bdk wrote:
N3Njeff wrote:
There is a restoration shop in Mass that restores armor. I believe they were restoring one for a customer, it was probably that one.
http://www.site.ww2mv.com/home.php$400K for a Hellcat? Wow have prices shot up. Probably a better investment than gold.
With so few of them in running condition (less than 6 the last time I counted) they have been demanding prices almost as high as Shermans. I have driven several Shermans and 1 Hellcat, and would much rather own a hellcat if I was going to be driving or hauling it anywhere. Is a lot lighter, and a lot more driver friendly. A lot of people do not know what a Hellcat is, but the majority of those people also can not identify a Sherman (although they have heard of them).
The Sherman that Andy and the guys at NEMVS were working on the last time I was there belongs to the museum in NH, so it would not have been going through CT unless it was sold (not for sale the last I knew).
Maybe the Sherman in question belongs to the Military Museum of Southern NE in Danbury? I do not know if they take their equipment out to events, but it would not be too far away from home if it was theirs.