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Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker)

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Another Nobel use
« on: September 05, 2012, 12:13:47 AM »
I was very suprised to happen across this article today, not a version that I've ever heard any mention of before.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/tag/amphicar/
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Re: Another Nobel use
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2012, 07:36:14 AM »
Amazing! Completely new to me too.
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Re: Another Nobel use
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2012, 08:57:55 AM »
I wonder if those panels on the sides are floats?


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Re: Another Nobel use
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2012, 11:04:30 AM »
Argocat/Crayford, Amphicat (Banana Splits), Penguin etc. All similar designs from a period when many differing companies attempted to fill a niche market. Some research might yield that this is a license of one of those constructors as quite a few had VW engines.
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Re: Another Nobel use
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2012, 10:00:28 PM »
Wow, that thing is awesomely weird!
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