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This rock12 and others, do they have a bot to look for phone and email data or do they just look through vendor /advert pages? Just interested.
Patracy, thanks for your effort to keep us safe, very much appreciated.
Dear European Members of Steel Soldiers
I would like to ask you for help for our non-profit, as I explain in the main thread about this in the CONVERSATION section.
As some of you might know, in daily life I am Founder-Director of a Czech non-profit for regional development and heritage...
Kenny, very good and motivating write-up. I do have to find money to come next year, and with an MV. Still dreaming about a DAF YA126, but if I get one, it won't be in the USA but over here (unless I win the lottery).
Maybe some European thinking, but would it not be cheaper to put it on a train?
Also, where is the truck on the east coast. Since you are in Seattle, hopping it across the Canadian border and then shipping it by truck or by train might be cheaper. I do remember seeing al those flatbed trains...
I have family there. One cousin lives in New Smyrna Beach, the other cousin somewhere close to Daytona Beach. A good friend in the Tampa area, but I think she recently moved a bit more inland and more northerly. So I am watching this from far away, but it sure looks scary.
Stay save all of you...
After some searching, finally found this tread. This year definitely not, next year is hopefully possible.
Cannot we get a group together to restore that abandoned train? Looks like the "rails to trails" already happened, but if we do some nice work, we could make the wagons into something...
I went looking for what a Sterling with chain drive actually is and came across a very nice thread with lots of pics including that of the chain drive. Amazing.
Her is the link with some pics made by the then new owner ;) ;) :)
Jeff, did it ever had a military history? If so, you could put...
Update: I am now 66 years and 8 months.
So as already mentioned earlier, I am no longer in the youngster group of 51-60, but in the 60 and over bin.
Turns out that since getting 65, I qualified for Czech state pension, which once I get it is nice for one extra beer per month. Since July 6...
I keep looking, but a 813 double cabin is simple not on the market in this part of Europe anymore. Some 815 single and double cabins, but not 813.
A completely rusty rotten T813 kolos would now set you back here anything between 8 000 EUR and 15 000 EUR, anything half decent will go for well...
On the road in the Netherlands with no time and little good internet access. Normally I would search the forum and the TMs, but like said, no time now and lousy internet, and once I am back home, that supplier is 700 miles away and does not deliver abroad (legal restrictions).
Once home in...
The first registration of this truck was from 2010, but they were built since 2004. Not sure if "first registration" really means year of manufacturing, sometimes these trucks were driving around or stored in depots without number plates or official first registration.
This MAN military truck was just sold on an auction in Germany for 21 500 EUR (I think). Its a nice example of such a newer truck.
Some more info on this truck at this website
I included these pictures to make sure that if the auction site closes that thread, (with 27 pics) there still are...