Thank you for all the info, it was really more than I expected. Please keep
up the GOOD WORK!!!
Ross----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Connelly <billiam@erols.com>
To: <amphicar-lovers@egroups.com>; <rossjr@uswest.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [amphicar-lovers] Howdy
>
> Ross:
>
> In reply to your posting about Schwimmwagens below, the folks in the
> Amphicar Club Berlin e.V. (the German Amphicar Club, see
>
http://www.amphicar.net/Germany/) are likely to have lots more contact
with
> owners of those Porsche/VW Type 128 and 166 Schwimmwagens than folks this
> side of the Atlantic. One of their Club luminaries (who is also the
> webmaster of their aforementioned club site) is Rene Pohl, author of _Mit
> dem Auto baden gehen_, arguably the most comprehensive and best
illustrated
> history of amphibious vehicles ever written, albeit in German.
>
> Rene also runs another great English-language website dedicated to
> non-Amphicar amphibians, including the "Schwimmwagen" at
>
http://www.schwimmauto.de/.
>
> You might also find Hans Rosloot's "Source of Amphibious Vehicle
> Information" site over at
http://www.d-w-e.nl/amphibious/ interesting,
> particularly his free classifieds.
>
> Speaking of free classifieds, you might want to go to over to
Amphicar.net's
> "Amphi-Bazaar" at
http://www.amphicar.net/bazaar.html and click the links
in
> its second paragraph for the French language classifieds and the
> accompanying "Englsih-translation" link. These "Annonce(s) pour les
> v?hicules amphibies" often contain Schwimmwagen stuff.
>
> Lastly, from the Amphicar.net Library Catalog (see
>
http://www.amphicar.net/library.html), I have attached the results of a
> search for items concerning the Schwimmwagen far below.
>
> With Regards,
> ~Bilgemaster~
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>
> Does any of your group ever get into Schwimmwagens? Are they worthwhile
> restoring? are they available?
>
> THANKS
> Ross Scofield
> rossjr@uswest.net
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>
> Editor: Alder, Trevor.
> Year: 1995
> Title: Amphicar and other amphibious cars : roadtests, articles, adverts /
> compiled by Trevor Alder.
> Series Title: (Transport source books ; TSB 300)
> City: Ipswich, England
> Publisher: Transport Source Books Ltd. (32 Springhurst Close, Ipswich IP4
> 5NU, England, Tel/Fax: 01473 270376) ; distributed by Chariot Publishing
> Limited, 11a Devonshire Road, London W4 2EU, England, Tel: 0181 742 0022
> (+44 181 742 0022)/Fax: 0181 570 8887 (+44 181 570 8887), Email:
> chariot@easynet.co.uk .
> Number of Pages: [78] p. : ill., facsims. ; 30 cm.
> Keywords:
> Amphicar--History.
> The Amphicar in the press.
> Amphicar--Road tests and evaluations.
> Amphicar--Cartoons and caricatures.
> Amphicar--Advertisements and promotions--Sources.
> Motor vehicles, amphibious.
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Dutton Mariner.
> Amphi-Ranger.
> Privateer.
> Argocat.
> Mayer-Herrtwich Prototype.
> Herzog Schwimmwagen.
> Bazoo.
> Nobel-Amphibil.
> Seep (GPA)
> Abstract: A compilation of photocopied reprints of magazine and newspaper
> articles and advertisements on the Amphicar and successors such as the
> Dutton Mariner, Amphic-Ranger, etc.
> Notes: Cover title.
> "The inside story of your car from leading UK motoring journals"--Cover.
> Price as of September 1999: ? 9.95 (Note: "?" denotes UK pounds
sterling),
> plus postage: ? 3.25 (to UK, total cost ? 13.20) or ? 4.00 (to rest of
world
> via surface mail, total cost ? 13.95). Credit card payments via Internet
> accepted. Contact: Gloria Morgan, Chariot Publishing Limited, 11a
> Devonshire Road, London W4 2EU, England, Tel: 0181 742 0022 (+44 181 742
> 0022)/Fax: 0181 570 8887 (+44 181 570 8887), Email: chariot@easynet.co.uk
.
>
>
> Editor: Clarke, R. M.
> Year: [1994]
> Title: Military and civilian amphibians, 1940-1990 / compiled by R M
Clarke.
> City: Cobham, Surrey, UK [printed in Hong Kong].
> Publisher: Brooklands Books Ltd.
> Number of Pages: 140 p. : ill., facsims. ; 27 cm.
> Label: See Abstract below.
> Keywords:
> Motor vehicles, Amphibious--History--Pictorial works.
> Amphicar.
> The Amphicar in the press.
> Amphicar--Road tests and evaluations.
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Dutton Mariner.
> Amphi-Ranger.
> Seep (GPA)
> Schwimmwagen (VW 128).
> Schwimmwagen (VW 166).
> Trippel SG-6.
> Trippel SK-8.
> Trippel Sea Otter.
> Trippel Zweckmobil.
> DUKW.
> Weasel.
> Drake.
> Argo.
> Lockheed Twister.
> Conte.
> Veepee 8.
> Amphibious vehicles with hydrofoils.
> Amphibious vehicles in firefighting.
> Military amphibious vehicles.
> Military amphibious vehicles--Civilian use.
> Amphibious warfare.
> Military landing craft.
> LVTs.
> Abstract: Perhaps the most comprehensive English-language work on
amphibious
> vehicles, including the Amphicar. An essential and entertaining title for
> any Amphicar owner's library. Not generally available in the USA, but may
be
> ordered via the Internet through Amphicar.net at
>
http://www.amphicar.net/booksforsale.html, or by pressing <Ctrl><G> now.
> Notes: CONTENTS: Three Men in a DUKW / The Saturday Evening Post (Apr. 20,
> 1946) -- Army "Duck" has Automatic Tire Inflation / Motor Age (Feb.
1946) --
> Sea-Going Truck "Flies" on Water / Popular Mechanics (Dec. 1959) -- Army
> "Duck" Fights Fires Ashore and in Harbor / Popular Mechanics (June
1953) --
> Truck, Amphibian, 2?-Ton, 6x6 / War Department TM 9-2800 (Sept. 1,
1943) --
> The Schwimmwagen / Almark Publishing (1978) -- Schwimmwagen / Off Road
(May
> 1979) -- Schwimmwagen / Off Road (June 1977) -- Wolfsburg's War Babies, VW
> Type 166 Schwimmwagen / Bushdriver (1979) -- The Trippel SG-6 / Almark
> Publishing (1978) -- One-Wake Mind / Car Classics (Nov. 1978) -- New Facts
> about the Sea-Going Jeep / Popular Mechanics (June 1944) -- This Jeep Can
> Swim / Popular Science (June 1943) -- Truck, Amphibian, ?-Ton, 4x4 / War
> Department TM 9-2800 (Sept. 1, 1943) -- It'll Float, GPA 7225 / Four
Wheeler
> (Aug. 1971) -- The Seep Story, GPA Development / Army Motors (Spring
> 1981) -- Meet the Seep / Pickup, Van & 4WD (Mar. 1980) -- Sink or Swim /
> Popular Classics (Jan. 1991) -- New from Europe, the Amphicar: What It's
> Like to Drive / Popular Science (July 1960) -- PM Spotlights the Amphicar
/
> Popular Mechanics (June 1961) -- The Amphicar: Road Test / Mechanix
> Illustrated (June 1961) -- Take Your Car Swimming / Foreign Car Guide
> (1966) -- PIC's Popular Imported Girl / Popular Imported Cars (Apr.
1966) --
> The Amphicar: Road Test / Popular Imported Cars (Apr. 1966) -- Amphicar:
> Road Test / Car and Driver (Nov. 1967) -- Four Wheel Drifts Are Easy / Car
> Classics (Nov. 1978) -- The How and Why of Amphicar / Car Classics (Nov.
> 1978) -- Duck Truck: VEEPEE 8 / Overlander (Mar. 1986) -- Wanna Buy an
Amphi
> 4x4? / Four Wheeler (Nov. 1979) -- Conte Schwimmwagen / Herzog (n.d.) --
> Meet the LVT's Beach Busters / Popular Science (Sept. 1945) -- Landing
> Vehicle, Tracked, MK 1-LVT (1) / War Department TM 9-2800 (Sept. 1943) --
> Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Unarmored), MK 2-LVT (2) / War Department TM
> 9-2800 (Sept. 1943) -- Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored), Army Type, MK
> 11-LVT (A)(2) / War Department TM 9-2800 (Sept. 1943) -- Landing Vehicle,
> Tracked (Unarmored), MK 4-LVT (4) / War Department TM 9-2800 (Sept.
1943) --
> Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored), MK 4-LVT (A)(4) / War Department TM
> 9-2800 (Sept. 1943) -- Carrier, Cargo, M29C (Amphibian) / War Department
TM
> 9-2800 (Sept. 1943) -- Sea-Going Eight-Ton Truck / Popular Science (Oct.
> 1956) -- The Biggest Wheel in Vietnam / Popular Mechanics (Jan. 1968) --
> Lockheed Twister / Four Wheeler (Sept. 1971) -- Argo Anywhere / Overlander
> (Sept. 1971) -- It's All Go for the Argo / Off Road (Nov. 1978) -- Argocat
/
> Crayford Ltd. (1980) -- Amphi-Ranger: Wheels across the Water / Overlander
> (July 1985) -- Water Baby... / 4 x 4 (no. 11, 1984) -- 'Wat-er' Way to
Go!:
> the Amphi-Ranger, First Test / 4 x 4 (no. 15, 1985) -- Ahoy There! / Off
> Road and Four Wheel Drive (Aug. 1986) -- In at the Deep End / Autocar &
> Motor (Sept. 5, 1990) -- Amphi-Ranger: in the Water / Autocar & Motor
(Sept.
> 5, 1980) -- The Family Car That Can Swim / Modern Motor (Jan. 1979) --
> Dutton Mariner / Dutton Motor Co. (Mar. 1994).
>
>
> Author: Erb, Hasso
> Year: 1988
> Title: Schwimmwagen, PKW und LKW : Entwicklung, Technik, Typen / Hasso
Erb.
> City: Stuttgart [Germany]
> Publisher: Motorbuch Verlag [Postfach 103743, 7000 Stuttgart 1, Germany]
> Translator: Unpublished English translation may be available of at least
the
> part of this work pertaining to the Amphicar and its predecessors, but
> whereabouts, availability and quality of the translation are unknown.
> Please contact librarian@amphicar.net if you have such information.
> Label: An unpublished English translation of at least part of this work is
> said to be available, but its whereabouts, availability and quality are
> unknown.
> Anyone with information concerning this or any other translations of
foreign
> language Amphicar-related materials are encouraged to contact the
> Amphicar.net Library at librarian@amphicar.net.
> Keywords:
> Amphicar--History.
> Motor vehicles, amphibious.
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Notes: Text in German.
> Now out of print, until recently this book was sold by Gordon Imports. A
> photocopy "for research purposes" of the chapter concerning the Amphicar
and
> its predecessor, the Alligator, can be obtained by mail or fax from the
> Amphicar.net Library for $10. Please contact librarian@amphicar.net for
> details (Press <Ctrl><G> to do this automatically from the EndNote
Amphicar
> Library Catalog)
>
>
> Editor: Kubisch, Ulrich.
> Year: 1985
> Title: "Auto Ahoi! Amphicar", in: Automobile aus Berlin : vom Tropfenwagen
> zum Amphicar / von Ulrich Kubisch. (p. 113-119)
> Series Title: (Berliner Beitr?ge zur Technikgeschichte und Industriekultur
;
> Bd. 5)
> City: Berlin
> Publisher: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung
> Number of Pages: 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
> Keywords:
> Amphicar--History.
> Automobiles--Germany--Berlin--History.
> Automobile industry and trade--Germany--Berlin--History.
> Abstract: An extraordinarily detailed account concerning the development
and
> production of the Amphicar, which appears in this book concerning the
> history of the Berlin automobile industry.
> Notes: Text in German.
> Library of Congress Card Number: 86153237
file://r922
>
>
> Author: Mayer-Stein, Hans-Georg.
> Year: 1993
> Title: Volkswagen-Milit?rfahrzeuge 1938-1948 : KdF Wagen, K?belwagen und
> Schwimmwagen im Einsatz / von Hans-Georg Mayer-Stein.
> City: Friedberg/H. (Dorheim) [Germany]
> Publisher: Podzun-Pallas
> Number of Pages: 158 p. : ill.
> Keywords:
> Motor vehicles, Amphibious--History--Pictorial works.
> Military amphibious vehicles--Germany--History.
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Schwimmwagen (VW 128).
> Schwimmwagen (VW 166).
> Abstract: A German language illustrated history of Volkswagen's military
> vehicles from 1938 to 1948.
> Notes: Text in German.
>
>
> Author: Milsom, John.
> Year: 1975
> Title: German military transport of World War Two / John Milsom.
> City: London
> Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
> Number of Pages: 224 p. : ill.
> Keywords:
> Vehicles, Military--Germany--1933-1945.
> Motor vehicles, Amphibious--Germany--History.
> Military amphibious vehicles--Germany--History.
> Schwimmwagen (VW 128).
> Schwimmwagen (VW 166).
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Abstract: General history of German military transport vehicles of World
War
> II, including its amphibious vehicles.
> Notes: Includes bibliography and appendices.
> Cataloging information derived from sales catalog of Alibris.com
Booksellers
> at <
www.alibris.com> on June 11, 2000.
>
>
> Author: Oberkommando., Germany. Heer.
> Year: 1943
> Title: Leichter Personenkraftwagen K 2s, Typ 166 : Ersatzteilliste vom
> 11.3.43.
> City: [Germany]
> Publisher: [s.n.]
> Number of Pages: 117 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
> Keywords:
> Vehicles, Military--Germany--Maintenance and repair.
> Motor vehicles, Amphibious--Maintenance and repair.
> Schwimmwagen (VW 166)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
> Motor vehicles, Amphibious--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Military amphibious vehicles.
> Abstract: Wartime German spare parts listing for the Volkswagen K 2s
> "Schwimmwagen", Type 166.
> Notes: Text in German.
> "D 662/14"
> OCLC: 24581695
>
>
> Author: Pohl, Ren?.; Haack, R?diger.
> Year: 1998
> Title: Mit dem Auto baden gehen : Entwicklung, Geschichte und Technik der
> Schwimmwagen / Ren? Pohl, R?diger Haack
> City: K?nigswin. [Germany]
> Publisher: Heel-Verlag
> Number of Pages: 126 p. : ill., facsims., plates [some color] ; 27 cm.
> Label: (See 'Abstract' below)
> Keywords:
> Motor vehicles, Amphibious--History--Pictorial works.
> Amphicar--History.
> The Amphicar in the press.
> Amphicar--Road tests and evaluations.
> Other amphibious vehicles.
> Abstract: A well-known web toed English reviewer, David Chapman, has this
to
> say about this book, the title of which translates as Going swimming with
> the car, "An excellent book, even if you speak no German. Rene Pohl has
> researched this subject in more detail than ever before, the book contains
> hundreds of unique pictures of Amphibians, just wish there was an English
> edition !"
>
> A comprehensive history of amphibious motoring from Oliver Evans' 1805
> Orukter Amphibolos to present, and every wheeled wave bobber in between
(see
> Table of Contents below). This is an entertaining and essential title for
> any Amphicar owner's library. Though not generally available in the USA,
> it may be purchased via Amphicar.net, in association with Amazon Books in
> Germany (Press <Ctrl><G> from the EndNote Amphicar.net Library Catalog to
> proceed automatically to
http://www.amphicar.net/ordergermanbook.html for
> step-by-step English instructions on how to order this title from
Germany).
> Notes: Text in German.
> Contains many b&w and color photographs.
> Table of Contents: Kapitel 1: Die Pioniere, 1805-1934 (1805 Der Orukter
> Amphibolos von Oliver Evans -- 1899 Magrelen Amphibium -- 1904
> "Fischertechnik" -- 1905 Richmond Amphibische Benzinkutsche -- 1906
> Fournier -- 1906 Das Patent des Jean Rech -- 1907 Ravaillier
> Canot-Voiture-Touriste -- 1909 Howell & Son -- 1913 Lambert Cyclecar --
1914
> Mi?gl?ckte ?rmelkanal?berquerung eines Unbekannten -- 1914-1917
> Hydromotor -- 1915 Johnson -- 1915 Zeiner Hydro-Mobil -- 1916 Ein
> amphibisches Cyclecar -- 1917 Monnot Hydrocar -- 1921 Autogen -- 1922-1924
> Mathieson Seacars -- 1923 Barnes Amphibian -- 1923 Robinson "Silver
Spray --
> 1926 Unbekanntes Amphibium in Chicago -- 1926 Futzel -- Das Autoschiff der
> Maschinenfabrik Hoppe & Kroo? -- 1931 Lambert Hydrocar -- 1932 Ein
> unbekanntes Autoboot -- 1934 Das Land-Wasser-Auto des Jacob Baulig -- 1934
> Trippel Rennwagen "Land-Wasser-Zepp") -- Kapitel 2: Die Klassiker -
> Serienschwimmfahrzeuge (1935-1944 Trippel SG 6 -- 1940-1945 Die Volkswagen
> Typ 128 + Typ 166 -- 1942-1943 Ford GPA -- 1960-1965 Amphicar Typ 770 --
> 1982-1995 Amphi-Ranger 2800 SR) -- Kapitel 3: Spa?mobile - Schwimmwagen
f?r
> den zivilen Gebrauch und als Freizeitobjekt (1938 Trippel SK 8 -- 1943
> Trippel SG 7 -- 1949 M?nch Insulaner -- 1949 Trippel SK 9 -- 1950/1953 Das
> Baier Familien-Freizeitauto -- 1953 Petit "Voiture de Bled" -- 1956 Wood
> Cyclecars -- 1960 Dauphin "Ann Phibi" -- 1968 Sch?fer Orion -- 1969 Das
> Schwimmauto-Piehl -- 1973 Carefree Buggy -- 1974 Trippel T 74 -
Universal --
> 1974 Bartlett Waterlander -- 1976-1978 Mayer Amphimobile -- 1977
Hannebrink
> "The Box" -- 1979 Colani Sea-Ranger -- 1979 Conte Amphibian -- 1984 Ryan
> Streamliner -- 1987 Mitsubishi Pajero El Lago -- 1989-1990 Trippel
> Aqua-Terra -- 1992 Hobbycar B 612 -- 1993 Dobbertin Surface Orbiter --
> 1993-heute Dutton Mariner -- 1993 Renault Racoon -- 1995 Hobbycar
Cortex --
> 1995 Toyota Suirikusan) -- Kapitel 4: Spitzensportler Gleitf?hige
> Schwimmwagen (1940 Pankotan Auto-boat -- 1957 Hydrocraft Hydromobile --
1966
> Vinten Hydrocar -- 1970 Baier Wannsee-Auto -- 1970 Lakester -- 1970-1980
Die
> Experimente des O.W. Westphalen -- 1979 Kemp Sealander -- 1984 Podack
> Experimentalfahrzeug -- 1985 Triton -- 1994-heute Aquastrada Delta -- 1995
> Isuzu Nagisa) -- Kapitel 5: Die Militanten Milit?rischen Schwimmwagen
(1939
> DAF-Schwimmwagen -- 1941 Aqua-Cheetah -- 1944-1945 GAZ-011 -- 1944 Morris
> Gosling -- 1951 Tatra Typ 801 -- 1951-1952 Skoda Typ 972-S -- 1953-?
GAZ-46
> / MAV-46 / MDW -- 1956-1957 FEW Typ P2 S -- 1966-1972 Glas- /
> BMW-Schwimmwagen -- 1968-1976 Europa Jeep -- 1971 MBB-Schwimmwagen -- 1975
> Trippel T 74-Military -- 1977 Zweckmobil T 77-Military / Universal and
> Jeep -- 1979-1981 Die Trippel-Zweckmobile der Firma M?ller) -- Kapitel 6:
> Mutanten - Schwimmf?hige Fahrzeugumbauten, bei denen der urspr?ngliche
> Fahrzeugcharakter weitgehend erhalten blieb (1961 "Wasserk?fer -- 1969
> F?hnrichs Citroen ID 19 -- 1969 Trafoyer VW Typ 3 Cabrio -- 1979 Muschang
> Rodeo -- 1982 Gauloises Ente Citroen 2 CV -- 1982 Ryan Fiat Panda 4x4 --
> 1983 Thiry VW-Schwimmbus -- 1993 Toyota Starlet Marine -- 1995 Ryan
> Interceptor (Lamborghini Countach)) -- Kapitel 7: Die Windmacher -
> Schwimmwagen mit Luftpropellerantrieb (1913 Francois Garbaccio -- 1920
> Miller Metcalf Amphiglyder -- 1926 McLaughlin Maine Mobile -- 1935 Vlachos
> Tri-Phibian -- 1943 Trippel Amphibischer Kabinenschlitten -- 1959-1960
> Curtiss-Wright Air-Car -- 1963 Bertelsen Arcopter -- 1966 Kurunkov
> Aeromobil -- 1996 Husky Amphibian) -- Kapitel 8: Gehandikapt -
Schwimmwagen
> ohne eigenen Wasserantrieb (1954-1958 Porsche Jagdwagen Typ 597 -- 1956
Fend
> G 600 -- 1973 Bertone Go -- 1976 Lada Niva Typ E 2122 -- 1976-1988 LUAZ
> 967M -- 1980 Oto R 2.5 Gorgona) -- Kapitel 9: Schwimmprothesen -
> Kraftfahrzeuge mit Schwimmhilfen (Anh?nger-Fahren -- Bigfoots -- Pontons &
> Luftsacke -- Schwimmh?ute) -- Kapitel 10: "Halb-Sicher" ?ber den
Atlantic -
> Ben Carlins Reise um die Welt -- Anhang (All-Terrain-Vehicle --
Amphibische
> Motorr?der -- Pseudo-Schwimmwagen -- Nachwort -- Meilensteine der
> Schwimmwagengeschichte -- Kurz?berblick Danksagung -- Fotoquellen).
>
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