Bobbed DUKW

[quarkz]

Sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this, but I think that if it were posted in the WWII CCKW section there might be an even bigger purist blasphemous outcry.

So has anyone ever thought about bobbing a DUKW and putting it up on 395's?

Then to go a step further put an 80's 350 Chevy, with a 2wd 700R4 automatic transmission? That way you would put it in gear and only have to worry about shifting between land and water drive.

Also, does anyone have experience with magnetic bearing linkages and the like?
I would like to seal the hull and have some sort of magnetic coupling between the drive shafts and the exterior axles and prop?

Also for boat people, if I go up in RPM should I go down in prop size? In a BS session I was told that more RPMs might cause to much turbulence/froth around the prop and not move the water away as efficiently.

Or has this all been done before?
I searched and wasn't able to find anything.

 

[Derrickl112]

that would be one exspencive bobber....

 

[quarkz]

Well it would embody two different definitions of word 'bobber', that is if the propulsion system didn't work, it would just sit there and be a four wheeled bobber.

 

[CARNAC]

Either a sick joke or someone had too much of Granddads cough syrup this evening.

 

[quarkz]

Have you seen what I have to work with?
I saw a really nice one that is 98% restored at the car show last weekend.

 

[Varyag]

Bah Tony. A little paint and RTV and she will be good as new.

 

[CARNAC]

Concur.

 

[73m819]

When CLINT sees this thread he will THROW UP all over everything, then end up on the floor in the fetal position CRYING

I heard that He wants one SO BAD the he once offered to swap CLINTOGF for one but the owner refused because he said that CLINTO needed CLINTOGF more than a DUKW to help maintain his SANITY

 

[wreckerman893]

While I don't have a problem chopping a regular deuce due to the sheer numbers of them I would draw the line at butchering a DUKW........they are rare and getting rarer.

I have an M275 and I would never consider bobbing it.

I would try to save it whole or sell it to someone that will give it the MV love it deserves.......like Bother Clinto.

 

[maddawg308]

There was a DUKW over over armyjeeps.net that sold recently for $80K. I doubt you have that much cash floating around to blow on mutilating a historical piece.

However, if you have a CCKW or G506 with no bed, and some boatmaking skills, you might be able to fabricate one up for a fraction of the cost! Then you can build it like you want, save some money and the DUKW guys can stop puking chunks.

 

[txdodge43man]

I saw a DUKW in Galveston last year that was a 4x4 they did not bob it they simply took out one axle. I think bobbing one would be a horribale thing to do unless the DUKW was to far go to restore. just my

 

[Heavysteven]

Why no cut up a party boat and attach the floats to the sides of a bobber. Then attach a propelear to the rear axle output.

 

[bulldog_mack13]

Our buy a fake DUKW from a tour company , most of them are {wanna be} Military ones.

 

[54reo]

This is a joke, right??

 

[earnie]

Our buy a fake DUKW from a tour company , most of them are {wanna be} Military ones.

dude you live in wa the tour dukws are all fakes contact one of them
they should be able to hook you up

above all PLEASE DONT CUT UP AN ORIGINAL

 

[gunboy1656]

Here if you want to make a DUKW look smaller just get one of these.

 

[11Echo]

I think he can find something smaller that a DUKW in this pic from last months Marlboro Volunteers show.

 

[bulldog_mack13]

Yeah , forget a DUKW and get a WC Command Car ( my dream MV ).

Pic of my being the Captain of the 45' DUKW at Lake Wheeler.

 

[RDUKW]

You have got to be F***ing nuts to bob a DUKW! Rare pieces of history like that need to be preserved NOT DESTROYED. Sell it to someone who will care about it and go buy yourself a deuce to bob! It makes me sick when people want to destroy historical items. Send it down to me and I'll add it to my fleet of DUKW's to preserve.

Ryan

 

[RDUKW]

There was a DUKW over over armyjeeps.net that sold recently for $80K. I doubt you have that much cash floating around to blow on mutilating a historical piece.

And This DUKW was not even close to a museum piece.

Ryan