Looked out the window last weekend and saw an Amphicar drive by. I haven't seen one in the water for about 15 years. 70mph on the road and 7mph in the water. Here is a link to the history of the Amphicar if any one is interested. http://www.amphicar.com/history.htm
I've always thought they were cool. Goofy but cool. I knew of one when I was a teenager (I'm 27) that I could've got for a couple grand. Should've got it.
Go rent Pontiac Moon, you'll like it, an Amphibicar figures prominently as does a really nice Pontiac 'vert. '51 I think.
Too cool! When I was growing up in Manitoba one of my dad's friends had one. He drove it all over town, but I only saw it in the water once. We were on a lake in our boat when my dad spotted him. We pulled up along side and I got to crawl over the side to ride around a bit on the lake. I was about 10 years old and thought it was the coolest thing!
I wonder if that's the same one I used to see puttering around the St Croix by Stillwater all the time.
A friend of mine had 2 of those things for a while...white and red...the white one always was broken...we eventually sank the red one. M.
That's one of the cars on my "must have someday list." They were fairly reasonable until a couple of years ago when one went for a pretty penny at B.J. Now everyone wants top dollar for them. Doc.
LBJ loved to take visitors to the ranch for a ride, then make a sudden turn into a pond! Laughing all the way!
awesome, I always saw one sitting up when I was a kid, early 70's, old faded blue and I never stopped to ask about it. sad, I'll probably never find another.
There was one on tv on a local program called carolina traveler. The guy said he bought it for under $50 (can't remember exactly what it was) from a junkyard in the late 60s. he tried it out and it sank in seconds. he has now restored it and took it out on a local lake and got on tv with it. It was his first trip on water and it ran good but was slow. everyone had to pull up their boats and talk to the guy.
You wou wouldbe screwed if you unthinkingly opened the door when you pulled up to the dock! Those cars are one of those things that are definately weird but you cant help but like them. Still wierd though!
There is an annual antique wooden boat show in Mt Dora, FL. They had a parade over land & water for 'em this past year. They had about a dozen and sank nary a one. One guy did try rather hard going off the boat ramp into the water at speed though, every crowd has one.
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