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Post #1 Tue, Dec 5, 1:50 PM
subaruguy
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 I remember seeing a program on tv about a guy who had a scorpian tank registered for road use in the UK. Anyway I did some research and couldn't come up with anything on it however I did find a Spartan for sale (basically the APC version of the Scorpian) and the owner said it would be easy to register for the road. Anyway these things are seem fairly cheap and I actually am considering getting one. Only problem is I live in Canada and I am wondering if it could be registered for the road here as well.

Some pics below for those who are wondering what the Scorpian and its variants look like.
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Post #2 Tue, Dec 5, 2:02 PM
dalla
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 I have a magazine somewhere with an article on a british guy, who is driving a Tank on the road.. Might be the same guy.
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Post #3 Tue, Dec 5, 2:10 PM
AMGrulz
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 I highly doubt you'd be able to register it for road use.
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Post #4 Tue, Dec 5, 2:46 PM
Kamran
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 Sabre light reconnaissance tank.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409518&in_page_id=1770
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Post #5 Tue, Dec 5, 2:58 PM
V8Vantage
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Quote from AMGrulz
I highly doubt you'd be able to register it for road use.
In the UK, anything is possible.
Look, we've all got something we can bring to this discussion. But I think from now on what you should bring is silence.

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Post #6 Tue, Dec 5, 3:02 PM
subaruguy
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Quote from Kamran
Sabre light reconnaissance tank.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409518&in_page_id=1770
Yeah that's the guy, thanks.

Also to add to this I just came across a military forum and it seems to be more common then I thought of actually how many of these things are registered for the road.
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Post #7 Tue, Dec 5, 3:03 PM
subaruguy
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Quote from V8Vantage
In the UK, anything is possible.
Well I am in Canada, so it could be different.
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Post #8 Tue, Dec 5, 3:11 PM
Kamran
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Quote from subaruguy
Well I am in Canada, so it could be different.
You're actually thinking about importing a tank?
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Post #9 Tue, Dec 5, 3:15 PM
V8Vantage
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Quote from subaruguy
Well I am in Canada, so it could be different.
Should have stayed part of the colonies, then you could have had a tank.
Look, we've all got something we can bring to this discussion. But I think from now on what you should bring is silence.

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Post #10 Tue, Dec 5, 3:17 PM
subaruguy
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Quote from Kamran
You're actually thinking about importing a tank?
If I bought it off a dealer the weapons would be de-activited, so technically it would be an 8 ton tracked vehicle.
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Post #11 Tue, Dec 5, 3:24 PM
Kamran
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Quote from subaruguy
If I bought it off a dealer the weapons would be de-activited, so technically it would be an 8 ton tracked vehicle.
So you're actually considering it!

Haha, awesome, seriously!!!
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Post #12 Wed, Dec 6, 5:11 AM
silverster
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 Why buy one from UK when you can get one from our inbred cousins from Texas?

http://www.intlrepo-depo.com/sales.htm

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Edited by silverster - Wed, Dec 6, 5:14 AM
Post #13 Wed, Dec 6, 7:54 AM
Sled Driver
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 Avoid bridges...
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Post #14 Wed, Dec 6, 8:08 AM
bucknutz
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 Dude, you seriously think that you could register one of things to use on the road? Even without any lights, turn signals, etc?
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Post #15 Wed, Dec 6, 8:18 AM
TrueSportsCarMechanic
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 you can't have a tracked vehicle registered on canadian roads. plus the light and turn signal problems as stated above.
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Post #16 Wed, Dec 6, 8:36 AM
subaruguy
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Quote from TrueSportsCarMechanic
you can't have a tracked vehicle registered on canadian roads. plus the light and turn signal problems as stated above.
I am not questioning you but would you by chance have the line from the highway traffic act that states this? Plus lights and turn signals are really no problem. And if you look at the pictures I posted I believe these are already on the vehicle.
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Edited by subaruguy - Wed, Dec 6, 8:38 AM
Post #17 Wed, Dec 6, 8:39 AM
TrueSportsCarMechanic
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Quote from subaruguy
I am not questioning you but would you by chance have the line from the highway traffic act that states this? Plus lights and turn signals are really no problem. And if you look at the pictures I posted I believe these are already on the vehicle.
I do not have the book infront of me (its at work) but I do specifically remember something about tracked vehicles on paved roads (which I assume you live in) if you were in the territories you could probubly get away with it but not anywhere else.
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Post #18 Wed, Dec 6, 8:59 AM
V8Vantage
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Quote from TrueSportsCarMechanic
I do not have the book infront of me (its at work) but I do specifically remember something about tracked vehicles on paved roads (which I assume you live in) if you were in the territories you could probubly get away with it but not anywhere else.
The guy with the Sabre in the UK fitted rubber tracks ... might get expensive though.
Look, we've all got something we can bring to this discussion. But I think from now on what you should bring is silence.

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Post #19 Wed, Dec 6, 9:01 AM
TrueSportsCarMechanic
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Quote from V8Vantage
The guy with the Sabre in the UK fitted rubber tracks ... might get expensive though.
that might work. but it all depends on how the passage is worded. I'll have to do some more research into this.
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Post #20 Wed, Dec 6, 9:17 AM
Sled Driver
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Quote from bucknutz
Dude, you seriously think that you could register one of things to use on the road? Even without any lights, turn signals, etc?
Hand signals?
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Post #21 Wed, Dec 6, 9:53 AM
bucknutz
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Quote from Sled Driver
Hand signals?
I'll sit inside that thing and do some hand signals and you let me know if you can see me.
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Post #22 Wed, Dec 6, 10:38 AM
Caligari
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 Aphex Twin has a tank. Well, not really a tank, it's a Daimler Ferret, but he used to drive it on the roads

http://xltronic.com/nostalgia/aphextwin.nu/v4/visuals/rdj/rdj-13.jpg
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Post #23 Wed, Dec 6, 11:09 AM
V8Vantage
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Quote from Sled Driver
Hand signals?
Use the gun as your turn signal.
Look, we've all got something we can bring to this discussion. But I think from now on what you should bring is silence.

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Post #24 Wed, Dec 6, 11:17 AM
Kamran
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Quote from Sled Driver
Hand signals?
Are you for real?
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Post #25 Wed, Dec 6, 11:57 AM
AMGrulz
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 Tracked vehicles of any sort (rubber or metal) aren't road leagal in the US. I imagine Canada would be the same way.
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