There I was just a driving down the road...

**Biggles downunder** · 10-20-2022 01:46

Returning from Melbourne after our daughter's wedding, we decided to take a couple of days to get home to Adelaide.

We were traveling from Ouyen to Murrayville and just on the outskirts of Murrayville I saw this:

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I reckon there were 2 Matilda hulls and three, maybe four Grant's plus a huge host of idler wheels, drive sprockets, engine parts etc, etc. All in all I took about 40 photos. I'm guessing some local farmer purchased them at the conclusion of WW2 and used them as tractors until they 'died'.

**flash** · 10-20-2022 02:16

Quite a find, Wayne, don't see many of those about !

**Flying Helmut** · 10-20-2022 05:27

Amazing!

Thanks for posting this.

**Guntruck** · 10-20-2022 05:30

Very interesting. I would have thought someone would have snapped them up as restoration projects by now.

**Biggles downunder** · 10-20-2022 05:56

Originally Posted by Guntruck

Very interesting. I would have thought someone would have snapped them up as restoration projects by now.

I did alert the Australian Armour an Artillery Museum as they are undertaking a Grant restoration and they replied that they knew about them but they are not for sale.

What a crying shame!

**camelbeagle** · 10-20-2022 06:07

That is interesting. Around here we see antique combines and tractors, but not tanks! Awesome share!

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 10-20-2022 08:20

That was an interesting find Wayne. Well spotted.
Rob.

**Jager** · 10-20-2022 10:25

Originally Posted by Biggles downunder

I did alert the Australian Armour an Artillery Museum as they are undertaking a Grant restoration and they replied that they knew about them but they are not for sale.

What a crying shame!

Amazing. I'm wondering why they wouldn't sell them, and just leave them junked in the fields

Karl