Horses and water cars at the pudd .... During a tenkara in the sun session

[VIVID_FLY]

Hit the Pudd on sunday june 3 ... walked in from the park and ride to the swim beach area. Noticed the water level has dropped dramatically. Fished the same fly as I have been for the last 2 weeks and CRAPPIE after CRAPPIE in the shade. Walked around to the pipes and honey hole and managed to get a bluegill ( yahooooooo) Met up with Charlie and we started to toss some to the waters along the banks towards the the high pier. I coaxed some more nice palm sized crappies and blues ...

Heard some hoofs behind us and captured some EQUINE

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We then headed over to the BURNED OUT PIER and no fish at all ... Felt some nibbles..


headed over to SAILBOAT COVE .... spotted this guy again after seeing him years ago
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[DockRat]

Cool pics and it's a Amphicar.

Amphicar
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Amphicar Amphicar photographed in Stuttgart 2005.
Manufacturer Quandt Group
Production 1961-1968
3,878 built
Body style two door cabriolet
with boat features
Engine 1147 cc straight-4 (Triumph)
Transmission 4-speed
all-synchromesh manual
Wheelbase 84 in (2,134 mm)[1]
Length 171 in (4,343 mm)
Width 62 in (1,575 mm)
Height 60 in (1,524 mm)
Curb weight 2,324 lb (1,054 kg)
Designer Hanns Trippel
Boating (River Main)
Motoring
Propulsion is provided by twin propellers mounted under the rear bumper
Amphicar gearbox

The Amphicar is an amphibious automobile, the first such vehicle mass-produced for sale to the public starting in 1961. The German vehicle was designed by Hanns Trippel and manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde. Its name is a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "car". The Amphicar was designed to be marketed and sold in the USA. Compared to most boats or cars, its performance was modest, and only 4000 were produced by 1965. Nevertheless, it is still among the most successful amphibious civilian autos of all time, and still often prized and preserved as novelty collectible automobiles today.
Contents

Product description (1966 Amphicar Model 770)

Engine: Triumph four-cylinder engine of 1147 cc, 8.0 compression ratio, rated at 38.3 bhp

Chassis/body Overall length: 14.250 ft (4.343 m)
Overall width: 5.083 ft (1.549 m)
Height: 5.000 ft (1.524 m)
Turning circle: 36.833 ft (9.398 m)
Wheelbase: 7.000 ft (2.134 m)
Front track: 4.000 ft (1.219 m)
Rear track: 4.083 ft (1.245 m)
Fuel tank capacity: 10.5 imperial gallons
Empty weight: 2,315 lb (1050 kg) (includes fuel and oil)

Appearance Front undersurface is slightly pointed and sharply cut away below. The wheels are set low, so that the vehicle stands well above ground level when on dry land. Front and rear bumpers are placed low on the body panels (but fairly high in relation to dry ground). The one-piece windshield is curved. The foldable top causes the body style to be classified as cabriolet. Its water propulsion is provided by twin propellers mounted under the rear bumper.[2] The Amphicar is made of mild steel.
Performance

The powerplant was the 1147 cc (69 in³) engine from the British Triumph Herald 1200. Many engines were tried in prototypes but the Triumph engine was "state of the art" in 1961 and had the necessary combination of performance, weight, cool running and reliability. Updated versions of this engine remained in production in the Triumph Spitfire until 1980. The Amphicar engine had a power output of 43 hp (32 kW) at 4750 rpm slightly more than the Triumph Herald due to a shorter exhaust. Called the "Model 770", the Amphicar could achieve speeds of 7 knots in the water and 70 mph (110 km/h) on land. Later versions of the engine displaced 1296 cc and 1493 cc and produced up to 75 bhp (56 kW). Some Amphicar owners have fitted these engines to improve performance.

One owner was quoted "It's not a good car and it's not a good boat, but it does just fine" largely because of modest performance in and out of water.[3] Another added, "We like to think of it as the fastest car on the water and fastest boat on the road."

In water as well as on land, the Amphicar steered with the front wheels, making it less maneuverable than a conventional boat.[4] Time’s Dan Neil called it "a vehicle that promised to revolutionize drowning", explaining, "Its flotation was entirely dependent on whether the bilge pump could keep up with the leakage."[5] In reality a well maintained Amphicar does not leak at all and can be left in water, parked at a dock side, for many days.[citation needed]
Amphicar adventures

In 1965, two Amphicars successfully navigated the Yukon River in Alaska. [6]

Two Amphicars crossed the English Channel in 1968 enduring 20-foot (6.1 m) waves and gale-force winds.[7]

Howard Singer of San Diego, California sailed an Amphicar from the mainland to Catalina Island in the late 1970s.

Amphicar appears in the films Rotten to the Core (1965), Inspector Clouseau (1968), and Pontiac Moon (1994).

President Lyndon B. Johnson was known as an owner of an Amphicar. Apparently he liked to scare new visitors to his ranch by driving them downhill in his Amphicar directly into his property's lake, all the while shouting that the brakes have broken[8].
History

Production started in 1961. From 1963 to 1965 cars were assembled from parts inventory built up in anticipation of sales of 20,000 per year. Production ended in 1965. Cars were titled in the year they actually sold rather than when they were produced, e.g. an Amphicar assembled in 1963 could be titled a 1968 if that was when it was first sold. Most Amphicars were sold in the United States. Cars were sold in the United Kingdom from 1964. Total production was 3,878 vehicles before the company folded. 99 right-hand drives were converted from left-hand drives. Some were used in the Berlin police department and others were fitted for rescue operations.

[seal]

The Irvine boys have probably seen that car (not sure if it's the same one) I've seen it over the years many times there.

Looks like a nice lake for the tenkara!

[Fishnfun]

It was fun fishing together again. They did let out a lot of water from the lake which may have something to do with the slower fishing. I need you and Fishing Queen to find me the new lower water level hot spots. I missed the car boat, but did see the horses. Never knew they allowed horses inside Pudd. See you out there again soon.

[The Fishing Queen]

Vivid, good report and nice to hear that you were out fishing again! I miss those days when all four of us used to fish together. I still meet with Robert and Mike somedays. My kids are going to be out of school for summer break, so we are going to spend a lot of time fishing together. I got my kayak ready for summer fishing, and I'm going to try to catch some nice trout on my Tenkara. I had a great time fishing last weekend and I caught a few good sized trout and countless panfish. When you are going to head up to BBL? Let me know so that we can meet up, and I can show you around my second home and my favorite lake for fishing.

[Troutcz swimbait]

Wow,first time seeing a Amphicar there.Nice report.

[old pudd fisher]

Glad the car boat is still on the road or do I mean water. I would see it all time on the streets in Covina years ago but never seen it on the water....Thanks Chuck that was cool.

[CPT. Kirk]

I have seen the cars in the water on severarl occasions at the Puddd over the years. I fish the Pudd often I have been catching a lot of small bass and crappie lately. maybe I will run into you at the lake sometime soon. Take care
Thanks for the report and photos.
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