I’m very glad they made you put those orange triangle thingies on the back of the tank, you wouldn’t see it otherwise.... 🤪

Ok, I'm subbing but only for a future video "We took a Chieftain MBT to McDonalds Drive-Through"! :)

You didn't have the "Transporting a desert sand colored main battle tank in the rain" permit. Officer, any issues with the 120mm gun? No, just get the permit, transport it when it's not raining or paint it green.

Well that's some addition to the fleet. Magnificent. I'm sure the Police basically were completing their road stop bingo, ending 2021 with a tank

Hi Guys, I worked at Chobham for 10 years. You need to look up the history of that reg. All the trials and test ones had that SP reg. You might have a rare one there. It sounds sweet and looks tidy. It looks like you had to do the old "string on the solenoid" trick. Lol. I was destined to take one to Iran for firing demo's, could be that one? Be very careful traversing the gun, at full speed the tip of the barrel is doing 60 mph!!

I agree with the Coppers. I thought that you were driving an empty low loader until you got those little triangles. 🤣

If only the Soviets had known about the fluorescent orange thingies. They could have brought the British army to a standstill…

When he was 20 my dad was ordered to take a Sherman on a transporter from Bridlington to Retford to give a talk on gunnery in 1943. They had a road map, but there were no roadsigns as they had all been removed, so they came across many little bridges with 15 ton SWL signs on them....they dismounted the tank, a mere 32 tons, to cross them. The talk was to fifteen or so old men in officers uniform. It turned out they were in the reserve and had all been artillery men in WW1. He said they were very polite to the rookie trooper telling them how to suck eggs. 😁

The temptation to rotate the turret on the 'rozzers' must have been overwhelming.😁

Buying tanks is awesome but the only thing I hate about it is as soon as you drive them off the lot they lose 1/4 of their value!

Those boards are a good idea because prior to you fitting them, I couldn’t see the tank.

Loved the chieftain when I was in the forces we distributed the replacement engines for the challenger before they delivered the tanks. All top secret we went to vickers and picked them up on the day Margret thatcher was doing a visit. I was a senior driver and in charge we drove a convoy of eight trucks the best thing was going to Dover and commandeering a whole floor on a ferry for our top secret load. I loved handing over the big buff envelope labelled top secret. The customs boss went ballistic ( he honestly thought Jeremy beagle was about ) police escort all the way to Germany Military MP’s guarding the deck while on board. Then we delivered the tank engines to the tank regiments arriving at the bases and seeing the faces on the engineers saying we haven’t got the tanks yet. I had to explain that they got the spares before the tanks arrived. Word got round the base and the base commander arrived asked “ who’s in charge” I said I am he looked at me and said “but your only a driver” (my rank in the RCT ) give him his due he arranged for us to have a meal and food for the journey. He did laugh when I said can you bring it to us as I’m not fucking leaving these engines on there own sorry sir. Happy days once empty we was commissioned to bring back WW2 over stock and some desolate army barracks. It was 90 tonne of Lee Enfield 303 rifles all in boxes and full of grease and all brand new. The quarter master on site said they had been in the warehouse all this time. The tarpaulin just crumbled as we took them off. The army eventually sold them off as over stock. I remember seeing on gun dealers adverts in magazines you could buy the for £99. This was all before the Dunblane massacre in Scotland. Great video. 2” inches is still inches at the end of the day the driver new that he was just chancing his arm. 😂👍👍👍👍👍 could tell you a story about the stolly but that’s top top secret 🤫

That tank has a very new engine in it. Well done. Ours used to smoke like bastards till they were proper warm. About 20 min of running. Then again we were dirty smelly armourd engineers, and only got the cast off half worn hulls for conversion into bridge layers etc.

Well thank god those police made you put those oversize load hazard signs on your tank. No one would have known there was ever a large tank near them without them!!

Having been the driver of the Chieftan MBT with 2 RTR a good few years back I know how it feels to get one on and off a low loader. What I do not understand is how plastic triangles on the tracks can have any beneficial benefit I think people might notice it is a wide load. Seems like the expected police getting excited over nothing to me as usual.

I can smell the exhaust through the monitor...brings back memories!

Nine years fixing Chieftain. Reckon I could do a pack lift in my sleep. In the cold, in the wet, at 3am like normal. Sounds like a bellows leaking on the exhaust box too.

Another awesome tank in the collection. Can't wait to see more videos on the Chieftain.

The Norfolk finest were actually right, HGV regulations require triangular projection markers on load that is wider than 2.9m (9ft5inch) according to technical dimensions chieftain is 3.66m wide (12ft).

The marker boards definitely made the tank more visible, without them nobody would have seen it on the low loader.

Who needs smoke generators when you have a Leyland Multi-fuel.......

A thing of rare and magnificent mechanical beauty. Well done fellas, have fun.

Just the fact that you can buy tanks and tank-like vehicles is amazing

Mad lads 😜There were loads of these Chieftains on the tank parks in Paderborn during 1977. They're lovely, and a joy to drive. Not so much fun re-plenning them in the middle of nowhere at stupid o'clock.

Yeah- seeing the tank driving through isn't something you see every day. When I moved to my new house back in the 90s, I was not aware that there was an airfield nearby frequented by the Confederate Air Force. I was working in the yard when a Japanese Zero streaked by being chased by a Corsair. I thought-either the Confederate Air Force is in town or things are much worse than I thought.

Incredible how tiny red triangles can prevent absolute carnage. Thats a very give chieftain specimen😁 im very envious, but thats allright, im happy for you👍🏼

Watching from Australia. Congratulations on another great addition to the “Big Boys Shed”. 😎

Man…I could smell the exhaust fumes from here filtering through my screen! Lol But what a find! 😍 Excellent stuff! 😎👍

Well done everybody and kudos to the tank driver and his helpers for putting it on that lowbed

Good old Chieftain, they were my 'bread & butter' for 13 years when I worked at 38 Central Workshops 👍

LOL! The Bluebottles buzz around where they aren't need and aren't welcome.

I worked at Barnbow, and made most of the pipework for the Chieftan, Have subscribed and cannot wait for the rebuild

"Now, sir, what were you planning on doing with this tank?" "We thought it'd look lovely in the garden."

Sounds great drove a MK1 in Germany early 70s when I was 17 loved it

Calling a transport company. "Yeah, I have this Battle tank that I need transporting, Can you do that?"

My father was in RE commanding an AVRE Chieftain before transferring to the diving section. As a kid got to go round a few muddy fields in the back of a Stally while we were based in Germany.

looks in pretty good nick and most of the interior fittings are there. as an ex tankie who worked with these i will be subscribing. good luck lads

I drove a Chieftan when I was in the CCF at school over the tank ranges at Tidworth. What a thrill for a 16 year old, they actually go quite fast.

Nice collection...As a child I owned the Dinky Toys Chieftain Tank, always dreamed of owning the real thing.

Bloody hell, the camouflage on that tank must be the best in the world. Imagine having to put orange triangles on it so that it could be seen!

When I read the title, I immediately imagined the tank being boxed in by three squad cars and being forced to the side of the road.

Yup - TrafficPolice are a law unto themselves. To be fair you should have had the Wide Load marker boards pre-fitted on the vehicle. The NEXT tank you buy, you now have the marker boards already! The tracks hanging over the side of the transporter is a dead giveaway...lol.

Loaded on to the Antares a few times in Germany before the Big Exercise always entertaining to watch....

I'm Torn. If I was transporting a Tank, I'd be well annoyed at get stopped by the Police. If I was the Police, there's no way I wouldn't pull over a Tank to have a nose...

I can only imagine how many Cops there would be if you decided to drive it home! LOL. It's going to be interesting to see this being worked on. I'm looking forward to this. Thanks for the video!

Severe bout of envy here in Darmstadt, Germany. Well, enjoy your new toy guys! :)

I'm very grateful to you for making this video. Tanks very much.

Crouch owns the Recovery tow van of the beast. (Y666 Tow)

I'm surprised that a company like Crouch would have driver that would take an unmarked overhanging load.

The only chieftens reversed onto transporters were the dozers. Normal loading forward with gun over back decks. Loved putting 14b onto Antars.

Opfor colours, especially without the skirts. Saladin is a cracking piece of kit

A little neighborhood protection "in this day and age".

Job No 1. Check the B.V. works!!! 😉😂😂😂

In 1968 my father was sent to Southampton waters to recover a centurine that was dropped into the sea at a boat slip. There were two centurion tanks on a landing craft the one at the front had a naf engin. Landing craft was pushed on to the boat slip, Rear Centurion engine started and used to push the front Centurion off. Front centurion made contact with the slip stopped rear tank carried on pushing and the whole lot floated into Southampton waters where the front centurine toppled off the landing craft. The centurions were being exported to Israel!! My father was a REME Major overseeing the recovery with his recovery team. The actual recovery was uneventful.

Nice to see you using good old Crouch... Great team of people..

The old wire/string on the fuel injector pump solenoid trick! Had to do that many a time to start the engine, looks like you have a good Chevy though and it'll be great with a bit of work.

The best thing about owning a tank is that NOBODY fights you for a parking space!

All Coppers are nice when they're collecting fees... yet - Kudos on your score! Respect from Canada

What a buy! Cor, that's cool!

Tanks for the help ocifor

Am I the only person that got sad when he said the gun is deactivated. I'm glad that I was born in the US where our civilian owned tanks have working cannons.

'Only 2 inches', that's what she said. What an amazing purchase, enjoy!

Wow, there's something different!Looks like you'll be busy for the foreseeable future!😊👍😉

That should deter thieves from stealing your valuable farm equipment!

They must have thought you were working for the gangsters from Monty python demanding protection money unless they don’t want any tanks to go missing

Be great to hear a L60 growl again . Prone to oil leaks though but all in all bloody brilliant kit 👍👍 hope you keep us posted on here of all the fun. Is the swear box ready lol?

Nice throaty rumble. Could hear these for miles when they were thrashed across the North German Plain back in the 80’s.

Best towing job ever. I can emagine the conversation at dinner that night.

The tracks are too tight, you need about 1.5 to 2'' of sag between the top rollers or else you'll have way too much friction.

It's in good nick compared to the scrap you usually buy.

This is amazing, i'll be following you from now on

Yes officer, this is my medicinal chieftain MBT

I thought it was the mutli-fuel engine from Leyland was the problem. The export to the middle east replaced that engine with a diesel so it was easier to maintain.

The police just can't help themselves can they! Remember the old saying "If you have done nothing wrong, you still have everything to fear from the police."

I learnt to drive one of these back in the 1960, I took a test and passed and never drove another one again!

The copper just wanted a story to tell his grandchildren about the time he pulled a main battle tank over

Mommy, why can't I have one!!!!!!!!..........Good looking machine!!!!!!

i feel like re activating the gun wouldnt be too hard as it looks like they just welded certain parts shut.im sure everything else can be machined and replaced and you can probably cut all those welds off

My friend got a tank from somewhere in Africa (think it was a T55). Got it shipped over to Grimsby and found it still had a shell up the spout.

I took all the workshop manuals for the Chieftain range to the tank museum library at Bovington. They`re called AESPs.

I drove one of them when I worked for Duxford .. great fun ! Cambridgeshire you say .... cool my neck of the woods !!

I was expecting a breakdown half way up the loading ramps.

When the Chieftain gets turned into the Chieftan

Love the look of the thermal sleeved barrel!

We did this 15 years ago, took our mk11 to beltring on a scammer commander , sold it at the show . Ours was a Mk11 , got the laser amplifier on the gun laying system from Beverly museum the very minute they became de-classified.

face mask.... I don't need a bloody face mask! I got a tank!

Bet you could crash a cheese and wine business meeting in downing street with that.

Good ole Battle Tanks, make their own smoke screens!

Sony pictures wanted 2 tanks for Hulk. Wang rented them to Sony. They wanted them to look a bit newer. One of the prop shops welded on a bunch of plating to change the appearance. While they were at the prop shop, Wang contacted me to work on the charging system. I found a melted off stud on one of the voltage regulators. There was no voltage getting to the turret so, I put a meter to the turret batteries and asked the operator to rotate the turret to see if I got anything. I was riding round and round with that 155? I told the operator to stop because I saw a guy with a weapon. He rotated back around and, leveled the cannon at him. The guy put up his hands to surrender. Pretty funny. The ATF had torched off a big piece of the back of the barrel where it received the round. It put the gun out of balance and, it was a pain to elevate.

I'm sure you could get a good loud bang out of the gun safely and legally using an oxygen/acetylene mix some imagination and a wicked sense of humour 😁💥

Wow,and it’s not all stripped out,and it runs!🙀

Brilliant Video !!

Judging by the registration, this tank was a trials vehicle of some sort? The SP on the number plate denotes Special Project, so I hope it has an interesting story ?

I want one now. I'm going to assume they are hard to find in Canada 🇨🇦 lol.

Good work.

One carefull lady owner lol Awesome machine

Just what we need in Australia to regain some semblance of civility and respect for the electorate from the labor party.

The police had every right to stop you, carrying a pile of sand like that on a flat bed is asking for trouble..

My British Army history captured side-by-side in one shed. I started my career as a crewmember in a Saracen (and variants) and finished as a crewman in a Chieftain (albeit with the crappy Leyland engines) 😎 One thing I can say in favour of the Leyland engines, they made us very proficient at engine changes 🤣

Just the exact thing one needs for urban driving in the United States.