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Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

blogs.ottawacitizen.co...ar-museum/

No photos.

vagabond · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:13 am Post subject: Re: Borden's M1917 restored.

That's the one at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Not the Borden M1917.

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

ooops. D- for geography!

BruceClark · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 109

Here are a couple of photos from the unveiling at CWM August 13th.

The 2-tone painbt surprised a few of us but CWM says they have good documentation on 2-tone paint while is use training at Borden.

Bruce

BruceClark · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 109

Here are a couple of photos from the unveiling at CWM August 13th.

the_shadock · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: Borden's M1917 restored.

That's a really great restoration, thanks for letting us know. Here is another pic found on http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehicles/tanks/m1917.htm with a bit of the story of the tank :

"[This] example was located in Alberta being used as a log skidder and purchased by the Canadian War Museum in 1997. Restoration work began in 2008 with financial support provided by private donor Richard Iorweth Thorman and additional funds allocated by the charitable organization Friends of the Canadian War Museum. The vehicle was in poor shape; the upper hull and turret had been removed and discarded. M1917 tracks and running gear salvaged from the Kingston, Ontario rifle ranges were mated with the surviving hull, and turret and remaining hull pieces were fabricated in Ottawa by DEW Engineering."

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