9/4/2003: New land-sea vehicle - Page 2

Griff · 09-05-2003, 12:03 PM

I think it was Amphicar. I know a guy who had one. He used to beat the traffic in Boston with it.

chrisinhouston · 09-05-2003, 12:32 PM

Thanks to Griff for the info. Here is a picture of the car

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2003, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by Griff
I think it was Amphicar. I know a guy who had one. He used to beat the traffic in Boston with it.

I used to see one on the Charles River once in a while. Mid 60's?

sycamore · 09-05-2003, 05:01 PM

Jesse James turned a school bus into a pontoon boat on Discovery's Monster Garage...that was pretty phat.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2003, 05:34 PM

I druther go in style.

Griff · 09-05-2003, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
I used to see one on the Charles River once in a while. Mid 60's?

I asked Pete, that time frame seems about right. She thinks it was a red one.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2003, 10:14 PM

Yeah, red sounds right. They moved so slow in the water, in order to beat the cars it would have to be a hell of a traffic jam.
When I would see it, I'd be on the Cambridge side, running outbound (usually) toward Watertown. I was going by it, rather than the other way around. Of course I wasn't wasting any time in either my '65 Mustang or '66 Sprint(GTO).
Unusual vehicles abound, at that time/place. I knew TWO guys that drove 3 wheeled messerschmitts in rte 9 (Huntington Ave.) from the 'burbs every day.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 36,410	Yeah, red sounds right. They moved so slow in the water, in order to beat the cars it would have to be a hell of a traffic jam. When I would see it, I'd be on the Cambridge side, running outbound (usually) toward Watertown. I was going by it, rather than the other way around. Of course I wasn't wasting any time in either my '65 Mustang or '66 Sprint(GTO). Unusual vehicles abound, at that time/place. I knew TWO guys that drove 3 wheeled messerschmitts in rte 9 (Huntington Ave.) from the 'burbs every day. __________________ The Truth and Robert Shapiro Shall Set You Free.

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09-05-2003, 12:03 PM	#16
Griff will audible pooch punt Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 12,778	I think it was Amphicar. I know a guy who had one. He used to beat the traffic in Boston with it.

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