Car boats on Paugus Bay

PaugusBayFireFighter · 10-12-2013, 06:00 PM

We saw these four "vintage" car boats cruising towards the Weir's channel this afternoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdcSSpru0w

brk-lnt · 10-12-2013, 06:07 PM

Looks like a group of Amphicar's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar

Slickcraft · 10-12-2013, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

We saw these four "vintage" car boats cruising towards the Weir's channel this afternoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdcSSpru0w

Thank for the video.

About 3:30 this afternoon we were headed north from West Alton on Rt 11 toward Glendale. My wife was driving, I glanced up and saw this little blue car with a white top and fins on the tail lights. I said "was that a Nash Metropolitan? But the tail light fins don't fit in". She said "There were boat nav lights on it"! So we speculated that is was an amphibious car.

Must have been neat to see them in the water.

LSBA Joker · 10-12-2013, 09:28 PM

thanks for posting. beautiful backgrounds. what no comments from the peanut gallery re" violation of the 150' rule?

jetlag100 · 10-13-2013, 08:39 AM

Saw them while visiting my nephew at NASWA this past summer..the driver pulled it right up on the beach..Now that was some easy parking

RumGuy · 10-16-2013, 09:50 AM

My Dad had one of those in the 70's, and it wouldn't surprise me if the red one in the video was his. Right hand drive, Triumph engine in the rear. Dad never really cared about the bilge pump in our boat, but in that car it was crucial...

Lakesrider · 10-16-2013, 01:26 PM

There was one on Wolfeboro Bay yesterday as well....

10-12-2013, 06:00 PM	#1
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	Car boats on Paugus Bay We saw these four "vintage" car boats cruising towards the Weir's channel this afternoon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdcSSpru0w

10-12-2013, 06:07 PM	#2
brk-lnt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Down Shores Posts: 1,937 Thanks: 532 Thanked 568 Times in 334 Posts	Looks like a group of Amphicar's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar __________________ [insert witty phrase here]

10-12-2013, 09:28 PM	#4
LSBA Joker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Meredith and SE Mass Posts: 56 Thanks: 7 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	car boats thanks for posting. beautiful backgrounds. what no comments from the peanut gallery re" violation of the 150' rule?

10-16-2013, 09:50 AM	#6
RumGuy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cape Cod / W.Alton Posts: 76 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Amphicar My Dad had one of those in the 70's, and it wouldn't surprise me if the red one in the video was his. Right hand drive, Triumph engine in the rear. Dad never really cared about the bilge pump in our boat, but in that car it was crucial...

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jetlag100 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Revere, Massachusetts and Moultonborough, N.H. Posts: 311 Thanks: 228 Thanked 79 Times in 50 Posts	Saw them while visiting my nephew at NASWA this past summer..the driver pulled it right up on the beach..Now that was some easy parking

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