Amazing UK WWII military CAT collection

Very impressive thanks for posting.

Hi Tony,

There cannot be many armored D7's left as most were stripped of the armor and returned to civilian use. There is one in a local (Cambridgeshire) collection, along with a T7 traxcavator, D7 with a Cardwell crane, D7 with a D8 engine and a D7 with a period V8 cat diesel installed. Usually the collector has an open day / working day in May/June but sadly not this year.

Brest Regards, John

[quote="gauntjoh"]Hi Tony,

There cannot be many armored D7's left as most were stripped of the armor and returned to civilian use. There is one in a local (Cambridgeshire) collection, along with a T7 traxcavator, D7 with a Cardwell crane, D7 with a D8 engine and a D7 with a period V8 cat diesel installed. Usually the collector has an open day / working day in May/June but sadly not this year.

Brest Regards, John[/quote]

Wow, John, that’d be a treat to see for sure.

Regards,

Tony

Very interesting, thanks for the post.

Thanks Tony, that is a great collection, and the tractors all look in very good condition, no beat up and bent tinwork.

Hey, if you could find a D4 motor and radiator, and some track frames and chains, you have another D4 waiting to be saved, that's how my stupid brain works sadly.........

Ha, Mike, I see where you’re going with that.. tempting..but Mrs Deebo might have something to say..

Ok Tony, need to think outside of the garden if that's the case, have you got a friend nearby you can get the extra bits delivered to, someone with a good set of big hammers, and jumbo spanners, and maybe a gas axe too. Just tell Mrs Deebo you are trying to save Britain's war time history too, like your new best buddy............... 😆😆

Very nice collection!

This collection would make a great article for the magazine.