From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Sun Jul 06 2003 - 14:43:43 PDT
Hi GRB...
On my wife's request, today we took the kids to Centennial Park for a
lunch picnic and so the kids could play on the tank. I had nothing to
do with it! What a great wife I have!
Anyway, I took a much closer look at the tank for its serial number
and brought a high-resolution camera along. I think the serial number
on the Stuart M5 tank in Redwood City is "2339". I can't quite make
out the second digit, but it sure seems like it could only be a "3".
Here is a new photo of the serial number:
http://www.cucv.net/tank/serial_final.jpg
So is it an M5 or M5A1? Any known history available from this serial
number?
Thanks!
>I drove by the park today and tried to find the serial number on the tank. There was only one number in the locations you mentioned (behind the headlight, which was missing, but there was a number in the casting). Here is a sharpened photo of the number:
>
> http://www.cucv.net/tank/serial_01.jpg
>
>I think the cast-in number is "5048" or "5049", I couldn't quite tell. Is this the serial number? If not, where else should I look? I looked under the front on the bulged-out area where the front axles come out, but did not see any numbers at all.
>
>There was what looked like a stamped-in number above the cast-in number (shown in the photo) but it was painted over so many times that I could only make out 1 or 2 digits. I suppose I could do a sly scrape job, check the number, and repaint it with OD semi-gloss without tipping off the local law. I'm guessing this is the serial number, right? How many digits should it be?
>
>Thanks.
>
>>I took the shots of the tank in the park with the kids on it...I will check for the serial number and report it back to you.
>>
>>Thank you and everyone else for the info.
>>
>>>If who ever shot these pictures can look on the cast front hull armor
>>>directly behind the right side head lamp or on the bulged out area that
>>>covers the right side final drive, and let me know what the serial
>>>number is we can settle the M5/M5A1 issue. I can tell you for a fact
>>>that the turret is from a M5 as it doesn't have the radio bussell (I can
>>>make this out clearly by the curvature of the armor on the side of the
>>>turret and by the position the little girl is sitting). I would like to
>>>have the serial number for the Stuart Registry we are working on.
>>>
>>>GRB
>>>
>>>
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