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i remember watching the restoration of the elefant on TV very interesting stuff.................oz

Oz: was that History channel or something like that, or do you think there is a dvd of the programme available somewhere?

why are there toothed sprockets on the rear? was that normal?

And those don;t look like the tracks that were in the first few pics before painting(kinda cheap stamped looking things)....  maybe the are using them on something else like a tiger resto???

xrad wrote: Oz: was that History channel or something like that, or do you think there is a dvd of the programme available somewhere?

I was on Tank Overhaul. I have it on DVD. If you PM me your address I'll send you a DVD copy gratis.  Bob  tehcommandernj

PS I got these shot just before the show debuted last fall. I'll try to add some I emailed to Brett in Delaware who battles a Elefant in Danville, VA. We sometimes gang up his IFA Elefant and my IFA Jagdtiger against the Allies and have an all out battle. I have one with the Tahoe infront of the tank and one with him tailgating me......

Fantastic Bob! Hey, i'm from Jersey too!

xrad wrote: Fantastic Bob! Hey, i'm from Jersey too!

Where in Ohio are you? My wife went to O U in Athens. We have friends in Sandusky. I'm in Bergen County NJ near Paramus.   
                                      Bob

Canton. Unfortunately, 6 hours from GOOD JERSEY PIZZA!! :-\ :-\ :-\

xrad wrote: why are there toothed sprockets on the rear? was that normal?

They mentioned it briefly on Tank Overhaul but the Elefant had 2 engines so I assume this is the tank equivalent of 4x4  ;) Was a good episode but I was a little disappointed they didn't try to get it running.

Just checked the elefant Wikipedia page and thought their reference photo looks familiar  :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant

Crispy wrote:

xrad wrote: why are there toothed sprockets on the rear? was that normal?

They mentioned it briefly on Tank Overhaul but the Elefant had 2 engines so I assume this is the tank equivalent of 4x4  ;) Was a good episode but I was a little disappointed they didn't try to get it running.

Just checked the elefant Wikipedia page and thought their reference photo looks familiar  :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant

        I'm not surprise that they didn't try to get it running. The Germans couldn't even keep them running...and they designed it. They had huge DC motors if I recall correctly. Maybe it would run with a long extension cord from a battery bank.
                                                                                                                                Bob  thecommandernj 

xrad wrote: Canton. Unfortunately, 6 hours from GOOD JERSEY PIZZA!! :-\ :-\ :-\

    I know how you feel. Whenever I go to Danville, VA, I bring down NYC bagels for the guys. Karen & Bill who own the AAF Tank Museum get a special care package of bagels and a Daily News sometimes to take home. One of these days I'm going to make the guys there chocolate egg cremes.
    As far as pizza goes my family and I travel in a motorhome. We were in Tennesee and about 3 weeks into our summer vacation a few years back when we see a big sign for New York style pizza. We begin to salivate like Pavov's dogs. We pull into the lot absorbing the aroma from the ovens. We take a seat and this cute little blond girls comes over and says "Hi y'all". We were undaunted. I asked if they had Sicilian pie. She pauses and says "I'll check". We are watching them make pizza and could hear the oven door slamming and the punding of the fresh dough. Our intrepid waitress returns and promptly states "We just have Apple and Cherry".    NY my A**!!!  After we got up off the floor we had some decent regular pizza pie. The waitress was very good about it and we gave her a nice tip. She, in return, gave us a bag of pizza crusts for our dog in the RV.
                                                                                  Bob thecommandernj