Had it received the engine back?
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About 8 years ago this, after the first 'restoration' this Panther was a empty shell without any transmission components and without nearly all other interior parts: all which was not welded was removedOriginally posted by RTY View Post
Has somebody new images of the interior of this Panther after this last face lifting?
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The panthers engine was given a rebirth in this jagdpanther
The museum wouldn't invest tons of money to restore the panther to running condition with genuine parts. At some point they had the idea to put in some modern technology but that wasn't done either . I think it doens't even have new torsion bars installed ....pretty costly if you know that at that time torsion bars were made for the panthers of Mr Littlefield and Mr Wheatcroft at 1200 euro per piece.....a panther needs 32 of these torsion bars
cheers
Bullitt
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Originally posted by Bullitt View PostThe panthers engine was given a rebirth in this jagdpanther
The museum wouldn't invest tons of money to restore the panther to running condition with genuine parts. At some point they had the idea to put in some modern technology but that wasn't done either . I think it doens't even have new torsion bars installed ....pretty costly if you know that at that time torsion bars were made for the panthers of Mr Littlefield and Mr Wheatcroft at 1200 euro per piece.....a panther needs 32 of these torsion bars
cheers
Bullitt
Here;
https://www.wealdfoundation.org/
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The reason I asked was because I noted one of the tracks were on reversed ! After a bit of research I have discover that the panther tracks were "handed" They had a dedicated track for each side of the tank ! Apparently if the right track was severely damaged and required replacement and only left handed was available it was put on backwards. This was to ensure that any pins which worked there way loose were facing the hull. There was a raised plate at the rear of the hull which knocked the pins back into place as they went by ! After studying a number of action photographs it appears to have been a common practice !Originally posted by Lloyds View PostComment
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Originally posted by msk500 View Post
It should be noted:
1) Panther tracks could be in practice mounted in two directions, but only one was correct to prevent high wear of the teeth of the drive wheels (!)
2) Pins could be in practice inserted from two sides**
** The raised plate at the rear of the hull to prevent the loss of track-pins was an 'Ausführung G' feature (!) In this case the raised plate was only functional if the pins were inserted by the ‘inner side’ of the vehicle. From this viewpoint the pins on this Panther (Overloon) are inserted from the wrong side...Comment
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A wee bit of overkill with two Balkan crosses on each turret side...
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Don,Originally posted by DonC View Post
This was also like in '44. Not exactly on these spots, but it had 2 crosses. Must look for a pic --> there are several pics in the book about 107 Panzer Brigade.
Grts
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Interesting. Why paint TWO targets on your tank?
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Thanks, guys - I found those pics too. I wonder what the purpose was?
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One cross was from an older paint/markings job.
We see this all the time.Comment
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Thanks - they probably had a lot more on their minds than paint jobs.
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Thanks Patrick.Originally posted by Gran Sasso View Post
Was about to post them today but you were faster
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