Sunday, October 19, 2008
Tired of waiting in traffic?
For less that the price of a new Hyundai you can get a vehicle that will get you R-E-S-P-E-C-T wherever you travel.
One can buy just about anything on the Internet — even a 1959 U.S. Army M56 tank destroyer once used in Vietnam.A propane cannon is way better than an air horn for letting folks know you are coming.
Ken Meyer, a retired deputy sheriff in northeast Wisconsin, has one for sale on Craigslist for $7,500...
..Meyer’s M56 — nicknamed the Scorpion — has been parked on his property near Sturgeon Bay for about a decade, waiting for a new engine, a paint job and some other repairs. Some of Meyer’s other projects are taking a higher priority so he decided to sell the tank destroyer on Craigslist’s Green Bay page.
It’s far from a weapon of war anymore.
A 90mm gun was removed before the government sold it as surplus years ago, Meyer said. Meyer, 63, remodeled a street light post and installed it on the tank as a “replica” gun. It’s harmless.
“It’s a propane firing device. It makes noise only, like an orchard cannon,” the collector said.
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