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> From: Charlie Mackenzie <chaz.mackenzie@virgin.net>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Cc: mick@trinity-design.ie
> Subject: Re: [MV] Re: Re. Sunken treasures
> Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 1:17 PM
>
> I heard about a dump here in Scotland where the army apparently
> dumped vehicles etc. into one of the sea lochs. The diver I spoke to
claimed
> to have dived on the site for scrap brass and had seen what he described
as
> "jeeps, halftracks and stuff".
> If you raise the remains of a vehicle from the sea, how do you stop the
> corrosion as it dries off?
> I would think that as soon as it's out of the water and the oxygen gets
to
> it, the rust would just eat whatever's left in no time at all.
> Perhaps this summer I will get the time to go and see what's there.
> Can you swim, Mick? #:o)
>
> Charlie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick O'Farrell <mick@trinity-design.ie>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
> Date: 08 December 1998 10:29
> Subject: Re: [MV] Re: Re. Sunken treasures
>
>
> >>it's hughly doubtful anything could be salvaged...
> >>salt water...
> >>
> >
> >True, nothing drivable could be salvaged, but unless it's all gone to
> >powder, there might be value in raising some items if anyone knew an
exact
> >location. I recently visited the "Museum of Wrecks" in Normandy
> >(mentioned on the List a few months ago). It's got lots of vehicles and
> >material taken out of the sea after decades and it makes fascinating
> >viewing. It was the first close-up view I've had of the duplex drive
> >mechanism - even with the rust, I learned a lot.
> >
> >I'd like a Sherman in my front garden, even if it was a rusted hulk...
> >(I certainly couldn't afford a drivable one!)
> >
> >
> >
> >+++++++++++++++
> >Mick O'Farrell
> >(Ireland)
> >Miss J -- '43 GPW/mb
> >s/n 90216 (no stars)
> >
> >People talk about travelling "to find themselves".
> >I don't travel to find myself.
> >I travel to find myself in foreign places.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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