i keep hearing about a james bond 'amphicar'! i saw all the movies, but do NOT recall an 'amphicar'!!!! however, i do remember a [white] lotus that transformed into a 'submarine' and fired a missile . . . is this what the public views as a "james bond amphicar'???
joe, '68 white
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From: "Bill Connelly" <billiam @EROLS.COM="">
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Subject: Re: [amphicar-lovers] Misc Amphicar Stuff
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:33:17 -0500
<font size="2">Well, maybe I should chime in at this point as somebody who really LIKES driving the Amphi just like it was actually...omigosh!...IT'S A
<u>CAR</u>!</font>
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<font size="2">So, granted, your Amphiain't a Lamborghini. If you wanted an amphibious one of those, you should have bought
Mike Ryan's amphibious Lamborghini Countach James Bond-vehicle on eBay a year or two back when it went begging for just a handful of bids, finally closing at a measly $20K or thereabouts. (Incidentally, if you don't know about Mike Ryan's inspired work in making just about ANY kind of vehicleamphibious, you'll certainlywant to start checking it out
here. That might inspire a few additional Google searches to see what Mike's been up to.)</font>
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<font size="2">As for me, you know, I just love an Amphicars' wing<font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Arial">?d</font></font>lines and how it moves. So, OK I'mvehicularly demented. I don't yearn for a brand newHyundai Gynacolic or whatever. Forreference sake, on three or four wheels I favor older Spitfires, Heralds, late 50's constipated Wolseleys, Messerschmidts, Isettas, Hupmobiles, ancient Lincolns and mid-60s T-Birds (not that I'm fortunate enough to have a stable of these). Don't even get me started on my 2-wheeled desiderata. </font><font size="2">And speaking as one who's driven his Amphi "OLD BUOY" every year to the biggie Club gatherings first in upstate New York and then Ohiobut one (when I trailered it along with the rest of the family), usually about 1,200 miles or more roundtrip since'95: Yes, Virginia, it
IS a car. It
CAN drive on the Interstates....just not real fast. When it says "Slow vehicles stay right", do it...Now. Ride with the trucks up those hills.Truckers are your friends.Follow them up through the mountains.They willalso drop down to your 35 mph3rd gear crawlup those big lumps. Your power-to-weight ratios are almost exactly balanced up the big grades, so be nice. If they're "deadheading" (got an empty or light load) andit's nighttime, blink them into a free spotahead of you when it's clear (i.e. turn your lights on and off when there's place for them to move right). Be a buddy.Relax.You'll get there. You help them. Theywill help you.Remember: Truckers usually
LIKE nice strange vehicles, you know.That's you. Downhill's another matter....Both hands on the tiller boys! Use your right hand turn signal on downgrades, that's what I do.</font>
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<font size="2">Like Randy, who's already posted to this List on this topic, I also had mchanical setbacks en route the firstcouple-few years. Yes, bring a spare fan belt, and points, and a rotor, and a fuel pump, and... In retrospect, I now consider myfirst long haul years as shakedown runs.If something's wrong...you can usually fix it, if you're lucky (and fortune normally favors the bold). If not,in a pinch you can always hire a Ryder truck and a trailer for a couple-few hundred bucks. 'AAA Plus'membership (about $80 per year) is also a swell idea, since they'll tow you anywhere up to 100 miles for free up to four times a year, if need be. Shit happens...you don't have to be paperless. Randy was right in saying that frequent land transmission oil checking is a prudent idea.As previously discussed on this List, that gear oil can migrate here and there between the land and water trannies.After several hours on the road, mine will tend to glurp on over to the water tranny. Unless you want to rip out the rear seat at every gas stop, you should really check out Rob Vondracek's superbly-crafted
land tranny dipstick assembly. I've got one, and just can't say enough great things about it. Do get one yourself, even if you don't plan to motor on down Tierra del Fuego beginning this Tuesday (Note: Rob's thingeewill notirreversibly change "originality", for those who value this).</font>
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<font size="2">And lastly, as I've said here on the List many times before: I sincerely believe thatthe main reason I can hop intoOLD BUOY and drive up to Celina and back is because I do so every year. Too many Amphis are just ridden down to the drink and back and then hung up wet year after year after year. No wonder they're fussy on the road. Something about letting the Amphi really stretch its legs and clear out the cobwebsjust makes it better on the road after a while. You'll start FEELING the improvement after fifty or a hundred miles or so as it limbers up. Mine finds its stride on the Interstate from DC right around Skaggsville, which I rather enjoy, andlikes to cruise at about 59 mph. Yes, it can cruise faster or sprint to passif need be up to about 70, but just under 60 its tappets rattle along most sweetly andit all bounces along quite happily down the turnpike hour after hour after hour. </font>
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<font size="2">Now, off you go!</font>
<font size="2">~Bilgey~</font>
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Subject: Re: [amphicar-lovers] Misc Amphicar Stuff
No more Celina unless I can trailer it. I would say at this point that100 miles would be my limit. Yes, we were on the interstate. I agree with Mike I. Moderate speed on the interstate is probably best. The roads tend to be in better condition than the back roads.
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