Slowly but surely the resto rolls on!! My duck saga inside!!
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:15 pm
I have a dukw and i need parts (transfer case, bows, gauges, bilge pumps, manuels data plates, tires, and soo much more) and knowledge. i really like this quote first posted by jhscpa General [Dwight David] Eisenhower:
"The DUCK, an amphibious vehicle, proved to be one of the most valuable pieces of equipment produced by the U.S. during the war. Four other pieces of equipment that most senior officers came to regard as most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the two-and-a-half ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously enough, none of these is designed for combat."
thanks
Here are the pictures of the dukw in the woods before it was moved:
Plv3imsq by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3in5r by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3inhi by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3inst by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3io4z by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3ioh5 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3iotb by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3ip5w by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0mslls by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0mslzo by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0msmc9 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0msmnz by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pvbdjegl by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0msn04 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Heres some pictures of the "Duck" on the family farm this was the before in the before and after process:
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Here is some of the stuff that i got out of the duck (sifting through 50, 5 gallon buckets) with a pressure washer:
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Here is the Duck engine that i got form Mr. Ed:
Heres some restoration of the engine slow and keeping that pace, both before and after!
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
This its story:
its a long and complicated story i was looking at a 1941 dodge wc that this man had and his father had a dukw a very long time ago and we didnt know that it was still in existance. i mustered up enough courage to ask him if it was still around there and he told us where it was he said that he had played in it when he was a boy. we headed off after about 2 hours of hiking we decided that we couldnt find it and went back to the guys place. he told us to get in the jeep and he will drive us to the dukw. he pointed out a section in the woods and told us it was up there. we walked through the thick brush, and found it my dad and i were in awe he hadnt seen the dukw in about 20 years in a different location about 1 mile away. the land that it was sitting on had since changed hands and it was the churches "duck" now so we talked to the paster and he told us that it would be brought up at the next buisness meeting. in that span of time about (3 months) some one stole the drivers seat out of the "duck" and it is still MIA today. we analized the moving process and it took about another 5 months to find a mover that would touch it and not charge an arm and a leg. we also had a friend from church that had a hydrylic trailer that was around 40 ft long. and another friend that had a 4wd back hoe, we sent up a date (of course it had to be when i was in school) and freed it from the woods then took it to our farm. the "duck" had been in two floods and it had about 4 in of mud still in it along with trash. it took i think 21 5 gallon buckets to get the mud out of the hull there is still a little bit left in (3 or 4 5 gallon buckets) the "Duck". the whole ordeal not including getting it in the garage took about a year. and that is not the long story. it still had the military paint on it and all the military tires!
thanks for reading.
"The DUCK, an amphibious vehicle, proved to be one of the most valuable pieces of equipment produced by the U.S. during the war. Four other pieces of equipment that most senior officers came to regard as most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the two-and-a-half ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously enough, none of these is designed for combat."
thanks
Here are the pictures of the dukw in the woods before it was moved:
Plv3imsq by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3in5r by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3inhi by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3inst by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3io4z by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3ioh5 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3iotb by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Plv3ip5w by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0mslls by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0mslzo by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0msmc9 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0msmnz by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pvbdjegl by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Pr0msn04 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Heres some pictures of the "Duck" on the family farm this was the before in the before and after process:
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Here is some of the stuff that i got out of the duck (sifting through 50, 5 gallon buckets) with a pressure washer:
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
Here is the Duck engine that i got form Mr. Ed:
Heres some restoration of the engine slow and keeping that pace, both before and after!
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
1944 GMC Dukw 353 by alangreene@bellsouth.net, on Flickr
This its story:
its a long and complicated story i was looking at a 1941 dodge wc that this man had and his father had a dukw a very long time ago and we didnt know that it was still in existance. i mustered up enough courage to ask him if it was still around there and he told us where it was he said that he had played in it when he was a boy. we headed off after about 2 hours of hiking we decided that we couldnt find it and went back to the guys place. he told us to get in the jeep and he will drive us to the dukw. he pointed out a section in the woods and told us it was up there. we walked through the thick brush, and found it my dad and i were in awe he hadnt seen the dukw in about 20 years in a different location about 1 mile away. the land that it was sitting on had since changed hands and it was the churches "duck" now so we talked to the paster and he told us that it would be brought up at the next buisness meeting. in that span of time about (3 months) some one stole the drivers seat out of the "duck" and it is still MIA today. we analized the moving process and it took about another 5 months to find a mover that would touch it and not charge an arm and a leg. we also had a friend from church that had a hydrylic trailer that was around 40 ft long. and another friend that had a 4wd back hoe, we sent up a date (of course it had to be when i was in school) and freed it from the woods then took it to our farm. the "duck" had been in two floods and it had about 4 in of mud still in it along with trash. it took i think 21 5 gallon buckets to get the mud out of the hull there is still a little bit left in (3 or 4 5 gallon buckets) the "Duck". the whole ordeal not including getting it in the garage took about a year. and that is not the long story. it still had the military paint on it and all the military tires!
thanks for reading.