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armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

A few vehicles I saw at Ropkey's Museum in Crawfordsville Indiana yesterday
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JeffStringer · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 637

Wow, nice pics aj! I haven't seen the FT-17 since it looked like this:

bsmart

I thought there was a thread here that said the FT-17 from Ropkey had been collected by the U.S. Government. Or was that another FT-17

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

nope Fred has it, The government people? took some other things, I believe a 8" Howitzer, M42 Duster, M47 Patton and a M114 are missing. I could be wrong.. The M1917 engine is out but its running, very cool

JeffStringer · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 637

That Duster wasn't restored yet. Had all the original paint and rust. It was like stepping back into time. You can't do that with the restored vehicles these days.

bsmart

Yea, I just traced down the original thread. We wondered about the FT-17 so I guess that has been answered. Nice pictures

TrevorLarkum

Nice pics.

Dontos

- armyjunk2

nope Fred has it, The government people? took some other things, I believe a 8" Howitzer, M42 Duster, M47 Patton and a M114 are missing. I could be wrong.. The M1917 engine is out but its running, very cool

I know where those particular vehicles ended up. I posted a few shots of them, guess I need to dig them up again.

Regards
Don

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

I last saw them at Richardson Motor Pool at Knox..

HellonwheelsV100 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 15, 2007 Posts: 67

FYI-
Gov't did not seize anything from Ropkey. He elected to return all loaned military vehicles so he could keep his musuem private.

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

None of the vehicles he has belong to the Government? Is that correct?

ddoyle · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Nov 12, 2008 Posts: 61

- armyjunk2

None of the vehicles he has belong to the Government? Is that correct?

That is correct.

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

nice

JeffStringer · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 637

Fred Ropkey is really a nice person to spend some time and chat with. He was a tank commander in Korea in a M4A3 105MM Sherman. He has some pretty interesting things to talk about.

I need to plan another day out there soon and get some new pictures! Razz