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Post by zila1 on Apr 11, 2019 14:55:40 GMT -5
I remember seeing these along Lake Michigan here in Chicago. There was an Amphicar Car Club and they would meet up at the lake front. You would see them driving into the lake from the boat launches. I used to see them around the Belmont Harbor launches. I could not believe that a car could also be a boat. Once a couple had to hurry and get back to the boat launch cause water was getting in and they were sinking.
Super high maintenance cars.
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Post by george on Apr 12, 2019 2:17:33 GMT -5
Expensive too, saw a couple TV shows(GMG & Wheeler Dealers) where they were dealing with these. One was being restored, the other sold for restoration to a collector.
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Post by Vinster on Apr 12, 2019 10:33:15 GMT -5
Watched 2 separate car restoration shows about those, really neat... but the 2 different cars needed the under-belly of the nose to be re-done. I guess a common thing was to drive in the water a tad too hard and collapse the under structure...
neat concept..
Vin
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