G'day Mike,
thanks for the reply. The first dukw, which we are restoring at the moment, came from John Bellfield, it was VERY rusty and there wont be much original steel left by the time we're finished. When we started looking for a dukw a couple of years ago Tom didn't want to sell his.
About 12 months or so ago Tom decided to sell and this is the second one. Toms dukw is in silghtly better condition than the first but also needs a rehull.
There are a few CCKW's, Studebaker 6x6 and jeeps about and of course blitzs. I saw a butchered carrier on the side of the road for sale a few months ago. It had a landrowver type top and a 6cyl engine in the back. There were 2 or 3 dukws sold off in Tassie in the 1970's (I think). When we started looking around for dukw bits we spoke to one old fellow and got the "you should have been hear 5 years ago, I stripped a dukw, bulldozed the body and eventually took the parts to the tip". Did get a couple of new tyres and three diffs from him though.
I'll email Mike Cecil and see if he can help. Thanks again
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