WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Greatest tank BARN FIND in Australia! PART V 

Surprised you flipped over onto the open side door 😳 Flipping it over certainly shook up the dirt & crap inside 👍

Absolutely in awe of Ron’s knowledge… of the Grant, Australian armour, and tank flipping! Mind you, the fact those wheels still turned after nearly 80 years is also amazing! Looking forward to more!

If only Mastermind was still on TV....his chosen area of specialty would have him a definite winner!

Another fantastic workshop Wednesday

Nice to see a reccy mech back at it in an ARV(M). Made for each other!

I love this channel !!! The only problem is,it is over too fast…… I can’t wait until next week. See you then😊

Terrific. I am lucky enough to have visited Ron and been for a ride in a couple of his Stuarts. 👍

Ron...love that guy. I'd enjoy watching all these old guys sit around drinking beers and telling sea stories. Thanks Ron for your hard work.

I really started watching this channel because of this series of videos on the Barn Find. One time the RU-vid algorithm did good.

Rons knowledge of the Grant tanks is extraordinary. Enjoyed watching masters at work. Ty for sharing

Geez, he knows his Grant tanks, another interesting video 👍

"Wonder whats livin in there?"😆 - Pretty serious question in Oz I guess....

Ron's Grant knowledge is simply jaw dropping...

Ya have to love it when a pro picks up a rusted chunk of something and tells you where it goes and what it's for.

Ron is the real McCoy ! Knows his stuff ! Good job, looking forward to this series

It's an absolute joy to watch Ron working .

Ron is a Grant guru brilliant episode

Right man, right tools ...

That is one CLEAN build!

I'm in the wrong career path, this stuff is so dang fascinating. Well done, Ron and team!

What an episode! And the amazing finish!

Great episode gents. Really made me smile to see the passion that Ron has for the Grant. His knowledge needs to be “bottled” so others can learn from the Master. Looking forward to watching all of this. Need some help? I’m bored and could use a working trip to AUS.

I can listen to Ron talking about random grant parts for hours. The amount of knowledge he possesses is insane!

Absolute legend, he's likely forgotten more than I know about tanks.

Incredible how Ron just picks up a rustified, crappy & dirty bit of bent or busted tank, & knows just what it is! 13 Grant tank builds? This guy is probly the most experienced Grant builder in the world! - Well, in Straya anyway! I'll grant him that! Hehehe! Made short work of cuttin off the Aussie mods! That front bit of additional armour between the 2 final drives looks like a nifty & useful mod! - Better not throw THAT away huh? Hey Ron! - Or to anyone else that may know - That anti-grenade mesh - did they put that on only in the field, & only on Grants? It looks like such a cool mod I'd like to scratchbuild that same mesh onto my M3. I'm building an Aussie Lee tank - "Bushape". "Shut that bloody side entry door! Shut the dang door!" I yelled at the screen as the tank got flipped! Geez! I hope that door didn't get damaged! Great video!

The man is a beast dressed up in that heat with a hot torch!

That was brilliant.

Ron is a gem. You don't find to many that geek off to the point you can see he has. That guy goes to sleep thinking Grants. 😎🤙🌺

Hey from California, I always look forward to Workshop Wednesday. I amazed the quality of work being done and the quality of the video productions!

Damn!!! Can't it be next week!!! Great job guys!!

Best Ausarmour yet

I love these videos. Keep them coming!

How to clean grant tank tip upside down priceless

I love how Ron goes through the pile of what looks like scrap and identifies the various pieces. I find it amazing that it was not all rusted through. It must have been pretty dry where those tanks were left?

Amazing he can name each of the parts and where they go. I'd be drawing a blank. The perfect man for the job.

A fantastic episode! Show Ron a pile of rusty metal and he finds a tank inside! He has also introduced us to a new sport! Tank tipping! That did loosen up a lot of dirt and debris!

What a "beast", yet certainly effective.

This guy Grants 👍Top shelf bloke🥃

Truly a Mad Max prequel event.

That was cool!

More Ron please!!

How does he know so much. It's amazing to watch

Great amount of Knowledge. If I every need to clean a tank might just flip it upside down, will get rid of majority of the dirt.

An M3 Grant painted as 23972 was sold at the Melbourne Tank Museum auction in 2006 to R&R services and went to the UK and is currently with Kevin Wheatcroft. So this must be the original 23972. Interesting.

Makes me want to live in Australia. the Lee/Grant is my favorite tank. You see a lot of M4 tanks here. lots of little small towns have them as display pieces...but I've never seen an M3, and I'm Two hours away from Detroit and an hour from Lima OH

When doing the torch work with all the appropriate safety gear he looks like a Star Wars character!!

A restored Grant tank troop ! Now that would be awesome.

I must admit I cringed both times it went over. All's well! She's a tough ol' girl to survive this long and in such beautiful shape. I'm very much looking forward to her being restored to her original condition. Super big hugs to the team!!!

Good stuff!! 👍

It is always wonderful to encounter someone with the deep knowledge and obvious passion for any subject like Ron.

Thanks :)

wow, someone who has a lot of experience with grant tanks. Congratulations.

I hope to god someone is writing all this down because this knowledge is priceless!

I think you deserve a drink Ron!

Those Ozito rotary hammers were ridiculously good value for money.

You guys never cease to amaze me. 👍👍

Cool. More please.👍🇦🇺

His knowledge is outstanding…

What a amazing amount of knowledge.

15.19 Ron chewing the guy out for standing in the pinch point. Good on him !!!!!!

OOOOOOOOOOH YES the continuation , thank you

Protect this man what a legend!

Yeh, Workshop Wednesday

Eeey, Ron the legend is back!

I was nervous that those wheels would buckle under the weight of the tank when it was balancing there. Ron had it under control the whole time. Excited to see the rest of the series! Does the museum have a farmer-modified Grant exhibit?

Well, one cant have too many Grant Tanks....pretty cool.

greetings from the Netherlands

Ron is the man, no doubt!!!!,,,,,DUBS,,,

When flipping the tank over. I think I would have locked up the side hatch and maybe take the small parts off of the top. Like the pariscope and a few other things so you don't have to go fixing them later.

Will this be a fully restored running tank? Thanks for all the love you show to the tanks of the past especially American tanks

Been here since the beginning. Awesome stuff

I’d love to see it getting its bath and then rolled back over and into the shed.

This man knows every screw of a Grant by first name. 🤭 - Fantastic

Great job, team 👍

Camera upgrade? nice

When he said "Do you know what the easiest way to clean this would be?" my first thought was "FIRE"

I would love to see, any recorded use of surplus Grants by farmers! Surely someone out there has some reels of 8mm tucked away in the attic?

a long time ago I visited my father in Scotland, and while driving from the airport I saw a church with "1771" in stone above the entry, and a big notice board next to it indicating it was to be torn down, I said to him "How can they tear down a piece of history like that?" and he said "You want another 17th century church? There's one about 10 miles that way, and another about 20 miles in the other direction". Exact same idea as the Grant getting a haircut. :D

The great barn find for the museum was not the tanks, but Ron himself.

You do realise Mr Hewes is now going to adopt this as his favoured method in the UK? 😆

Hi Kurt, how many M3 Grant/Lee does Aus Armour actually have? During the video, at around the 11:20 mark, you said “we have another two Aussie Grants in storage”. I thought you guys had six (6), plus the old Grant farm tractor conversion, it sounds like you are saying seven (7), plus the farm tractor conversion, yes? * 1 x Grant - older static resto * 1 x Lee - older static resto * 1 x Grant - running, done by Daz and Jess * 1 x Grant - static rustoration, done by Ron * 1 x Grant - this current static resto by Ron, and * 1 x Grant - in storage, the last of the three Parker Brothers Grant. * Plus the 1 x Grant farm tractor conversion, on display * Plus a number of old cut down spare parts hulls (2, or 3 or so) in open storage on the ‘farm’ Am I missing something? Maybe you could do a WW of the storage facility? I think we would all find that very interesting, see all the bits and pieces and other hulls awaiting resto, yes? Cheers,

Ron, tell us how you're a Grant Expert without saying you're a Grant expert. Proceeds to tell you what every piece of metal pulled from the tank is 😆Legendary flex from Ron.

Narrator - How often do you get to see a tank flip upside down. Me - Once, was in the field with my entire Division. I was in the field artillery as a Radar operator (q-36), and the tankers had a new LT that was a TC, and he wanted to show how high speed low drag he was. And so when they were doing the tank track in their M1A3 Ahbrams, they hit a corner of the track doing over 50 MPH, and the treads dug into the loose rocky sandy soil, and the tank flipped. The impact buried the .50 Cal 4 feet down into the dirt, crushed the TC, killed the Driver, and injured the ammo loader. (I THINK there was a 4th person inside as well who was also injured but this was back in 98 or 99, so having a little trouble remembering.). I will say that same year we also had someone get cut in half by one of the Scout tracked vehicles our Artillery Battalion used. There are 2 doors on the back side, 1 personnel door that opens to the side, and then you can lower the entire back side of the vehicle and the guy ground guiding the tracked vehicle wasn't paying attention and when he told the people inside to drop the back, he bounced off a tree, then the entire armored door slab hit him in the upper torso, and cut him in half.

This tank series is like cancer, it just never goes away.

Tipping that tank over reminded me of my honeymoon

Over too soon! Should have been a 3hr video. Gah, that creeping music.

I used to wonder what the grant would have been like as a tank destroyer.. just the hull 75mm and whole lot of armour on the hull front..

Jeez I’ve just realised that Ron is original steampunk.

In today's episode of Tank flippers-! I'm guessing the side-hatch was frozen open on its hinges, yeah? I was expecting that storage bin that flopped open would get mangled, glad to see it didn't!

You guys should see if one of the T-34s sealed in bogs in eastern Europe have salvageable hulls because of the mud??

I guess anything that came off when you flipped it would have needed refitting anyway. Have you considered laser rust removal for the delicate parts?

I don't think we will see that "trick" as the car washing stations soon... :D

Is this one going to be a runner?

the Filp ......every single person had thier eyes on that hatch , with no exeption 😂

Have you guys thought of doing a collaboration with Kurtis from the RU-vid channel Cutting Edge Engineering 👍🏻🤩😀

Brill 🤓

Is that upside down cos it's in Oz? Just asking from the UK.. Keep up the good work fellas...

Here in the U.S., the guy would have said “No. Not interested in selling them. I’m gonna fix them up one day”. And there they would set until he died.

I'm super excited to see the progress of this Grant....I am already having withdrawals just waiting..😂😂

Well the last image in this Video of the Grant on its roof, is now a Dead Tank Image I may have to use ... (even if eventually Lives)