Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) This looks like an early amphicar although it's hard to figure how the wheels get power,you can't row on land. By Axe Grinder on HAMB Edited January 24, 2012 by Dave Mellor NJ (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Humm? That is a new one I had not seen before. I have not seen a new Amphibious car pic for some time! Kudos to you!It looks like the wheel assys rotate down and I assume lock into place. Not much on looks, but it's floating. It's huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Not trying to put words in Daves mouth, so to speak, but perhaps he meant waht sort of drive train was there. Steering also looks interesting, as there seems some type gearing inthe front wheels after they were lowered. It looks like they would have locked into the support near the water line. I wonder if that was all manual or automatically operated. Seems like possibly daylight only as I see no definate lighting. Notice that the door is above the water line. Note sure they would have had a good sealant method in the period, perhaps early 20s.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 But how do you steer the boat with the wheels up? Must have also had a rudder of some sort. When the wheels are up are they disconnected from the steering gear, if not they would hit on the sides of the car??? Very interesting Amphi.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memaerobilia Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Here's another 1969 Russian one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 I don't suppose it would be a smooth transition, in any event, going from water to land orvice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Walling Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 It looks like the power to the rear wheels is transmited by a chain drive in the enclosed case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Roger, I think that is correct. At first glance, I thought that was just the mechanism to lower the wheel. This was quite a engineering project for the era. I would love to know more about this vehicle.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 However they steered it, it must have been a bear judging by the size of the steering wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Here's another strange one, by LowKat<TABLE id=post5282220 class=tborder border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" align=center><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #e5e5e5 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #e5e5e5 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #e5e5e5 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #e5e5e5 1px solid" class=alt2 width=175>Join Date: Nov 2005Location: Beavercreek, OreegonePosts: 7,650 </TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e5e5e5 1px solid" id=td_post_5282220 class=alt1><!-- icon and title -->Re: Vintage shots from days gone by! <HR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e5e5e5; COLOR: #e5e5e5" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->1954 - The Rhino, invented by Elie Aghnides<!-- / message --><!-- sig --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 The Rhino looks like some of those that were built to run on snow.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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