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Like a duck to water
We were quite surprised when we looked though the catalogue of upcoming lots for Bonhams' online MPH auction and came across this machine. A remarkable 1943 GMC DUKW 353. As you may understand, today no 'back to back' comparison, but there is something particularly interesting about this vehicle.
1943 GMC DUKW 353
The amphibious troop carrier on offer was manufactured by General Motors in 1943 and weighs no less than 2.5 ton. This 6-wheel drive, with a powerful 4,425cc six-cylinder engine, was delivered to the British armed forces in June of that year. It served the 19 Amphibious Squadron of the Royal Corps of Transport, but unfortunately there is no record of its wartime involvement with the D-Day landings.
In the early 1970s, the vehicle moved to the Royal Corps of Transport Museum. It became part of a collection at the School of Mechanical Transport which was loaned to the Museum of Army Transport in Beverley, Yorkshire. All this time it remained property of the Ministry of Defence. 77 YP 09 was serviced and maintained by military engineers and was kept in running order until in 2003 the museum closed.
This model 353, registered as 77 YP 09 (army registration), comes with a report on its original specifications, a Vehicle Data Card, and is estimated to sell for £ 18,000 - 20,000.
Is this something for you? Or a little too far outside of your comfort zone?
Click here for the other PreWarCar and PostWarClassic lots that will be auctioned on 20 March 2021 at Bicester Heritage, starting at 13:00 GMT.
Photographs courtesy of Bonhams.
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martedì marzo 16th, 2021
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Neale Lawson
20 Marzo 2021, 15:22
John Murch
18 Marzo 2021, 07:24
The London Duck tours are hoping to resume this year, covid and slipway problems might delay matters.
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Graham Langfield
17 Marzo 2021, 15:41
There used to be a handful of these doing driving / boating tours in London. They'd start off with a short drive past some landmarks and would then use the slipway adjacent to the MI6 building and cruise past the Houses of Parliament. Absolutely brilliant.
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Larry A. Lewis
17 Marzo 2021, 04:39
I grew up on Long Island, New York and one day down by the marina where my father kept his boat, my uncle parked his 1956 Mercury station wagon partially blocking the boat launching ramp. A Suffolk county police marine unit pulled up in one of these and lit up the siren until my uncle moved his car. The Duck drove into the water and sailed off into the Great South Bay. I never did learn what the police were after. Maybe illegal clam fisherman?
Years later when I was in the US Navy stationed in Norfolk, Virginia I asked my friends on the ship if they wanted to see a big duck. " How big?" they said. I said, " The biggest duck you ever saw!" So I took them to a small side street where one of these was sitting in front of someone's house. It was painted white and covered in graffiti but it looked like a solid restoration project. Those are the only times I've ever seen a DUKW.
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Years later when I was in the US Navy stationed in Norfolk, Virginia I asked my friends on the ship if they wanted to see a big duck. " How big?" they said. I said, " The biggest duck you ever saw!" So I took them to a small side street where one of these was sitting in front of someone's house. It was painted white and covered in graffiti but it looked like a solid restoration project. Those are the only times I've ever seen a DUKW.
RONALD D SIEBER
16 Marzo 2021, 21:09
Someone who resides near moats and loves a party should buy this! These have been a big hit in Boston for years, departing from the Peabody Science Museum daily.
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Jaap ter Linden
16 Marzo 2021, 16:20
Nick Simpson: I had that same experience in scheveningen. I will never forget these magnificent machines on the Dutch coast.
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Nick Simpson
16 Marzo 2021, 11:37
When I was a kid two of those ran up and down Gorleston beach giving rides - swerving in and out of the surf, in the early 1950's
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Bob Walton
16 Marzo 2021, 09:58
Norfolk Broads here we come.............Tally Ho
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Neale Lawson