Your dad used the Ford GPA:
http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...ibiousJeep.jpg

And a GPA next to a DUKW, for comparison:
http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...GPAandDUKW.jpg

A nice try at the concept, but they didn't do well in practice. They
didn't have much freeboard and tended to swamp, and didn't have much
ground clearance and tended to high-center on embankments.

And then there was the non-jeep Amphicar:
http://www.amphicars.com/


On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, abomb69 wrote:

> My dad used one of those in WWII they called them "mud ducks", they would
> run on the road and then right out into the water.
>
> "Frank_v7.0" <none@no.net> wrote in message
> news:jxHIh.4575$B25.979@news01.roc.ny...
>> Probably not big enough for DC to notice. Looks like the old Amphicar. I'd
>> like one of those 2 seat Lotus Super 7 clones to play with though. :-)
>>
>> Bret Ludwig wrote:
>>> http://www.amphijeep.biz/
>>>
>>
>> --
>> FRH
>
>
>

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I thought you were talking about the Real Jeep. I know what you're
talking about now, surplus ones used to be running all over the place while
I was growing up in Del Mar, California, Now they still being used at San
Diego harbor tour cruises.
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> Is this a picture of a mud duck??



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I thought you were talking about the Real Jeep. I know what you're
talking about now, surplus ones used to be running all over the place while
I was growing up in Del Mar, California, Now they still being used at San
Diego harbor tour cruises.
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"abomb69" <abuse@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Is this a picture of a mud duck??



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I thought you were talking about the Real Jeep. I know what you're
talking about now, surplus ones used to be running all over the place while
I was growing up in Del Mar, California, Now they still being used at San
Diego harbor tour cruises.
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"abomb69" <abuse@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Is this a picture of a mud duck??



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Nice find, thanks.
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Your dad used the Ford GPA:
> http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...ibiousJeep.jpg
>
> And a GPA next to a DUKW, for comparison:
> http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...GPAandDUKW.jpg
>
> A nice try at the concept, but they didn't do well in practice. They
> didn't have much freeboard and tended to swamp, and didn't have much
> ground clearance and tended to high-center on embankments.
>
> And then there was the non-jeep Amphicar:
> http://www.amphicars.com/



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Nice find, thanks.
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Your dad used the Ford GPA:
> http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...ibiousJeep.jpg
>
> And a GPA next to a DUKW, for comparison:
> http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...GPAandDUKW.jpg
>
> A nice try at the concept, but they didn't do well in practice. They
> didn't have much freeboard and tended to swamp, and didn't have much
> ground clearance and tended to high-center on embankments.
>
> And then there was the non-jeep Amphicar:
> http://www.amphicars.com/



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Nice find, thanks.
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Your dad used the Ford GPA:
> http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...ibiousJeep.jpg
>
> And a GPA next to a DUKW, for comparison:
> http://members.aol.com/drivetowwii/P...GPAandDUKW.jpg
>
> A nice try at the concept, but they didn't do well in practice. They
> didn't have much freeboard and tended to swamp, and didn't have much
> ground clearance and tended to high-center on embankments.
>
> And then there was the non-jeep Amphicar:
> http://www.amphicars.com/



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The Caterham is a good one for traditionalists, if you want to really
kick corvette butt, build a Turbo Rotus.

Stupendous Man proclaimed:

> "> I'd like one of those 2 seat Lotus Super 7 clones to play with though.
> :-)
>
>
> I'm going to build one at work after the two Formula 2 cars are done.
> http://new.photos.yahoo.com/arborigi...804271803321/1
>

 

The Caterham is a good one for traditionalists, if you want to really
kick corvette butt, build a Turbo Rotus.

Stupendous Man proclaimed:

> "> I'd like one of those 2 seat Lotus Super 7 clones to play with though.
> :-)
>
>
> I'm going to build one at work after the two Formula 2 cars are done.
> http://new.photos.yahoo.com/arborigi...804271803321/1
>

 

The Caterham is a good one for traditionalists, if you want to really
kick corvette butt, build a Turbo Rotus.

Stupendous Man proclaimed:

> "> I'd like one of those 2 seat Lotus Super 7 clones to play with though.
> :-)
>
>
> I'm going to build one at work after the two Formula 2 cars are done.
> http://new.photos.yahoo.com/arborigi...804271803321/1
>