After Three years of looking for a 2A 88" I finally got one! or is that two and a 109GS!!!!!!!!!!!
I first heard about a bloke who had two shorties that he bought out of the army auctions and has kept them in good condition ever since and talked about selling them, that was 6 months ago and after a lot of asking around I finally got hold of him and yes he did want to sell them but wasn't in a hurry nor too fussed about it, but he asked me to come and have a look. I was pretty excited and thought I might be able to buy ONE off him.
Well I went to have a look and yes he was going to sell, I thought this is great I can pick which one I want BUT then he said if you want to buy one you have to buy everything, the two shorties the 109GS and a mountain of spare parts including 5 brand new (NOS) Olympic Trojan bar treads on rims!
The first thing that went through my mind was how am I going to explain this to my wife! quickly followed by I not going to tell her until she works it out! I'll hide the others in the back shed, that'll buy me some time! Next thing that went through my mind was how do I get them all home, it's going to be 3 more trips with a car trailer and it's a 600km round trip each time!
So two weekends later I have
113-693 - the database says there is a archive photo, could I see that please?
112-433
113-990
Would love to know if they made it to SVN, any thoughts?
Obviously I don't need all three so I will crawl over them on the weekend and work out what to do, most likely keep one shorty and the 109 is either restorable or a parts car - not sure yet. I'll probably have to sell one shorty to help with the funding but that will let someone else have one to enjoy.
The only issue with them is the civilian over spray paint, but I will bring them back to Olive Drab. Mechanically perfect.
Some photos
