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Rootes75
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I recently read about a tank that was found buried in Kent I think. It was a WW2 Canadian tank that was used for training and then buried instead of being taken back with them. I will try and find the story.
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JohnDale
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| Rick wrote: | That's interesting.
Did we ever have a thread about buried cars? I must go look 
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Parry-Thomas's car was buried in the sand dunes near the village of Pendine after his accident. In 1969 Owen Wyn Owen, an engineering lecturer from Bangor Technical College, received permission to excavate Babs, which he spent the next 16 years restoring.
I remember this being extracted & shown on film,cheers,JD.
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Paul fairall
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No chance of a historic plate now
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Peter_L
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | I recently read about a tank that was found buried in Kent I think. It was a WW2 Canadian tank that was used for training and then buried instead of being taken back with them. I will try and find the story. |
Could it have been this one ?
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/06/wwii-tank-found-at-denbies/ |
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JohnDale
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| JohnDale wrote: | | Rick wrote: | That's interesting.
Did we ever have a thread about buried cars? I must go look
RJ |
Parry-Thomas's car was buried in the sand dunes near the village of Pendine after his accident. In 1969 Owen Wyn Owen, an engineering lecturer from Bangor Technical College, received permission to excavate Babs, which he spent the next 16 years restoring.
I remember this being extracted & shown on film,cheers,JD. |
Addendum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXbSnH10Wmw
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Rootes75
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Yes, that's the tank story we saw. I remember now we read about it at the tank museum just recently.
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