When I read that listing about the damaged hood, I cringed. I've
never had it happen but it happened to one of my Amphicars in the
past. When I bought it I noticed that the hinges had been bent and
there was damage to the underlying frame. A rather poor bondo job
had been done to the top surface that masked the damage to that
area. During restoration, I replaced the bent hinges, straightened
the frame and repaired the bent upper surface. Having seen that
damage, I have been "religious" about always latching the hood down
and being sure that the secondary keeper latch is working correctly.
It's a nasty kind of thing to fix and I feel sorry for the
unfortunate owner of the car in this recent episode, especially since
his car was so recently worked on.
John Friese
White 67
Red 67
--- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, "rbwright123" <rbwright@s...>
wrote:
>
> This is the first reported flying amphi hood story I have heard
of.
> I have many times been driving or towing my amphicar down the high-
> way only to realize I forgot to latch. At what speed did this hood
> become airborn? Robert Wright