[rotorwrench]

I've always heard that the war department purchases didn't really happen until the part or assembly was used by the military. I know that Royal Enfield WD motorcycles were also taken back to be distributed by the sales organizations after being repainted to civilian specs at the factory in Redditch. This way the WD didn't have to worry about new surplus costing them an arm and a leg but the manufacturers did have a lot of work to do to store and sell the stuff after the war.