WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Reassembling the 37mm on a rare WW2 Grant Tank + FIRST TEST DRIVE!! 

You all have done a brilliant job on that M3 Lee/Grant. You guys should be very proud!

You Guys are the reason why Wednesdays are so much more enjoyable! To see the tank drive under it own power is incredible!!

It's ALIVE!!! Bravo! Excellent job. Congratulations to everyone for making it moves. Another great restoration to running condition. Greetings from Poland!

Just let Daryl and Jessie know know I checked my Garage and asked next door and we dont have a 37mm Breech Assembly

Top job as always boys! What a superb thing to see it moving under its own power! Fantastic!

I speak for all Michiganders, when i say thank you, to the men and women hard at work at the tank Museum restoring not only a piece of your history but ours as well. #1AmericanAussieProud

This has given me a new appreciation of the Grant as a solid piece of engineering - not just an ungainly stop-gap rush job.

Brilliant stuff guys. The Isle of White Tank Museum here in the UK planned to get a full troop of A34 comets up an running about ten years ago but nothing came of it so maybe a troop of Grants would be even better so watching all the way!

The team are just amazing, and who ever fits the music interludes is amazing too, love every minute

Wow! Top number job you lads. You all have amazing skills and so much patience . As soon as I win the lottery I'll be over to Aus Armour in a heart beat. 🇦🇺 🇬🇧

Another treasure brought back from scrap heap. Brilliant job guys, can't wait to see it in all it's glory, war paint and all

Wonderful, a Re-Birth of the Grant, Great Work !! Soon it will be Finished, you guys have the Best Job in the World !! ..

Absolutely love this channel and the work you do. Amazed at the skills of all and how you can turn a wreck into something in better shape than when new rolling out from Detroit arsenal 😊 Like standing as a spectator in the actual workshop. Keep up the good work!

Fantastic job boys !! Cheers from Canada. Keep up the awesome work.

You are doing always a great job 👏 👍! Out of curiosity, are you doing something about the armoured glass or something similar because the Grant has plenty of visors??

Great work gents! It's a runner! Looking forward to seeing it drive round the test track! Next the turret ring and turret itself! That will be something to see! It's awesome watching you guys put the puzzle pieces back where they belong, a hell of an effort! Thank you all for your dedication to bringing these pieces of history back to life.

we even had to wear a cvc tanker's helmet on the m60. everything inside was metal, and didn't move. driving the tank cross country, you did. even if you were hanging on with the minimum of three points of contact. trust me, it hurt if you cracked your head on the side of the turret even with a cvc on.

Momentous occasion, great work guy's, I'm sure your all very proud of the work so far. Thanks again, for all your hard work and dedication 👏 👏👏

"...and that's all we have time for today" and I was like NOO!!! 😂😂 Brilliant! Seeing it move for the first time almost made me a little moist in the eyeball... Great work! 👍

The grant and all the other tanks, are a great tribute to the super heroes who lived, and died while keeping the world safe for future generations, hail to the men who served

Having built a few model kits of this tank i'm watching the first part and saying "You gotta slide it in with the cut-out part at the bottom". 🙂 Great video as always.

Thanks Team, that was a gripping episode, I nearly fell off my office chair. My face is aching from smiling. I love Workshop Wednesday. Cheers

I love y'all's stuff including the Grant restoration and all the others. Keep it up guys 👍

You can imagine the guys who built these in the early to mid 1940's watching you and laughing at how slow you are. The heroes of the conflict weren't always on the front lines. The factory workers were important too, but received no glory. RIP Grandad.

I don't presume to know how to install the 37 mm gun shield into it's mantlet but it seems to me, if you had the mantlet horizontal and drop your gun shield down, that would be easier to lower it instead of fighting the angle of an almost verticle mantlet.

Guys! You do such a good job when we are asleep over here (northern hemesphere). It is very informative and educative, plus entertaining.

In the words of Igor, Dr Frankenstein's oppo..."Master, the monster lives". Great satisfaction must be had by all for eventually getting a massive "Meccano" kit together and running again. Well done all that were involved.

That is brilliant to see! When I think back to those early episodes, the rust and damage, and now it looks so GOOD! well done!

You boys have the best job in the world. Finish because the next tanks are on their way. Greetings from Poland 👍

The work y’all do is top notch. Y’all are keeping history alive and not just in books or on the computer. A goal in life is to go and take a tour of your museum. Much love from America

Congratulations gentlemen for a job well done. Detroit would be proud.

Fantastic work, workshop Wednesdays one of my favourites.

Always look forward to the videos guys!!! Great job!!!

I'd like to see a separate stories interviewing these guys. How they got into doing this what they did before. Some of their favorite shop stories etc. I think it would be interesting

They are complex machines but compared to modern vehicles there actually pretty simple. Awesome work, can’t wait to visit again

Awesome to see it move after all that work. A video suggestion if you don't have it in the works- Do a follow up on all the parts and tanks you just acquired from that road trip. Go through what you brought back to the facility and were it's all being stored. Keep up the good work on this channel!

You really did get me with the fake out ending in the middle there. Wonderful to see this tank finally coming to life! So exciting!

You guys are doing a great job. It shows how we've lost our way in designing, though. In those days rugged, simple, and serviceable were the keys. That's what makes restoration like this possible. Today, I wouldn't be surprised to find a car where you have to take off a tire to replace a spark plug. We should get in touch with a few more basic things. Like build a car from a mechanics viewpoint. If he can work on it without wishing the engineer would die in a crash and burn situation, you're getting better! Hehehe

That there's a rod welded into the barrel makes this bittersweet IMO.

The bit were someone claimed American tank crews had to wear helmets,British crews wore berets in American tanks untill someone compared casualty rates of British and American crews in shermans and noticed that the pommes had much higher casualty rates mostly head injuries,word soon came down to ditch the berets and start wearing helmets and head injuries came down even in British tanks.

Great job you blokes. The 2 pounder is surprisingly long and components are well engineered. For anyone who hasnt seen the original Sahara with Bogart as the TC in a Grant, highly recommend you do.

As Victor Frankenstein said... "IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE!"

It is heartbreaking to see the barrel run being welded shut on both ends.

Looks great, what’s Al working on in the background???😮

Well done lads . The care is wonderful and if they were whole, I feel you would have every machine 100% operational. Hey boss the tank is 100% A okay and all munitions loaded ,now about that pay rise 😎😎

That' engine sounds very healthy. Probably the fastest Grant in the world.

Left track looks loose, might fix your odd steer, looked like it was skipping links

Shame on not having active weapons. When you think you’re free your not.

What an awesome effort by all involved! This is dead-set one of the best RU-vid channels ever... Australian lads spannering away on heavy war machinery, there's nothing else like it 👍

That’s awesome, love your work boys 👍🏻🇦🇺

Congratulations for all the team .You're fantastics

That looks awesome, great progress. The whole gun assembly has way more to it than I imagined 👍👍

As a noob I'd have said the track tension is a bit slack

Wow, congratulations guys great work.

Tanks are an amazing piece of engineering. I for one though wouldn't want to be in one during the war, because nowadays you are a sitting duck waiting to meet your maker in an iron coffin. Being an old retired truck mechanic I can appreciate all your hard work restoring these amazing machines and look forward to your weekly videos. Cheers from America! God Bless You! PS, I was going to place an American Flag here, but it seems Google has removed it from their emoji collection. But we have all the rainbow flags and crap like that! Sad

That's fantastic! Great job guys... Thanks for sharing the wonderful progress, watching from Missouri USA!

Comparison of post war statistics between US and UK for head injuries in tank crewmen indicate that wearing helmets in the tank was a very good idea. The Chieftain discussed that in one of his Sherman videos a few years ago. Another statistic is that a lot of tank crew injuries occurred outside of the tank after bailing out. Also, does the Australian government have any sort of licensing that allows operable guns? The US has the NFA (National Firearms Act) that provides for that if you pay a big license fee and pass security checks with, I think, requirements of the weapon in question being from before a certain date. There are a couple of places in the southwest that have tanks that customers can drive and actually shoot. I know of an M3 Stewart up here in the northwest that has a working 37mm main gun.

Clapping in applause and it’s moving under its own power

Now make it do a wheel stand.....

Well done once again lads, what a great team effort.

Amazing work fellas! Congrats! Looked like the right side (facing the front) track needs tightening 😉👍🏻

The barrel is blocked front and back, ammunition hasn't been made for this gun for 65 years but a proper breach assembly must be disabled to install it. If I had one in my garage you wouldn't get it. Australia has gone mad about guns for some reason and as beautiful is your work is it just isn't authentic. I am surprised they let you build tanks at all.

Another amazing job. Well done to everyone involved

Greatvto see that 37 come back....i cringe every time i see those mitered 90s in the engine bay. Never seen cut 90 bends in automotive applications. Cheers A3 team

I wait with anticipation every we'd for the show love it

Great job guys! Was getting ready for work when I saw the newest upload, just had to watch it, good thing I did, had to see the beast move!

Wednesday night watching these amazing men restoring the M3 Grant their work ethics and knowledge of machinery is absolutely incredible especially when the machinery started off as a heap of bits and pieces and very little complete, fantastic effort to all involved , all the best from Tassie

Well its about time man!

How many running condition tanks do you have

Love watching this. You guys are great! Wish I could afford owning one.

I’ve been following this story since you visited Johno’s, I look forward to the updates every Wednesday! I used to not think much about the M3 Lee/Grant, but this build has given me a new appreciation of the design, great content!

2:38 What were the guys thinking behind assembling the gun this way - why did the guys not let gravity work for them and not against them and placed face down the plate onto a bench or jig and lowered the parts together?

It's tbe best part of Wednesday for me :)

Love the series. All of them. What I like the most is that you get to see the inside and all the gubbins that goes into them, not just the outside like most museums. Keep up the excellent work.

Looks great, you can tell alot of work has been put into the tiny details.

One of the first model kits I built as a kid... Monogram I believe. I've always loved the Grant/Lee with their unique riveted look and side mounted gun. Gentlemen... thank you for bringing my childhood fantasy back to life! 👍🏽

If only you could have seen the smile on my face when that old girl started crawling forwards under her own power.

Hey Kurt - I may know of an M6 breach block here in the US. I can put you in touch with the people who have them.

Great work. Must admit, it's the first time I've seen the additional armour over the transmission. Was that an Australian mod?

Absolutely Beautiful work gents! You guys are awesome!!!

11:58 RU-vid’s closed captions thinks Al’s grinding in the background is applause. I’m clapping too Alan. Great job.

What has happened to the other Grants you got?

You guys are true artists on restoring this tank. Thank you for sharing this. I’ll be down next year to see all your work…

Acceleration, with a gutteral two stroke growl. Trouser TeePee time. Woof.

So happy to watch the Grant came alive again after long sleep !. Thank you guys for posting every awesome restoration videos every week. see you next Wednesday !.😄👍

Awesome! Nothing like that 1st test drive! Excellant work as always, gents. CHEERS!

Why not scan the breach and have one machined out of aluminum, or 3-D printed?

Make a sand molde for the missing breach block parts and cast them in aluminum just for looks

Without Workshop Wednesday my Wednesdays would be much less exciting. You are doing a great job! I wish the German tank museum would also give such an insight into their restoration works.

What a great team of guys, you all deserve a coupla beers. 🙂

Major milestone. Fine work guys! Cheers.

Well done to all the guys and girls putting another bit of history back on the road, keep up the great work 😁

I love this channel and it makes my week when I see you post the vids. I am excited that things are going great for the Grant and had a thought of a rebuilding of the other 3 Grants all in a row in one shop. That would make one heck of a picture and statement. I am proud of what you all have done to this point with what you started with is beyond phenonminal. Semper Fi from an old tanker cheers!!

Great work guys, brilliant job all round.

Too bad that the breach and barrel were deactivated , would have been really nice to have it where it would have been able to fire black powder blanks.

Precision forklifting!

Outstanding job! It's been quite the journey to this point, you guys do some amazing work bringing those old wrecks back to life.

I understand we have strict gun laws in Australia but a museum’s historic gun needs to be disabled!?!?!?! Really, how many people would even have a round to fire? Yet alone risk blowing the breach or something due to age and wear.

Love these videos. Whats happened to all the parts from Jonno`s collection?

One hundred and sixty two zillion thumbs up.