After a busy few days with a Komatsu wrecker grab and a gas axe I have cleared the field of the rotting DUKW's at Wymeswold (as mentioned in DUKW's not for sale).
Amazingly some of these towed out of their shallow graves with wheels turning and some steering!
Some of them just fell into halves, prompting a colleague to suggest we restore them as Short wheelbase DUKW's , Short DUKW's, or SUKW's for short?
Another colleague suggested they were Finished, fragged or F#KW's for short !
I'm confident there are 4 of out of the field which will restore , the rest will contribute to the parts bin.
I'm now dissmantling them in our yard in leicester and storing those parts of use.
A couple of the complete ones will be heading to my leeds factory as soon as economic transport can be found, the rest will go north in skips.
Thanks to those who've been in touch over these and have a common interest in the preservation and restoration of DUKW's and other amphibs
I will start taking photo's and make a blog if anyone's interested , although such evidence may be used by my wife to get me sectioned when you look at the state of them! :-(