96-Year-Old and Longtime Friend Build Drivable Sherman Tank Replica After 13 Years | News Channel 3-12

96-Year-Old and Longtime Friend Build Drivable Sherman Tank Replica After 13 Years | News Channel 3-12

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - When most people think about slowing down in their 90s, Gordon Azevedo is shifting gears—literally. The 96-year-old and his longtime friend, Mike Lopez, spent over a decade building a fully drivable, handcrafted Sherman tank replica. And yes—it actually moves. Their creation is a 40-percent scale model of the iconic World War II Sherman M4A3E8, also known as the “Easy Eight.” Nearly 85 percent of the tank was made by hand…