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| Tank buyer has to move out of two-bedroom flat near Bristol | Tank buyer has to move out of two-bedroom flat near Bristol |
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| A man living in a two-bedroom flat near Bristol has had to move house after winning a tank in an online auction. | A man living in a two-bedroom flat near Bristol has had to move house after winning a tank in an online auction. |
| Jeff Woolmer put a bid on the seven-tonne ex-Canadian army tank on a specialist auction site. | |
| He said: "I'd forgotten all about it and then at work I had a call saying 'Hello sir you've just bought a tank'." | He said: "I'd forgotten all about it and then at work I had a call saying 'Hello sir you've just bought a tank'." |
| With "tank parking a bit of a problem" at his flat, Mr Woolmer said he has had to move to a larger house on the outskirts of the city to park it. | With "tank parking a bit of a problem" at his flat, Mr Woolmer said he has had to move to a larger house on the outskirts of the city to park it. |
| Mr Woolmer, who works as a stress engineer on the Bloodhound Project in Avonmouth, said he bought the tank for £9,000 from Witham Specialist Vehicles. | Mr Woolmer, who works as a stress engineer on the Bloodhound Project in Avonmouth, said he bought the tank for £9,000 from Witham Specialist Vehicles. |
| "I had a bid on one and then I had a phone call at work and of course everyone in the office was laughing at me," he said. | "I had a bid on one and then I had a phone call at work and of course everyone in the office was laughing at me," he said. |
| "I was living in a flat at the time so we had to have a look around for a house with a nice bit of space to park the tank on the drive." | "I was living in a flat at the time so we had to have a look around for a house with a nice bit of space to park the tank on the drive." |
| With a top speed of 50mph (80 km/h) and boasting a 75mm cannon, the CVRT Scorpion light tank is now parked up in the driveway on a housing estate in Bradley Stoke. | |
| And Mr Woolmer, who has become known in the area as the Tank Man, said he thinks it "looks at home". | And Mr Woolmer, who has become known in the area as the Tank Man, said he thinks it "looks at home". |
| "It weighs about seven tonnes - which in terms of tanks is a little baby tank really," he said. | "It weighs about seven tonnes - which in terms of tanks is a little baby tank really," he said. |
| "The guns are all disarmed obviously but I do plan to try and get it running - once the batteries are charged we'll see if the electrics come to life and then try and start it up." | "The guns are all disarmed obviously but I do plan to try and get it running - once the batteries are charged we'll see if the electrics come to life and then try and start it up." |