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Be Free
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Re: Thanks to the Members....

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OverEasy wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:11 pm Hi Starscream

Always wanted an Amphicar……. :)

The three car nut show from England (Top Gear) had a sailing version that actually sort of worked! :D :D

I can’t agree with you more about FB.
Can’t stand the inconsistency’s or triteness which seems common across just about everything FB.

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Long before I bought my Mac, back when there were only Ventures, there was an Amphicar that used to come down to the boat ramp and just drive in. The look on the faces of people who did not recognize it as he drove down the ramp and right into the water was unforgettable :D . His speed as left the marina reminded me of the Russian proverb, "The marvel is not that the bear dances well, but that the bear dances at all."

By a strange coincidence I bought my :macx: in that same marina after moving away 30+ years earlier.
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OverEasy
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Amphicar - (Fun Side Topic)

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Hi Be Free

Yes! I love the amphicar!
There was one somewhere near where I grew up and it would be in the local town 4th of July Parades!
Thought it was the neatest little car!
Better than the James Bond versions (that didn’t actually work) and that it was an actual production (limited) car normal people could buy in it’s time.


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As you quoted BeFree: "The marvel is not that the bear dances well, but that the bear dances at all."

But the funny part was that the Amphicar really could dance!!!
That was one of the absolutely coolest 8) 8) vehicles!!

In 1965, two Amphicars successfully navigated the Yukon River in Alaska.

Two Amphicars crossed the English Channel in Sept. 1965 enduring 20-foot (6.1 m) waves and gale-force winds.
(Tough little cars!)

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Never wanted a High Performance Italian, German, English or American barely raid legal sports car or muscle car (although I did cobble together a Catalina with a over bored engine, a Holly double pumper quadrajet carb, Nitrous Oxide boost and removed about 800 pounds of sheet metal and interior weight for several months).

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Ahh, but did you know the Amphicar had a British motor? It used the engine from the venerable Triumph Herald (also later used in the Triumph Spitfire sports cars).

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OverEasy
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Yup! :) 8)
Triumph had a nice engine and package!

The Amphicar also had a 4 speed synchronized gear box with reverse and an auxiliary “shift lever” so the propellers and drive wheels could both be engaged concurrently for getting into and out of the water while allowing the drive wheel to be disengaged once away from ground contact!
Hit a sand bar? No problem, engage the drive wheel and drive over it! :D :D

It was an amazing car for its time and no one has really come back with an equal to it in over five decades! :D :D
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Perfect Companion to the Amphicar

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The perfect companion to the Amphicar…. The SeaLander Amphibious Camper Trailer!
:D :D

https://sealander.de/en/
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Update: 08/22/21
Ah figured it out! :o :o
How to tow this floating in-law / out-law relative amphibious accommodation !!! :D :D
Ahh kin makes a reverse “Y” adapter tongue that has a pair of gimballed u channel pivots dat fits ov’r da rudder brackets den goes back from each side aroudsvda motor and then to the trailer hitch!
Da in-laws kin come along, da Admiral will be happy an Ah don’t have da in-law/out-laws Ins da boat! :D :D :D :D
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BOAT wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:15 pm I have a political question,

What do you guys use for an anchor light?
~I want to see answers to this question... :D :D :D
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MacGregorSailors.com is what makes having a Mac such a pleasure !
Thank you for all the effort you put in to keep it going.
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