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July 31st 2007, 18:29
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Walker LVT Floats Again!
After many hours work........... it floats again! Just in time to be used in "The Pacific" TV series.
    Enjoy the photos. Arron 
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July 31st 2007, 23:15
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Here are some of the before photos...
         As you can see there was a little bit of rust in her! Arron
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#6
August 1st 2007, 03:25
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Absolute first class Arron, congrats to you and your family for getting it running
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August 1st 2007, 04:02
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Magnificent!
Good job, Arron! I love those beasties...
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August 2nd 2007, 01:42
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Here are some more photos of the inside. We ended up putting a CAT v8 diesel in it.
       Arron
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August 2nd 2007, 01:47
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And some photos of the engine!
   
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August 2nd 2007, 05:42
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uptons of Corowa
Corowa newbies may not be aware of the Uptons yard ,formerly on the outskirts of Corowa . They had a graveyard of LVT's in various states of completeness. I recall they were the turreted version . Back in 94, they wanted 6k $ for the most complete one . Fading US markings were still evident on them. They had a V 12 PT boat engine too . Hall Scott I think.
Mike
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#11
August 2nd 2007, 05:44
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Well done Arron.
I've not been able to download the first 9 of the last lot of 12 photo's, dont know if it is my computor of if others are having a problem or not. Keep up the good work, I'll probably see you on production at some stage. Regards Rick.
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#12
August 2nd 2007, 05:50
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WELL DONE
To Arron and the Team
Brilliant!! Well done. That was a mamoth task. Bob
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August 2nd 2007, 05:53
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All I have to do now is learn to spell mammoth correctly.
 Bob
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August 2nd 2007, 21:11
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Here are some photos of it getting loaded for the journey north to the set of the TV series.
    ****Downsized by MLU Staff for easier viewing. Please contact Arron for larger scans.
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#16
August 3rd 2007, 10:26
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Great Photo
Loading pictures are great, can see the problem of getting the vehicle centered on the low bed.
One question the pictures came through as very large how did you post something wider than 700 pixels? It will be interesting to see if the TV series makes it to the US keep us posted on developements. Cheers Phil
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August 3rd 2007, 11:27
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Re: Phil
Hi Phil,
He didn't upload the pics, he linked to them from another site. Later on when I have time I'll resize them and upload copies easier to look at within the framework of the forum.
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#18
August 3rd 2007, 16:08
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The Pacific TV series
The series that the beautiful LVT restoration will be a part of is another HBO series done by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. It's the companion to "Band of Brothers" and as far as I can gather is going to follow the stories of three marines fighting in various campaigns across the Pacific. Judging by the character's names they've cast - they seem to be using Robert Leckie's "A Helmet for My Pillow" and Eugene Sledge's "With The Old Breed " as at least two of three story threads. I've read Sledge's book and I feel it's one of the best first person accounts I've read. It is gut-wrenching and has some haunting imagery. I highly recommend it and can't wait until this series is completed. The IMDB says it's in pre-production and has a 2009 completion date.
Peter Nenadovich
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