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    What's This Engine Bay?

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    Or not. The taillights in the pic could be a hint.
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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    The license plate surround told me it was a rear engined car. End of story. Nothing else was told to me.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    06/19/09

    @JDisnidiet: Amphicars are front-engined.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    I too have seen one of these in person. But I didn't click on that part--it was the utterly sealed engine compartment that made me realize it was waterproof. And I thought Ben was tricking us with a boat.

    Long week, time to drink.
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    06/20/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I've already broke out the Midnight Bourbon™.
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    Image of Rotang Rotang
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    That looks like your mother's engine bay. Suck it Trebek!
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/19/09

    @Rotang: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawww, damnit. COTD has already been proclaimed. you have to save that kind of stuff till 12:01AM.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/19/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: We've had previous-evening COTDs before!
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    I totally failed to guess, but I did see two of these at the Orphan Car Show in Ypsi. Neat in concept but to be honest if I was going to have an amphibious vehicle, it would pretty much have to be a DUKW.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: I've wakeboarded behind a DUKW.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    CAFE adjusted Camaro?
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    The only thing I could think was very small American car like the Nash Metropolitan, but I knew they didn't have alternators. I didn't know what to make of the radiator placement. So I guess I got a buzz.


    Just so you know, I think what caused these to go out of production was the automotive safety standards that came about in the late sixties. Even though I think they were made in Germany most of the production came to the US. I always wanted a floating Car, damn you U.S. Government's EPA and DOT regulations.

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/19/09

    @Flathead Smith: it wasn't regs that killed it, it was the status as jack of all trades and master of none. It was a question to the answer nobody asked and performed in the market as such. Dan Neil put it best when he described the Amphicar as "a vehicle that promised to revolutionize drowning."
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    06/20/09

    @Ben Wojdyla:What are you talking about, this thing was certified bona fide ocean going vessel with performance on the street to boot, I mean come on, it had a sports car engine. Even the President of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson had one. If anyone knew cars, it was Lyndon Baines Johnson. As we all know now, Presidents of the United States are the authority when it comes to automobiles.
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    06/20/09

    @Flathead Smith: Some of them are. Obama had a 300C and a Cherokee, Kennedy had that really cool Lincoln convertible...and Lincoln had a Ford, right?
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/20/09

    @Flathead Smith: "..As we all know now, Presidents of the United States are the authority when it comes to automobiles..."


    Yeah. If you don't do what you're told, they will make you go stand in the corner. And no twenty dollar bill for a night out with your friends. They can be SO stern!

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    06/20/09

    @discontinuuity is once again meme-free: "..Obama had a 300C and a Cherokee, Kennedy had that really cool Lincoln convertible...and Lincoln had a Ford, right..?"


    I think he had something with power at all four corners tht they found for him in Kentucky. He always bought domestic.

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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    Got it, only because I've had the fun seeing one in person.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/20/09

    @lilwillie heart clicks GM: My cousin used to have one of these. Pretty cool little car.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    I failed.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    "It's a front-engined Thing with some bizarre, pointless engine swap? No, it can't be. Maybe it's one of those floating ones, but that still doesn't make any sense. What the fuck?"


    Oh. Well! Not really.

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    Image of SloW8 SloW8
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    I got this one! Woo Hoo!
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    06/20/09

    @SloW8: Ditto as well. The goofy way the sides are formed instantly reminded me of the guy who lives about 20 miles from me who has an 'extensive' collection of amphicars. I believe Great Stuff expandable foam was invented merely to aid the owners of these cars.
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    Image of CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    Creative flashlight storage...
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    06/19/09

    @CaptMatt15 is high on 9000 rpm: Totally.
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    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    06/19/09

    @CaptMatt15 is high on 9000 rpm: Yeah that part really threw me for a trip.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/19/09

    @PowerTryp: A power tryp?
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    So. much. displacement.
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    06/19/09

    @Matt Hardigree: 1.1 litres! OMG!
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    06/19/09

    In reply to What's This Engine Bay?
    Damn...close. Taurus SHO.
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