End of Surplus?

[Joe R.]

At 05:47 PM 4/26/05 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>> >>>>> "Joe" == Joe R <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> writes:
>>
>>  Joe> BTW speaking of things that shouldn't have been let out by Uncle
>>  Joe> Sam, one of the more interesting things that I've found there
>>  Joe> was a Gatling Gun from an A-10!!  He knew what it was and
>>  Joe> wouldn't sell it :-(
>>
>> Bummer.  I'd like that one.  Why shouldn't it be sold, if
>> appropriately deactivated?  I think the rule for stuff like that is
>> that the barrel has to be cut, and/or the receiver disabled.
>
>There are guys who collect this stuff so it does get sold. 

   This one won't! He's already had some serious offers but he's serious
about not selling it.

 One of the
>largest collections is with a private collector in the hills of the
>Silicon Valley.  I saw a (much) older generation tank on a trailer on the
>freeway heading in that general direction last week ;)  The guy is
>amazing.  He has a SCUD launcher, among other pretty amazing machines.
>All de-weaponized.
>
>http://www.milvehtechfound.com/index.html

   There was a program about people that collect tanks on TV (Discovery
Channel? Amazing mchines?) a few nights ago. They interviewed that guy
along several others. It was VERY interesting!!

   Joe


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