It is believed that it was used during WWII in the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945 and, according to Abbott, its bodywork still tells some of its now-obscure story. If all goes to plan, this unit – vehicle number 47 – will become Europe’s only drivable Buffalo. I think over the winter we will look at it all and next summer, fingers crossed, it will be driveable.” We have a working engine and a working gearbox. “It runs like a Swiss watch,” Abbott says for the media outlet. It has a new engine, shipped all the way from the United States, and a restored gearbox, but it still needs work on the electronics and replacing some rusted parts. The Buffalo has been on static displays this summer, but Abbott is hoping it will be fully drivable by the next one. Abbott dug up the LVT in the spring of last year, after he was able to track it down with metal detectors on loan from RAF (Royal Air Force).ĭigging up the machine was no easy feat, but getting it cleaned up and restoring it was even more so, even though it had been preserved well under more than 30 feet (9.2 meters) of muddy soil. That LVT is on track to become Europe’s only drivable unit, after a challenging restoration process completed with help from a team of volunteers, Lincolnshire Live reports. One was dug up after 74 years, after a 3-year operation spearheaded by farmer Daniel Abbott. Two were believed to have been washed away, and two fell into holes that had been dug up to keep the water from further flooding dry land. Of these 16 LVTs, 5 floated away, and only one was ever recovered. To keep the water at bay, 16 Buffalo “ tanks” (LVTs, more specifically, or Land Vehicles Tracked) were dispatched to create a dam. In 1947, a large area around Crowland in Lincolnshire, England, was hit by very severe floods, due to a combination of heavy snow and thawing, high tides and rain. This is a happy-ending story, even if didn’t start like one.
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