Not a Civil War Cannon but a cannon none-the-less. My friends and I dug up a 20mm cannon from a wrecked fighter plane from the 1950's in the hills above our home. About 6 ft long and 150 pounds. Navy not really interested in the wreck since it's in a very remote area. Anyway..... Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the Navy do not look too favorably on civilians possessing cannons and I need to stay on the up and up for my work so we had to get rid of it. A local aviation museum said they would take it so off in my friends 88 Vanagon it went. Too big for a car trunk. I remember that there were many remarks make about stupid drivers as we drove to the museum. Oh for a cannon to come as standard equipment. Even a fake one to just intimidate the idiots on the road. (Who Me?) Ken 104303.704@compuserve.com
On Tue, 31 Dec 1996 16:41:23 -0600 James Hall said: >Hello - since I'd last been on this list I noticed a thread re: big >hauls in vans. The week after my HS graduation in June 86 I drove a 66 >bus from South Central PA (Chambersburg) to Dallas TX to just outside >Missoula MT to deliver a vintage Civil War cannon to its new owner. >THe cannon barrel, wheels, and carraige components weighed in at about >1800 lbs. + me (about 110lbs) + gear (about 60-70 lbs) --- REALLY ok, folks. that's it. that tops the whole thread!!!! :) sheesh! and i thought i had seen "self-propelled artillery" in the Army!! ;) ----------------------
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