Amphicar Technical Demonstration

[1aauto]

Great instructional video.

[ShamblerDK]

I can't believe this video doesn't have anymore views... this car is an engineering wonder :-o

[bluetoothgeorge123]

My dad actually owns a rare Right hand drive British one has anyone else joined the International amphicars owners club?,

[PotatoGunsRule]

I would love to have one. I'd drive it.

[Jake199415]

Thats the first time i have ever seen a car take a piss before:)

[apostropheYes]

Ha! My cousin has one of these. It's a blast, but amazing it doesn't get swamped!

[gamecheater11]

inside the front is actually your fuel tank! and the weird thing is it has a fuel pump switch to the right of the gas pedals. it woudnt start till we found that

[Jaycalabria]

i wanna see inside the trunk and engine, u should show the engine in this video to.

[Jaycalabria]

i want one!!!!!

[Keallei]

@Jaycalabria oh boy do i too! i saw my first and only amphicar in Omaha Nebraska in 2000

[quadlinear]

When I was a preteen in the 70's, whew.. There was one amphicar in our town and was owned by a nice guy who loved to show it off.

[hardstyler6114]

i want to buy a water car but where they are for sale?

[puppetmaster983]

@hardstyler6114 Good luck finding one.

[JohnFromSpace]

Yeah I hope you have $100,000 =)

[dyter07]

There was one for sale in the Netherlands for 53.000 Euro last year.

[verwoerd]

Thanks for posting from me, too!

I found the car very appealing until I read a bit about it in the German motoring press - and was less impressed afterwards.

Apparently the car didn't handle really well neither on the road nor in the water.

On the road, the boat shape created aerodynamic lift so cornering at middle speed became rather fussy. In the water, you had the four wheels slowing the thing down.

Worst of all: the Triumph engine was very unreliable - just what you want out on the lake

[vitodamico]

Thank you for posting this. Love the Amphicar!

[TheVenosis]

My dad has one =D, there are some in France, only 3 are still working.

[theroyshow1]

NICE!!!

[tiptopsound]

Your car peed

[KMScarboy]

lol the bilge pump would be awesome for tailgaters!!!

[PotatoGunsRule]

I think I saw one of these in Tennessee when I was a little kid! It just drove right into a lake. I saw one last week, in WV, on the back of a trailer. If I could, I'd get one in a second.

[JohnFromSpace]

Thanks for sharing your car

[DaviDeXtA]

I really liked the ending there! Great tour, I have enjoyed both your Bricklin and Ampicar tours :)

I'm guessing you like collecting unusual cars?

[HalitosisOfNalts]

Very cool. I'm linking to you from my site. Really enjoyed this.

[tomprice494]

Thanks for the tour! I'd love to see the trunk and engine as well! Too bad these are no longer in production.

[Bullettube]

I took a ride in one of these back in 1968 and it was a blast! I wish he had opened the engine and trunk hoods rather then explain the lights etc.  They were no bigger then a Ford falcon or a Chevy Two, and were very simliar in layout.

[resopicker]

I've seen a couple of Amphicars but I never would've thought of both a bilge pump, and a bilge blower. Thanks for enlightening me.

[Maltray]

Think its to repduce amphicars again with all the floods recently

[hanginthereboy]

Very informative video mate, good stuff!! great little car, what a pitty they were made of steel and didn't have a proper roof !!!!

[gbuxman]

Well done! Back in the early 70's, I witnessed an amphicar plunge into Convict Lake in the Sierra Mountains. I've been facinated ever since. Your video answered many of my questions. Do they require extensive maintenance? What about water-seals where the axels meet the hull?

Thanks!

[howwie123]

Thats a cool car! I am selling the boat.

[zabdale]

Now I know what the amphicar can do and what it has. Excellent video but you should test the bilge pump in the water or in a toilet large enough!

[snowrocket]

Your discertation was rather dry, but very informative and well done. Since I know little about them, I now feel like I have some useful insight. 5*!

[AmphicarVentures]

Nice video. I enjoyed watching it even though I already knew about all of the Amphi's features.