12 AM
1 star for the stupid title. |
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CreamK
Male, 30-39, Europe
379 Posts
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Monday, December 10, 2012 2:05:11 AM
Well, that wasn't just flick the switch, it took some effort to get it going.. But once it started, very healthy, steady sound. It had some fuel mixture stuff when they revved it later but what a nice engine.. |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:51:59 AM
Draculya: It's worth much more than 'scrap' to a wealthy military collector. People collect these machines, like others collect muscle cars or art. |
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 carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4029 Posts
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Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:26:01 AM
Maybe not so big, but when my sister and her husband lived in northern BC, maybe 20 years back, a local guy had discovered a US Army WW2 Jeep in the woods off the Alaska Highway. He came back with a chainsaw, fresh battery, and gas, and drove it out to the road. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6297 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 8:39:52 PM
I bet they're selling it for scrap |
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 Kain1
Male, 18-29, Europe
1280 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 6:23:03 PM
For a 70 year old machine, it's a wonder they got it started at all, let alone got the hatches open without a blow torch. It only took 'em an afternoon too. And it runs amazingly well! All it needed was a little fuel and a blow-through, and maybe some lubricant.
Colour me impressed. |
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CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 4:53:46 PM
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but that's a 'Self-Propelled Gun' not a 'Tank'. To be more specific it's a SU-152 heavy self propelled gun. The '152' is significant because that gun is a 152mm Howitzer. |
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 avail9988
Male, 18-29, Australia
621 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 4:50:43 PM
Skip to 9 min to see it start... |
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 piperfawn
Male, 30-39, Europe
3158 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 4:47:42 PM
Wow great job! |
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 Nickel2
Male, 50-59, Europe
1529 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 3:09:01 PM
The wonder of the war machine! There are tens of thousands of similar machines dotted around the country just waiting for half a dozen blokes in track-suits with a tool-box and a battery. Jerry-cans will be brought out and fuel tanks replenished. This is like a sci-fi episode trailer. Shame the gun was spiked though, this would have been fun to watch without cleaning.
OK. So I've been down the pub, must be time for more beer and a movie.. |
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 blackcatseye
Female, 30-39, Europe
631 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 2:54:51 PM
Alpensepp, did you watch the whole video??? Or maybe you didn't write the caption. They tried starting it three minutes into the video, with plenty of tools lying around evident of hours of work, several days later, they're still trying with no success yet. Or maybe this is an IAB mods crude attempt at sarcasm, which comes over as racist as usual. Don't mock another man's failures unless you've done the same job. |
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 patchouly
Male, 40-49, Canada
2955 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 2:47:45 PM
Very impressive. Cool to see. |
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 turdburglar
Male, 30-39, Western US
1784 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:44:20 PM
Now that it's running, this group of guys have a stronger military than Canada. |
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 Kegomatix
Male, 18-29, Western US
1079 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:33:35 PM
That's actually really impressive. |
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 WakeToWood
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
132 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:25:52 PM
now i watched it it feels like tomorrow |
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 ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5516 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:22:51 PM
Would have sold my soul to have fettled that back into life, in great condition for something 70 years old |
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tedgp
Male, 30-39, Europe
2926 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:15:02 PM
Oh and caption fail is an epic fail. It took a colossal amount of work for them to get it going again. |
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tedgp
Male, 30-39, Europe
2926 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:14:06 PM
Starts AFTER all the work they did to get it going again. |
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 Quackor
Male, 18-29, S. America
2665 Posts
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Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:12:22 PM
no it doesnt |
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 alpensepp
Male, 70 & Over, Europe
1084 Posts
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012 12:38:47 PM
Link: Glorious Soviet Technolgy is glorious [Rate Link] - WW2 Soviet tank abandoned in Ukraine starts like the war ended yesterday |
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