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Continued from boats and has lived on Anchor Bay on Lake St. Clair for

Page 32... The almost 35 years.

new cutest car

on the Lake ... Technical details for the gear heads:

Tom belongs to · Rear mounted 4-cylinder 43 HP Triumph Herald Engine

the International with 1147CC.

Amphicar Own- · Shifted by a 4-speed with reverse land transmission; plus

• Interior Flooring & Steps er’s Club, which a forward & reverse water transmission built by Hermes

• Update Your Exterior Deck & sponsors meets (makers of the Porsche trans).
Swim Platform around the U.S. · First gear is a creeper and will climb a 42 degree ramp
to Maintenance where numerous with ease.
Free NUTEAK® cars get together · In the water, the steering control is the same as on land,
and cruise…They with the front tires acting as rudders, via the steering
• Headliners are called “Swim wheel.
• Cabinets Ins.”
• TV conversions Tom is re-
• Installations both “in-water” tired, and

and in dry dock

has restored

a couple

of Corvettes in the past. Besides looking very

cool in his new car, he also likes to ride around

on his Harley. He’s owned a lot of

Historical Amphicar Adventures worth noting: Two
Amphicars crossed the English Channel in 1968 endur-
ing 20-foot waves and gale-force winds.

In 1965, two Amphicars successfully navigated the 2,300
mile long Yukon River in Alaska.

According to a couple Amphicar Club Members:
“It’s not a good car and it’s not a good boat, but
it does both just fine.” Another added, “We like to
think of it as the fastest car on the water and fastest
boat on the road.”

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