From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Wed May 31 2006 - 19:29:16 PDT
well it's worth a shot now (pun intended).. hate to see it go for
scrap, the news said it would probably go. but they say alot of
things. going to check it out?
PJ
grntrks@juno.com wrote:
> To the list,
> The gun is a towed WW11 A/A weapon and belongs to Leo Porter who owns
> Midway Surplus ( " the JUNKYARD " ). It sits in his yard on Beltline Road
> just south of US 183. I tried to buy it some years ago. NO JOY! Leo was
> firm. " Not For Sale " At one time Leo had more halftracks, DUKWs and
> GPAs than anyone else in the U.S. Maybe he has changed his mind by now.
> At any rate the weapon is rusty and missing many pieces BUT it would
> really look neat behind a CCKW or hi-speed tractor if it was cleaned up
> for display. Probably reported by a " pilgrim " with no brain. One look
> by anyone with any sense would know the thing would be more of a hazard
> to the crew if fired than to anyone else!
> Wishing I had it,
>
> Frank Cox
> "Nam 1966 12th TFW
> MVPA 14530
> 1945 GMC DUKW "DUKTAPE"
>
>
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2006 19:13:37 -0500 Patrick Jankowiak
> <recycler@swbell.net> writes:
>
>>If you saw the news story, of which I caught only a blurb on a VHF
>>Dallas TV channel today, there is an old rusty AA gun in a junk
>>dealers front yard. Whiners and Wussies complain that it points
>>right
>>at planes flying from DFW airport. Someone needs to go find and get
>>
>>this thing else it will be scrapped due to liberals pressure. The
>>junk
>>dealer does not seem to care. To me it looked like it has a radar
>>dish
>>and a bunch of other crap on it. Maybe a nice piece to restore. No
>>further info.
>>
>>PJ
>>
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