M3 Stuart restoration part 1

[farmgate]

I reckon if your a car guy anyone would appreciate any restoration! I believe this will be great to watch!

[JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

Very interesting project. I'll be following along. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff

[benjohnson]

Dude....
Can't wait for the Radial.
Anyone who doesn't know the Radial format, do yourself a favour and check em out. So good.

[TheTigerQuoll]

All boys love tanks no matter how old they are.Good stuff Graham.

[MrButtonpresser]

Came for the cars, stayed for the tanks! Cool.

[texscrotum]

Well you’ve invested in a lot of skun knuckles and busted fingers there lol 😝…BUT…you’re going to be living a childhood dream for many of us and I will love watching how you go about restoring this piece of history 👍👍👍👍….if you haven’t already checked it out, “The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum” have a FANTASTIC YouTube channel on their tank restorations which they update every Wednesday …AWESOME project Graham😎…cheers 🍻

[shguy]

That is one of two tanks I'd love to own. M3 Stuart and the M113.

[nowukkas]

After watching your tank vid I hoped you would get one of your own!

[whotknots]

A now tragically deceased local once told me about a company in Adelaide SA which can renew the rubber on idlers for military tracked vehicles.

He said he got the process done for rollers on a half-track he owned and told me the same bloke had also replaced the rubber on at least one Bren Gun carrier.

Unfortunately I cannot remember the name of the company, but I believe it may have been on or near Grand Junction road at Bedford or Beverly.

[whotknots]

My Godfather was a tank Commander with the Australian Army in the pacific during WWII, I don't know what sort of tanks he served in but on rare occasions he had some really interesting and often entertaining tales to tell.

[hohocc]

Brilliant madness! I didn't think I was into tanks but now you have me wondering... Well done, what a rare and interesting project. I've heard of a Molasses/water mix being used before to derust bulldozer crownwheels, it worked well on some car parts when I tried it.

[leestevens]

This will be awesome to follow, don't pay any attention to criticism, criticism never save one single machine from rusting away in a field, did it. Tank Patreon?

[clintfulford]

You got yourself an amazing part of history there! look forward to seeing it restored to its former glory👍

[Michaelnorman-jysz]

You might like to contact the Australian Artillery & Tank Museum in Cairns (they have a YouTube Channel as well) as they are also restoring Grant tanks - they would be a great source of information for you on particular issues that they have encountered and may make your restoration easier.

[WarrenArmstrong]

Really looking forward to seeing the progress on the tank, I enjoy watching the variety of your videos. Warren

[markbehr]

Fantastic Graham. I love cars and tanks!

[rangieman]

Great bit of history 👍Great cars tanks bikes what ever all great content

[gillevy]

This is so insanely cool!! Love the history on the tank too. Keep the tank (and car) videos coming! Everything you show in your videos is very interesting.

[downtheshedwithbyron]

Bro what a project im looking forward to this great work dude

[paulelmer]

Hi Graham, love the new project, as a suggestion to get the rivits could you contact a black Smith in ur area to make some closer to the look of the original ones especially in high strength areas. Just a thought i was just thinking not just the looks but the tensile strength should be something to consider. Keep up the good work.