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Re: Amphi car ride

To: Gbouff1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Amphi car ride
From: Lawrence G Miceli <lgmtr6@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:43:29 -0400
Cc: Triumphs@autox.team.net
I know this is off  topic a little but, I attended the Vintage boat show
in Mount Dora, Florida this past month (wonderful old wooden boats) and
there were 12 Amphicars at the event! They did a "parade lap" around the
show, and ended by charging down the boat ramp onto the water! What a
silly sight!  I took some digital photos and hopefully will post them to
my web page (if I ever get a minute to work on it).

I spoke with many of the owners who seemed incredibly ignorant of the
Triumph link to the Amphicar (that it used a Herald/Spitfire engine) and
had several folks very interested in buying up lots of used Herald parts.

BTW, my Herald is often mistaken for an Amphicar. At car shows, people
ask , " Does that car go in the water?" I usually answer, "only once" and
wait for the puzzled look on their face ;-) 

Larry Miceli
Gold Coast Triumph Club
Pompano Beach, Florida
'73 Stag  *  '66 Herald  *  69 E-Type FHC
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:49:19 EDT Gbouff1@aol.com writes:
> 
> The post about the amphi car reminded me of my only experience with 
> the 
> vehicle.  Over 30 years ago I went to my senior class picnic at the 
> Frank 
> Davis resort in Moodus, Connecticut. (for the benefit of our older 
> CT 
> listers, who may remember).  They were giving rides on the river or 
> lake in 
> the resort's amphi car.  I have always been around boats so I just 
> had to go 
> for a spin.  While a very novel idea, it is really designed for 
> fording small 
> bodis of water. It is definitely not a rough water boat, as it is 
> very 
> unstable and has limited manuverability.  But at 18 years old it was 
> still a 
> lot of fun!
> 
> Gary Bouffard
> 59 TR3A (that won't hold water, in or out)


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