Tank for sale - 7 large....

[Father Ted]

Not mine

 

The Space Hijackers are selling our tank in order to focus on other projects.

 

 

Hitting the international press and featuring on more than one television news item, this is a vehicle like no other. It’s a fully legal, armoured battle limo capable of carrying 11 people on the mission of your choice. And it's the most fun thing we've ever driven.

 

Spending most of its life in a British Army base in Belgium, FREDom (as we’ve named him) was decommissioned and eventually found its way into our hands. We registered the vehicle and made it road worthy – much to the Metropolitan Police's disbelief!

 

A tank in the hands of the "laughing cavaliers of anti-capitalism†was always going to cause a stir. We used our tank to expose an arms fair, defend Hackney against an Olympic onslaught, and spoof the policing of the April G20 protests in London.

 

FREDom’s last outing culminated in the Police taking possession of our vehicle after arresting all 11 people inside. After much public outrage, the case was dropped, and FREDom returned to his rightful owners.

 

The Police managed to crash our tank into a riot van on the way to the pound. [!!!] So he received a knock to the wing and headlamp and needs some repair to make him road worthy. The riot van was a write off. Poetic ouch.

 

 

Want it? Ok. Some things you need to do once you own it:

 

 

Front left-hand-side wing bent, headlight glass needs replacing, side-light wiring needs tweaking. As with all of these vehicles, you need to charge the accumulators [these run the hydraulics and can be charged with any inert gas. Then just top up the brake fluid, engine oil and water. Should you need any help, we can put you in contact with people who know about this sort of thing.

 

Aside from the police damage mentioned above, this is in great condition. The engine runs smoothly (although noisily) and starts first time.

 

The vehicle is currently located in South London. Buyer must collect (we have contacts for truck hire)

 

To book a viewing or for more info, please contact [email protected]

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Saracen FV603 6 wheeled armoured personnel carrier

Seats 11 (8 passengers, one driver, one commander, one gunner)

Size - 2.5m x 5m x 2.5m

Colour - Navy Blue with black and white checked stripes

Built - 1957

 

 

MOT / Road Tax - Exempt

Annual Insurance - approx. £130

Driving Licence Category - D1 (large minibus)

Petrol Consumption - don't even ask

 

 

Asking price - £7000 ono

[whitevanman]

OOOH !! an armoured car

[morris_ital_lover]

[tankspottermode]its an Amoured personnel carrier[/tankspotter mode]

M0rris

[FredTransit]

Was that the one that was painted pink in Ashes?

[Father Ted]

There was one in A2A?

[simmo]

Anyone remeber the band KLF, they used to turn up to events in something like this but may of been a tracked APC

[FredTransit]

Yeah I think it was series one though, I didn' watch much of series one.

 

 

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_165200-GKN ... -1968.html

 

Sorry it was pink, but not a Saracen.

[whitevanman]

Thats a Scimitar, same as my lad drives.

[morris_ital_lover]

Thats a Scimitar, same as my lad drives.

....Hate to be the poower, but I am fairly sure thats a fv432 with a scimitar turret, no diea what the designation for that is...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV107_Scimitar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV432

 

If you want the clue, the front of the hull is a alot steeper.

 

m0rris

[Father Ted]

Actually - Im intrigued on the MOT/Tax exempt status of this as I would have thought that if it was being used as a PLG it would attract both MOT & road tax.

[FredTransit]

I think it's to do with the build date. It's 1957, that's what makes it MOT exempt.

[whitevanman]

Thats a Scimitar, same as my lad drives.

....Hate to be the poower, but I am fairly sure thats a fv432 with a scimitar turret, no diea what the designation for that is...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV107_Scimitar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV432

 

If you want the clue, the front of the hull is a alot steeper.

 

m0rris

You are of course quite correct, I only looked as far as the 30mm gunned turret and made a very stoopid mistake ...apologies

[whiskeyonesix]

I think the KLF thing was an experimental sonic warfare thing that Jimmy Cauty bought on the cheap from the MoD. They fired it up a couple of times and got in trouble for driving the local sheep insane, then got sued by a farmer.

 

Mind you, this may just be a total load of nonsense. Most likely they just wired up a load of speakers to Jimmy APC just to see what would happen

 

Then they burnt a million quid.

 

We just don't get people like that anymore