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That 77 mile car John mentioned was mine.I also have another NOSwhite Amphi which came from the same stock. If anyone saves their Old Cars Weekly's look at the Nov. 11th 2004 copy and you will find an article covering the discovery of these two truly new Amphicars. John, possibly you could add this article somewhere in the club website so it will be available for members to read. Maybe Ed Price would want to include it in the newsletter too. </font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">I'm not really into all the concourse stuff.With the limited availability of NOS parts getting most cars close to this condition would be difficult at best.</font><font face="Arial" size="2">I had the national best of show award winning 69 AMC AMX in the mid 80's and know first hand that this type of detail is not easy.After putting that kind of sweat equity into an Amphicar from scratch few if any owners would ever want to put the car on the road or in the water again. Maybe just a nice resto guide etc.would benice. Real details will require more than old photo's because you have to be certain. That means youhave to know the car first and begin there. I would make my cars available but don't think I have the patients personally.Cap'n John could do it well, Dave theWave has tons of knowledge aswell as others.Hugh Gordon of course would be great since he knows more about these cars than all of us put together probably.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">To me it takes the fun out of things. Owners don't seem to be happy campers anymore when they try to be to perfect.I love the happiness I see when Amphi owners just have funwith our cars. There are tons of very nice amphi's out there today but very few that would stand up toeven mildjudging.I don't think it matters too much with Amphicars.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">If the club does it however I'll provide any information you want. Until then if anyone simply must know some odd gory detail like theplacement, length or color of a wire or heaven forbid the length of an original tire nub. Let me know and I'll try and help.</font>
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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:25 PM
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Subject: [amphicar-lovers] Resto guidlines
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I have a large library of thousands of Amphi photos (probably the
largest anywhere) that I have been looking at for a long time with
this very thing in mind. Sadly I missed seeing the 77 mile green car
that sold a couple years ago. I still may try to get to it to
photograph it in detail. I have a very nice early survivor car that
I will use as well. It will need to be partially disassembled to get
the shots that will be needed. It is something that not only should
be done, but will get done eventually.
We love our Amphicars, but with so many people out there ignorant to
what is correct and what is not are unknowingly putting people in
danger. The red one on eBay would not float for 2 minutes w/o it's
door seals. Imagine an unknowing family with children who think it's
safe, load up and drive into a lake. There would not be enough time
to get it out of the water before it sank even if the driver kept
their calm. That my friends is life threatening ignorance for $50+k.
The BJ car is nice no doubt, but NOT correct as advertised. Nothing
huge, but a few small things. Incorrect none the less. There needs
to be some documentation done for those who want it. I am not saying
anything but a correct car is best. I am saying if you want a
correct car, where do you go to find out wire routing, correct
colors, what gets what type of seal, correct screws for each
application etc? I answer these questions a lot as I am sure Hugh
and the others do as well.
I will make it a project for my time as Prez. Maybe a simple page
will show up soon on the members only section? Hummm....
John Bevins
Prez/Webmaster
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