A Story doing the rounds today. It looks in remarkable nick as well. Volunteers spend five days digging out perfectly-preserved WW2 amphibious vehicle | Daily Mail Online
They’re obviously robust machines. This is the one that was recovered from the bottom of the River Maas in the 1970’s and was featured in After the Battle issue 24.
The Restoration team have created a Twitter account with regular updates. Well worth a shufti. https://twitter.com/BuffaloLvt
Its transmission being spun up: https://twitter.com/BuffaloLvt/status/1498640826422935554?s=20&t=TJAPz1U13E7uUsnSAInwXA I'm impressed. They don't make 'em like... etc. etc. & so on & so forth. Does look like these chaps are really cracking on with the thing.
I think the current thinking is to conserve rather than restore it, particularly what's left of its paint and markings. That said, the cockpit has been repainted with the intention that it can be sat in.