The best documented M3 Grant overhaul in history. Incredibly fascinating history and a wealth of knowledge for other reenactors. Polish tankers also served on these tanks. Kind regards.
The tank is more than 80 years old, yet the bearings, final drive and transmission gears are perfect, as if they were made yesterday. We need to pay tribute to the people that designed, machined and build them. What an incredible job they did.
@@perkihlen9532I’d say it’s more ultra-mass production and a focus on making purchasing and manufacturing costs as cheap as possible. You can get high quality things made in China, just like you can get very low quality things made in the US. You’re just always going to pay more for something that’s high quality
It’s more so because a lot of these military vehicles being restored are the ones that didn’t see a ton of combat and are pretty low miles so you just get a lot of damage exterior wise from sitting in a field where the drive train final drive and bearing never seen a lot of use and defiantly was never exposed to outside environment so they’ve been preserved
I've said this before and it's worth saying again. You people are just amazing. What you do to fix this collection of junk is necessary and so cool. Thanks again for all you do.
Sensational! When the zombie apocalypse comes, pray we have some of these lads around - they just tackle each challenge as it comes along, improvising tools as necessary, and working together to make the seemingly impossible come true. I have a completely new appreciation of what this kind of restoration involves.
Once used as a farm vehicle, that's interesting. I enjoyed watching all of this video, it reminded me of the 8 years I spent on the M60A1-3 series during the 70's and 80's
Workshop Wednesday+++ I am in heaven, Thanks Kurt for a fantastic job, plus thanks to the team for the brilliant work they have done to make the Grant a success. Cheers & Merry Christmas
Mix emotion here and a little tears of joy I'm not an Aussie I just admire the effort and knowledge you guys put in to restore and preserve history salute from 🇨🇿
This is fascinating, my Dad was a Technical Sergeant with the 20th Armored Division "The Liberators". That's the Division that Liberated the concentration camp " Dachau". He used to fiddle with those giant GM engines and the Rolls-Royce Merlins they would put in the Shermans that his guys would drive. He was one of the fellows who would keep 'em Rollin' down the European roads. He left us on 7 July 1970. Miss him still, I do.
Not sure where you got your info, but my Dad told me that their were GM eight cylinder engines and "Very Large British Rolls-Royce Engines", (his words; not mine), and the only engine manufactured by Rolls-Royce at the time were Merlins. Their eights didn't come along until after 1950, post war. Now, argue with a dead WWII veteran. Good Day.
What a transformation !. You guys must have such a sense of satisfaction. Spending a year of your lives turning a wreck into a running machine that will bring enjoy to thousands. We are not worthy. Cheers from Blighty.
It has beeing an honor to let me ( and so many other tubers) to watch this special tank overhaul. I admire your local feelings about this restoration, and all history about it. This is again another valuable little suitcase of information for my brain!
Ryan is a rare breed of mechanic. You are so lucky to have him. Well to be honest,all your guys are incredible fabricators and restorers. My hats off to all of them.i look forward to every Wednesday update!
Just want to say a huge thanks for all the work In the past year to bring us into your shop for these restorations! I marvel at the skills set of each of you. Looking forward to 2024! With that said, God bless each of you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Mississippi, USA.
I've absolutely loved this documentary. Please make more of them, I really appreciate your job and efforts making this machine running again. I can't wait to know what's next on the schedule. 🙂
I'm sitting here building a Lego Concorde whilst you guys are putting together a WWII M3 Grant with Australian specifications. I'm guessing yours is slightly more difficult than my build!
I was impressed by the mind-boggling number of parts and the skill with which they were restored, one by one, with precise workmanship. I had no idea that there was such a wide variety of tank parts, and it was a great learning experience. It was very interesting to see how the many parts were removed and assembled. I was very impressed to see the M3 running at the end! Thank you very much for your wonderful work. Please keep up the good work and take care of yourself!
Must have watched this a half dozen times now, you guys should be proud, that's one hell of a fine piece of work! and it bloody well does run, and though-it never fought! that's a good thing, and still represents an era. Well done all the way around.
As luck will have it - I'm currently building a 1:35 scale Grant, with interior. The video has been a great source of info during the build. Thanks guys!
I build my first GRANT & SHERMAN 50 years ago in 1: 32 scale bud i cant remember the maker ... Machbox ... Monogram.... AIRFIX ? 50 years ago the 1:32 scale was very popular because its matched to the ARIFIX Soldiers . This 1: 32 Kits was the first ones with the original scaled ,, Central return roller suspension " ! May i ask you whats the maker of your Grant 1:35 , and ist the full interior incl. the kit ? My favorits 1: 35 makers are TAMIYA , ACADEMY, AFV & RESICAST . I use to build al kits with VERLINDEN interior kits & full working KETTENKASTEN tracks. Greetings from a old german Scale builder .
that is some heavy duty work. I'm glad to see a Grant getting restored. They weren't a popular tank but they were better than what was available at the time.
Absolutely wonderful job. Made me watch original Sahara again! Albeit that was a Lee there are some Grants featured in it (one with a cast hull). Your effort solidifies my belief that there still is nothing that we in the US teamed with our great friends abroad can’t accomplish together. Thanks for still caring about our shared history. I know a lot of passed on engineers and factory workers are smiling now.
After seeing what you guys at Australian Armour and Artillery Museum can do I’ll never look the same way again at a pile of rusting old machinery in a blackberry bush. Very impressed with your approach to conserving and reusing as much as possible of original parts, components and accessories. That surely enhances the true museum quality of your exhibits. Fascinating to see the problem-solving going on in this video and others from your workshop program. Must visit the museum and see the collection in all its steadily less rusted glory.
That was extremely satisfying ! Seeing the expertise of assembly was great, but the effort during the tear down was inspiring ! Good job guys ! Thanks for posting this on your channel !
I found the site by accident and was thoroughly enchanted and fascinated, through the entire restoration process. Your folks at Oz armor have done a wonderful, wonderful job and are 😊 dedicated to the work that you've undertaken. You are now one of my favorite stops on my TH-cam tour. I will always be checking in with whatever you do.
I really enjoyed the Workshop Wednesday series on the M3 Grant, and seeing it all documented again in this version is great as well. You are all the best at what you do. Cheers from Texas.
Das alles, all die gemachte Arbeit an dem Panzer. Das verdient Respekt. Es wurde alles penibel und richtig gemacht, jede einzelne schraube wurde repariert und jede Stelle egal wo die sich befand restauriert. Super Arbeit
Wow!!! What a labor of love! You guys did an outstanding job! Could watch your tank restoration videos all day....love seeing historical military vehicles restored to running order by true skilled professionals. Thank you.
I remember when I got a model of this tank and I had to decide if I wanted it to be a Lee or a Grant tank. Great work guys and thanks for the footage. Hope the cleanup after the cyclone wasn't too bad.
Great job, Everyone was great. The M3 Grant overhaul is the best documented in history. Best regards. What you've done to fix this garbage collection situation is necessary and great. It's good to know that this tank is now very needed in the Middle East. Or do you lend it to them? Thanks again for all you do. 🤪🥰🥰😜
Watching this beast be revived and knowing it's what my grandfather served in is a pleasure and I'm grateful you guys are doing it. Preserving our past. While I fear so much has been forgotten that we're quickly headed back to another global conflict, every little bit helps to convey to the younger generation that avoiding war is so much more important that all the garbage they have us distracted with today.
When it comes to restoration you do what you have to. If the boys had that trans back in the day they would not have hesitated to use it. I salute you for your ingenuity.
Very nice and proper work and the finish is superb. Thanks for showing this to us. I noticed the workmanship of the oval headed gun mounting bolts; they are very well made. It is difficult to purchase such high quality bolts unless one has them bespoke turned.
WOW. I forgot how much more complete this one was at the start compared to the StuG III. You guys are basically building that StuG, almost from scratch.
This Grant full restoration video was immensely satisfying to watch! You boys are doing wonderful and amazing work down there, thank you for allowing us to share in your endeavors. Till next time, Cheers! - Jim
Thank you for the complete end-to-end video. I have watched the progress of restoration each time a video came out, but somehow it is so interesting to see it in the complete sequence in one sitting. I do appreciate the time and effort all of you put into the restoration projects and the creation of interesting content from week to week. Please do not stop these videos. I always look forward to Wednesdays to see what is new and as always they are interesting and fun to watch.
As a retired master mechanic I totally enjoyed watching your rebuild. It must give you great pride and many bumps and bruises. Great job A+ Vietnam Veteran
Excellent work, congratulations to the whole team. As an engineer, it reminded me of the times I worked in industrial maintenance. Thank you for sharing all the phases of the restoration. Very good indeed.
Hard work. This film shows us how much effort it takes to make museum exhibits and vehicles be presented to the public. These are costs and a lot of effort so that a museum visitor can see a vehicle in a usable condition.
I've watched every Workshop Wednesday this year and have looked forward to all of them. You do a great job and I take my hat off to you. Keep it up in 2024!
This arrives just as I have finished binging on the 30 episodes version. The guys who have worked on it have all done very fine job. But I'd like to give a shout out for Kurt for his excellent videography. A good eye for the arty shot; the right amount of motion to keep it visually interesting; nice tone in the voice overs; slick editing; really high quality entertainment. All the best for Christmas and the New Year.
Beautiful photography. Terrific teamwork. Nice of your friend to come down and help out too. I guess he was integral to success providing the engine. GREAT JOB.
I stumbled on to this video and just could not stop watching, you boys did an *_OUTSTAND JOB bringing that tank back to LIFE!!!_* I take my hat off to you!!!
What a wonderful journey you have made in this video. I just wish I could see the finished version, but I'm never going to make it to Australia from the UK. Time and tide have seen to that... Still I got the chance to see the next best thing and imagine what it must feel like. You boys done good.. That's an understatement to say the least. To have seen the original shell, to get to the final finish: you lads have performed some superb engineering, followed by some incredible skill to produce .. Well. had to think there there aren't enough superlatives to say, other than. She looks beautiful for what she is. 10 out of 10 for effort, but more like 15 out of 10 for result. Thanks for letting me come along for the journey.
great to see the entire build in one final edited video, epic piece of work on both the tank and video, something the museum can be extremely proud of, seeing something being turned from a rusting hulk to a near complete and running machine is something very special, i've played my part in many restorations, guns to fighting vehicles, and aircraft so i know just how rewarding this can be, and not only in the machines themselves but meeting visitors, some of whom used them, and were part of their history including individuals who actually piloted some of the aircraft i worked on, that's extra special with a solid connection between man and machine
Hi guys,brilliant series. Tight bolts. Something I learnt in the mining industry. Do not heat around the bolt,actually heat the bolt to a cherry red, let it cool for a few minutes, then hit with a rattle gun. The heat brakes the rust and also stretches the bolt. We had bolts on our face shovels that had a hole through the bolt in which we would insert a heating rod. When up to temp we could wind the nut on. Remove the heat rod and the bolt would contract. Tight as a fishes butt. Same works for a normal bolt,obviously without the hole in the guts. Love watching you guys. Cheers
91 minutes does not do justice to the work and expertise that has gone into this restoration. This is just stunning. When I'm in FNQ next, I'll be there 👍
I have watched this Grant Build from the very Beginning ,to the showing of this documentary you mates do some brilliant work Thank you for this Grant Build and others you have done
Absolutely incredible. I’m so grateful I happened across your channel. Given its shortcomings, the Grant remains my favorite allied tank of WWII. As a kid, I dreamed often of having one. To see this - not just restoration, but miraculous rebirth, makes me feel as if I achieved that dream. After watching you all pour yourselves into this, I can barely imagine what the crews and mechanics went through all those years ago. Thank you again for such an amazing presentation.
As an American it makes me smile to see people take pride in their own history.
As an American, our current puppet-leaders should also make you as sick as it does me.
Lol
The best documented M3 Grant overhaul in history. Incredibly fascinating history and a wealth of knowledge for other reenactors. Polish tankers also served on these tanks. Kind regards.
This museum is the Best channel for restoration/overhaul videos !
The tank is more than 80 years old, yet the bearings, final drive and transmission gears are perfect, as if they were made yesterday. We need to pay tribute to the people that designed, machined and build them. What an incredible job they did.
The Chinese has wiped out all sense of quality.
@@perkihlen9532 oh shut up
@@perkihlen9532I’d say it’s more ultra-mass production and a focus on making purchasing and manufacturing costs as cheap as possible. You can get high quality things made in China, just like you can get very low quality things made in the US. You’re just always going to pay more for something that’s high quality
They also went for uniformity of parts so parts from one company could fit any vehicle.
It’s more so because a lot of these military vehicles being restored are the ones that didn’t see a ton of combat and are pretty low miles so you just get a lot of damage exterior wise from sitting in a field where the drive train final drive and bearing never seen a lot of use and defiantly was never exposed to outside environment so they’ve been preserved
The M3 Grant series is what introduced me to Aus Armor and now I look forward to every workshop Wednesday.
I love to watch these guys working. They really know what they are doing.
I wasn't expecting a 1.5 hour video drop, but its interesting to see all the segments as one doco
I've said this before and it's worth saying again. You people are just amazing. What you do to fix this collection of junk is necessary and so cool. Thanks again for all you do.
You men are worthy to be noted as being top notch mechanics. WOW. Simply incredible restoration. CHEERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sensational! When the zombie apocalypse comes, pray we have some of these lads around - they just tackle each challenge as it comes along, improvising tools as necessary, and working together to make the seemingly impossible come true. I have a completely new appreciation of what this kind of restoration involves.
Thanks!
Once used as a farm vehicle, that's interesting. I enjoyed watching all of this video, it reminded me of the 8 years I spent on the M60A1-3 series during the 70's and 80's
A beautiful restoration of the M3 Grant. God Bless our Aussie allies and friends.
Workshop Wednesday+++ I am in heaven, Thanks Kurt for a fantastic job, plus thanks to the team for the brilliant work they have done to make the Grant a success. Cheers & Merry Christmas
Mix emotion here and a little tears of joy I'm not an Aussie I just admire the effort and knowledge you guys put in to restore and preserve history salute from 🇨🇿
This is fascinating, my Dad was a Technical Sergeant with the 20th Armored Division "The Liberators". That's the Division that Liberated the concentration camp " Dachau". He used to fiddle with those giant GM engines and the Rolls-Royce Merlins they would put in the Shermans that his guys would drive. He was one of the fellows who would keep 'em Rollin' down the European roads. He left us on 7 July 1970. Miss him still, I do.
Ford V8s, not Merlins.
Not sure where you got your info, but my Dad told me that their were GM eight cylinder engines and "Very Large British Rolls-Royce Engines", (his words; not mine), and the only engine manufactured by Rolls-Royce at the time were Merlins. Their eights didn't come along until after 1950, post war.
Now, argue with a dead WWII veteran.
Good Day.
YESSS FINALLY! It is here! Thanks for this content guys. LOVE the full restoration videos.
Not too shabby with that gas axe, I’m jelly! Great work boys!
Thank you Kurt for all the awesome videos this last year! Happy Christmas to you, and everyone at Aus armour.
What a transformation !. You guys must have such a sense of satisfaction. Spending a year of your lives turning a wreck into a running machine that will bring enjoy to thousands. We are not worthy. Cheers from Blighty.
Always thankful for my WW fix. Thanks Kurt!
An hour and a half well spent. Congratulations to all involved and great editing Curt.😎
Absolutely fantastic. To bring back an iconic piece of war time history is an an achievement. so proud of you all.
It has beeing an honor to let me ( and so many other tubers) to watch this special tank overhaul. I admire your local feelings about this restoration, and all history about it. This is again another valuable little suitcase of information for my brain!
Ryan is a rare breed of mechanic. You are so lucky to have him. Well to be honest,all your guys are incredible fabricators and restorers. My hats off to all of them.i look forward to every Wednesday update!
Just want to say a huge thanks for all the work In the past year to bring us into your shop for these restorations! I marvel at the skills set of each of you. Looking forward to 2024! With that said, God bless each of you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Mississippi, USA.
I have really enjoyed this year watching you bring this beauty back to life for future generations to admire. Thank you.
From Spain, congratulations. Magnificent work, a great effort not to lose the armored history.
Just loved watching this restoration work. It was obvious, that everyone of them loves what they are doing. Great job, and well done guys!
I love how the mirrored-gears are designed, so as to maintain contact with the spindle gear. Something truly beautiful about a well designed machine.
I've absolutely loved this documentary. Please make more of them, I really appreciate your job and efforts making this machine running again. I can't wait to know what's next on the schedule. 🙂
I'm sitting here building a Lego Concorde whilst you guys are putting together a WWII M3 Grant with Australian specifications. I'm guessing yours is slightly more difficult than my build!
I was impressed by the mind-boggling number of parts and the skill with which they were restored, one by one, with precise workmanship.
I had no idea that there was such a wide variety of tank parts, and it was a great learning experience. It was very interesting to see how the many parts were removed and assembled. I was very impressed to see the M3 running at the end! Thank you very much for your wonderful work. Please keep up the good work and take care of yourself!
Must have watched this a half dozen times now, you guys should be proud, that's one hell of a fine piece of work! and it bloody well does run, and though-it never fought! that's a good thing, and still represents an era. Well done all the way around.
Fantastic project, thanks for producing this extended video.
As luck will have it - I'm currently building a 1:35 scale Grant, with interior. The video has been a great source of info during the build. Thanks guys!
I build my first GRANT & SHERMAN 50 years ago in 1: 32 scale bud i cant remember the maker ... Machbox ... Monogram.... AIRFIX ? 50 years ago the 1:32 scale was very popular because its matched to the ARIFIX Soldiers . This 1: 32 Kits was the first ones with the original scaled ,, Central return roller suspension " ! May i ask you whats the maker of your Grant 1:35 , and ist the full interior incl. the kit ? My favorits 1: 35 makers are TAMIYA , ACADEMY, AFV & RESICAST . I use to build al kits with VERLINDEN interior kits & full working KETTENKASTEN tracks. Greetings from a old german Scale builder .
that is some heavy duty work. I'm glad to see a Grant getting restored. They weren't a popular tank but they were better than what was available at the time.
Absolutely wonderful job. Made me watch original Sahara again! Albeit that was a Lee there are some Grants featured in it (one with a cast hull). Your effort solidifies my belief that there still is nothing that we in the US teamed with our great friends abroad can’t accomplish together. Thanks for still caring about our shared history. I know a lot of passed on engineers and factory workers are smiling now.
After seeing what you guys at Australian Armour and Artillery Museum can do I’ll never look the same way again at a pile of rusting old machinery in a blackberry bush. Very impressed with your approach to conserving and reusing as much as possible of original parts, components and accessories. That surely enhances the true museum quality of your exhibits. Fascinating to see the problem-solving going on in this video and others from your workshop program. Must visit the museum and see the collection in all its steadily less rusted glory.
That was extremely satisfying ! Seeing the expertise of assembly was great, but the effort during the tear down was inspiring ! Good job guys ! Thanks for posting this on your channel !
That was really impressive guys, you did a fine job. She's beautiful.
Thanks for showing us how it's done.
Somewhere there’s a 105 year old screaming at their phone “you can’t put the traverse mechanism in before the gun”
Would that be you?
It will be now. Learn something everyday.
Outstanding video of the complete restoration.
Third time around to watch skilled craftsman doing what you can tell they totally enjoy doing.
Sensational effort team! Thoroughly enjoyed this
I found the site by accident and was thoroughly enchanted and fascinated, through the entire restoration process. Your folks at Oz armor have done a wonderful, wonderful job and are 😊 dedicated to the work that you've undertaken. You are now one of my favorite stops on my TH-cam tour. I will always be checking in with whatever you do.
Always a pleasure to watch all of your amazing work!
Отличная реставорация , полное востаноаление всех механизмов и узлов , механики высокого уровня !
Brilliant job fellas and a great job in the editing also. Have a Great Christmas and New Year. Hope the Cyclone didnt cause you too much grief.
Fellas please release more long form content. It's absolutely fascinating to see the restoration, it's truly a lost art.
EXCELLENT WORK GENTLEMAN ! THANK YOU ! 🎉
So, I watched all parts of the restauration... Oh look, all parts in one complete movie! ...Watched it again... 👍😊👍
I really enjoyed the Workshop Wednesday series on the M3 Grant, and seeing it all documented again in this version is great as well. You are all the best at what you do. Cheers from Texas.
This is FANTASTIC to see a piece of history like this restored and running!
Das alles, all die gemachte Arbeit an dem Panzer. Das verdient Respekt. Es wurde alles penibel und richtig gemacht, jede einzelne schraube wurde repariert und jede Stelle egal wo die sich befand restauriert. Super Arbeit
Wow!!! What a labor of love! You guys did an outstanding job! Could watch your tank restoration videos all day....love seeing historical military vehicles restored to running order by true skilled professionals. Thank you.
“…these are wear washers..”
“Do they come out in the full moon?” 😂😂
Great restoration, thanks for the full movie 👍
I remember when I got a model of this tank and I had to decide if I wanted it to be a Lee or a Grant tank. Great work guys and thanks for the footage. Hope the cleanup after the cyclone wasn't too bad.
Great job, Everyone was great. The M3 Grant overhaul is the best documented in history. Best regards. What you've done to fix this garbage collection situation is necessary and great. It's good to know that this tank is now very needed in the Middle East. Or do you lend it to them? Thanks again for all you do.
🤪🥰🥰😜
Watching this beast be revived and knowing it's what my grandfather served in is a pleasure and I'm grateful you guys are doing it. Preserving our past. While I fear so much has been forgotten that we're quickly headed back to another global conflict, every little bit helps to convey to the younger generation that avoiding war is so much more important that all the garbage they have us distracted with today.
When it comes to restoration you do what you have to. If the boys had that trans back in the day they would not have hesitated to use it. I salute you for your ingenuity.
Very nice and proper work and the finish is superb. Thanks for showing this to us.
I noticed the workmanship of the oval headed gun mounting bolts; they are very well made. It is difficult to purchase such high quality bolts unless one has them bespoke turned.
Hi guys I watched the whole video, a true labour of love and a fitting memorial to the guys who served and fought in it back in the day
I always look forward to seeing workshop Wednesday you guys are all great builders
This channel is a real eye opener, what a job you did on the M3 Lee/Grant! Outstanding 👍🍺
It looks absolutely awesome and the smile on Darrell’s face says it all 😊
Fantastic work to all involved. Great to see this tank rise from a pile of rust.
WOW. I forgot how much more complete this one was at the start compared to the StuG III. You guys are basically building that StuG, almost from scratch.
This Grant full restoration video was immensely satisfying to watch! You boys are doing wonderful and amazing work down there, thank you for allowing us to share in your endeavors. Till next time, Cheers! - Jim
Really enjoyed the "long version" of the restoration, even after having seen the earlier short episodes. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the complete end-to-end video. I have watched the progress of restoration each time a video came out, but somehow it is so interesting to see it in the complete sequence in one sitting. I do appreciate the time and effort all of you put into the restoration projects and the creation of interesting content from week to week. Please do not stop these videos. I always look forward to Wednesdays to see what is new and as always they are interesting and fun to watch.
As a retired master mechanic I totally enjoyed watching your rebuild. It must give you great pride and many bumps and bruises. Great job A+ Vietnam Veteran
Excellent work, congratulations to the whole team. As an engineer, it reminded me of the times I worked in industrial maintenance. Thank you for sharing all the phases of the restoration. Very good indeed.
Hard work. This film shows us how much effort it takes to make museum exhibits and vehicles be presented to the public.
These are costs and a lot of effort so that a museum visitor can see a vehicle in a usable condition.
I've watched every Workshop Wednesday this year and have looked forward to all of them. You do a great job and I take my hat off to you. Keep it up in 2024!
In awe of you guys, best wishes from England
Quite a treat. Full, masterful restoration in one, well-done video. Can’t say I watched it in a single sitting, but I did watch it all. Thanks.
This arrives just as I have finished binging on the 30 episodes version. The guys who have worked on it have all done very fine job. But I'd like to give a shout out for Kurt for his excellent videography. A good eye for the arty shot; the right amount of motion to keep it visually interesting; nice tone in the voice overs; slick editing; really high quality entertainment. All the best for Christmas and the New Year.
Waht can I say but parroting most of these other comments.A big DITTO to them
Thanks Alec for pointing out the technical aspects of a great video.
Beautiful photography. Terrific teamwork. Nice of your friend to come down and help out too. I guess he was integral to success providing the engine.
GREAT JOB.
I stumbled on to this video and just could not stop watching, you boys did an *_OUTSTAND JOB bringing that tank back to LIFE!!!_*
I take my hat off to you!!!
This Texan love this stuff. All of it. The best thing from down under since Olivia Newton-John
Amazing job. Its really nice to watch these old tanks get fixed up. keep up the good work!!
Really impressive! My father rode around in one of these in North Africa.
I’m absolutely blown away by the skill of all those involved in this work. Simply amazing and thank you for all your hard work guys.
What a wonderful journey you have made in this video. I just wish I could see the finished version, but I'm never going to make it to Australia from the UK. Time and tide have seen to that... Still I got the chance to see the next best thing and imagine what it must feel like. You boys done good.. That's an understatement to say the least. To have seen the original shell, to get to the final finish: you lads have performed some superb engineering, followed by some incredible skill to produce .. Well. had to think there there aren't enough superlatives to say, other than. She looks beautiful for what she is. 10 out of 10 for effort, but more like 15 out of 10 for result. Thanks for letting me come along for the journey.
great to see the entire build in one final edited video, epic piece of work on both the tank and video, something the museum can be extremely proud of, seeing something being turned from a rusting hulk to a near complete and running machine is something very special, i've played my part in many restorations, guns to fighting vehicles, and aircraft so i know just how rewarding this can be, and not only in the machines themselves but meeting visitors, some of whom used them, and were part of their history including individuals who actually piloted some of the aircraft i worked on, that's extra special with a solid connection between man and machine
Это органический труд .Благодарность ребятам . Я танкист и очень люблю такие ролики . Рестовраторам огромная благодарность . Привет из Чечни.
Absolutely fascinating. It’s hard to comprehend the engineering that went into these amazing machines.
What a cool job to watch.
Lots of efford is gone in to this projekt.🛠✨️🇩🇰
Amazing work fellas. I’ve watched every workshop Wednesday since day one on this piece and it was just as enjoyable. Well done mates!
Hi guys,brilliant series. Tight bolts. Something I learnt in the mining industry. Do not heat around the bolt,actually heat the bolt to a cherry red, let it cool for a few minutes, then hit with a rattle gun. The heat brakes the rust and also stretches the bolt. We had bolts on our face shovels that had a hole through the bolt in which we would insert a heating rod. When up to temp we could wind the nut on. Remove the heat rod and the bolt would contract. Tight as a fishes butt. Same works for a normal bolt,obviously without the hole in the guts. Love watching you guys. Cheers
1:59 Look at those final drives!!!!!!!! So clean and almost pristine after war, sitting outside, neglect...for 80 years!!!!!!
6,258 Built of these built and you have one. Absolutely incredible. Fantastic work restoring this historical piece up!
Fantastic! The guys really brought their game and produced one heck of a tank! Bravo! And proud of you all! Great work!
Unbelievable, what great teamwork. The men from down under show what they are made of once again.
91 minutes does not do justice to the work and expertise that has gone into this restoration. This is just stunning. When I'm in FNQ next, I'll be there 👍
I have watched this Grant Build from the very Beginning ,to the showing of this documentary you mates do some brilliant work Thank you for this Grant Build and others you have done
Watched this video with my mouth open. So awesome to see this video! Hope you'll do more of these!
Absolutely incredible. I’m so grateful I happened across your channel. Given its shortcomings, the Grant remains my favorite allied tank of WWII.
As a kid, I dreamed often of having one. To see this - not just restoration, but miraculous rebirth, makes me feel as if I achieved that dream.
After watching you all pour yourselves into this, I can barely imagine what the crews and mechanics went through all those years ago.
Thank you again for such an amazing presentation.
These guys just do amazing work, they don't miss a thing. Awesome restoration.
Very interesting it’s good seeing historical pieces preserved for future generations.