commander Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) We went to look at 11 DUKWS on Friday that we had been told about that were for sale at £600 each expecting it to turn out to be a wild goose chase of we went after finding the farm and being directed to where they were "WOW There Real" what a shock awaited us when we got into the field we were to late time had taken it's toll below is the sight that greeted us Commander Edited November 24, 2009 by commander spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egdod Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wow!!!!!! late... by several years me thinks...shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Blimey Chris! What is the story behind and can you recover anything from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Are these the ones visible on Google maps, not too far from Nottingham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 The rearly sad part is the farmer is going to get the scrap man in this week with the torch and cut them up for scrap that is were the price of £600 each came from the estimated scrap value apparently the owner just left them there and never came back and the farmer wants shut of them Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yep they look like the same ones... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Lincoln,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.801991,-1.137316&spn=0.001161,0.002604&t=h&z=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 That would be the remnants from Glyn Hewitt, of Hewitt Marine I guess, think he had about 30 at one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 What a real shame - Chris do you think there is anythng that you can save from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c101 comando Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 how could they have been there for so long and nobody found them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 makes you wonder what else is out there waiting to be found ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 [quote name= apparently the owner just left them there and never came back and the farmer wants shut of them Commander How long have they been sat there? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) Some still have engines and gear boxes in plus other ancillaries nearly all have there axles fitted steering boxes etccc those are the ones on Google Commander Edited November 24, 2009 by commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Surely they would be worth that for the spares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Worth notifying Rex Ward if no one else can save them????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pearson Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 what's the storey with then also looks like a HT on google earth with them is that still there, looks like there are loads of usefull bits got to bw worth £600 for spare all day long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Worth notifying Rex Ward if no one else can save them????? I think you will find he knows all about them :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 The farmer has not seen the owner in the last 6 years and wants to get rid of them the Google picture is out of date the first on the left hand side that you see is not there or has been moved Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUKWMAN Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Hi - just to end any speculation about these DUKW's they were part of the Glyne Hewitt collection, he has been suffering from ill health for the past few years and has sold off his better more restorable examples in the past two years. I bought these remnants off him earlier this year and am in the process of stripping them of usefull parts and spares - though as can be seen there aren't that many usable items on some of them. Most of the better items were stripped and moved to my stores in Leicester a few months ago, I have 8 usable and restorable DUKW's and make new hulls for them at my fabrication company. Alarmed at the posting I have spoken to the farmer who own's the field they are on and he assures me he has made no move to scrap or sell these. I will be seing him on thursday to arange the next clearout as he has a telehoist which we use to shift the larger items.We have a Stalwart with hiab to take to the site to do the main dissmantling and shifting. I can assure you if anything is worth having off these then I will be recycling the parts and , believe it or not some of these wrecks will actually swim again ( you should see my previous projects!!) I will post photo's and other projects when I've 5 mins - DUKWMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 There was a photo of these in W&T about 20 years ago. Not much has changed. What a waste, just more wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Alarmed at the posting I have spoken to the farmer who own's the field they are on and he assures me he has made no move to scrap or sell these. Hi Dukwman, not meaning to be rude but could you please post an intro in the Introductions Board as requested so we know who we are talking to as anyone could of come on here claiming to be the owner.. Commander, could you explain how you came to believe these were for sale? I take it you had permission to take the photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUKWMAN Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Hi Safariswing Sorry but I've somewhat rushed to get on-line and will have a go at the intro board. I'm fairly well known in amphibious circles - having a Gaz46 and Schwimmwagen amongst other swimmers in my collection. Will fill intro in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Hi SafariswingSorry but I've somewhat rushed to get on-line and will have a go at the intro board. I'm fairly well known in amphibious circles - having a Gaz46 and Schwimmwagen amongst other swimmers in my collection. Will fill intro in now. No problem mate, no offence intended Cheers Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cal ( † RIP † ) Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 i went to look at these about 4 years ago i dont think they have changed much and they did belong to glynn hewitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cal ( † RIP † ) Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 hi is it possible to find out whysafariswing is asking why commander thought these dukws where for sale and if he had permission to take the photos i didnt know the hmvf had a hmvf mp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Because we don't want trouble, that's why! Perhaps you can send Lee a PM if you feel so strong about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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