Tanque

with such a storied past and all:

http://cgi.ebay.com/James-Garner-M4A...item4aa0a97ea0

Jerry

edoubleaz

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Half a mil? For a Sherman? If I had one that megabucks I might have.

sevoblast

Reason? That's easy. Due to original owner abuse and failure to follow the Ford Warranty and Policy Manual in respect to periodic maintenance and unauthorized modifications, Ford canceled the warranty.

BiggTony

Hey! Don't you talk about Fastest Only Running Downhill that way! lol

herrmill

Heck, I would have bid on it if they had thrown in Shirley Jones & The Partridge Family bus.

johnmar78

nah, I like panzers not M4s...

taoJ

or

Found
On
Road
Dead

or

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

or

F***er
Only
Rolls
Downhills

And I know there are some Ford lovers here, Ihave worked at a Ford dealer and have never seen so many engine issues in my life before ,dont get me started on the 6.0 powerstroke either

cheap tank

The longest running truck i ever had was a f150 with the 300 and a 5 speed it ran 565.000 miles but every thing else fell apart.

pattoncommander

way overpriced.....in spite of its Hollywood fame. A running Sherman thru MVPA gets around $50-75m, depending on condition. A couple really pristine M-41 and M-47s asking $95- 110m.

bubbajoexx

missed one
F**K*n
Old
Rusty
Dodge

taoJ

F***ed
Over
Rebuilt
Dodge

sassgrunt

My Feedback: (1)

First On Race Day

Similar to Cheap Tank, I had an F-150 with a straight six and 3-speed trans. It had been a former contractor truck, and there wasn't a straight panel anywhere on the body. We called it "Landshark," and let me tell you - when giving signal to change lanes on the freeway, people got out of the way quick! It looked like sin, but it just ran & ran. Finally lost it when it was parked on the street and a drunk hit it at 40 mph at 4:00 in the morning and totaled it. Schmuck.

pattoncommander

still missed the main one;
Fatally Over Rated Disaster

Ex_Pat_Tanker

Frequently Overhauled, Rarely Driven... [:'(]

ksoc

How can you work those initials to indicate they did NOT need to go through bankruptcy and receive a federal bail out?

yellowshaker

My Feedback: (1)

Oh...please don't geet me started here guys. My name should say it all.

Ex_Pat_Tanker

They had already hit rock bottom and had nowhere else to go but up...

BiggTony

Anyone think this will fit on 21st century's 1/18 M48 patton? http://cgi.ebay.com/M60-Tank-Spotlig...item2eaa4fb1f7

thecommander

The reason it did not sell is very simple. He listed it in the wrong category. It should have been listed with Military Vehicles like the T-55 I bid on over the winter........LOL

If I could have afforded to buy it I would have done so. It is probably one of the most famous M4 Shermans around. What do you think guys? Bob

Tanque

Oh please, you folks know I posted the original in sarcasm, right?

I liked Garner well enough as an actor but half a million plus for a tank he sat in?

Ehhhh no.

Jerry

sevoblast

Jerry, I figured that out somewhat rapidly considering my aging and wine addled brain, hence my tongue in cheek reply. Just because James Garner's bottom polished the seat for a while to me adds zero dollars to the price.
Bob

pattoncommander

Fortunate Oversight Regional Demporaphics
Favored On Robust Debts


Agree James Garner in one of our finest actors, but because he drove it and an absolutely stupendous T shirt adorned the turret doesn't jack up the price so high. The seller could have listed it any anywhere, but the price is totally unreal. Put it back to around $120 and it would sell.

Old MSgt

And I know it's been a 'few' years (as in the late '80's) but I remember seeing a totally resorted Sherman in Hemming's Motor News for $50,000. Course in todays dollars I don't know what that would equat to.

AND if you look at the 'unrestored' interior of the tank in the ebay pics, THEN watch the 'TANK' movie and pay attention to the 'interior' shots of the tank, you'll notice that the movie version ' tank interiors' are a LOT whiter and pristine than the 'unrestored' interior of the tank's interior shown for sale. That's where 'SOUND STAGE' for interior shots comes in to play. In the movie the inside is BRIGHT WHITE so it's obvious the 'inside' shot are a mockup of an M4 tank. It's all well and good cause it's a darn GOOD movie for us 'tankers'.

It's just that a TANK is a TANK to those collectors that could afford one of these GREAT (and OLD, CRANKY, MAINTENANCE INTENSIVE!) HISTORICAL Machines to own! And if you're going spend tens of thousands of bucks on one, who cares WHOSE BUTT slid across the seats for THAT kinds of coin! It's just the cost of OWNING one is worth to YOU!

killick64

Hmmm..has anyone tried offering "Oddball's Sherman"....complete with sound system and "barrel mod"?

Turbobearcat

Forever On Road Driven...

But I drive Dodges and Jeeps now...for the past 24 years :-)