Back in February, Josh showed us an Amphicar that looked like the Rock of Gibraltar compared to this one. This 1967 Amphicar is in Chester, New Hampshire and is currently listed on eBay with, believe it or not, two bids! The current top bid is $510 and clearly someone sees something here that’s worth about $500 more than I do. I sure love these cars, and maybe with several months of hard work and several pounds of welding rods someone could make this one watertight again.

That there is even $10 worth of parts here is beyond me, but someone must need a nice lens cover or a trim piece. The Amphicar was built between 1961 and 1968 and they only made 3,878 of them so they are rare. The “770” means 7 mph on water and 70 mph on land. Amphicars had some wacky owners!

I wonder if this car could possibly be brought back to life? I guess that’s a dumb question, anything can be restored. But, unless a person was going to do 90% of the work themselves this one would be upside down, price-wise, in a hurry.

It looks pretty good in here, a few hours and you should be.. er.. Well, yeah, unless a person needs parts, this one may be past the point of ever being on either the road or the water again. 3,046 of these wheel-to-water wonders were imported into the US between 1961 and 1967. This one is Fjord Green, probably my favorite color for this car. These were all 4-speed cars, but in the water they had forward and reverse.

And, they all had 1147cc Triumph Herald engines with around 43 hp. You’ve probably all heard the saying that these cars weren’t the best on the road or in the water, that they tried to do both and didn’t accomplish either too well. The US accounted for most of the sales for these cars and when the DOT and EPA enacted new regulations for 1968 the Amphicar was doomed. The company sunk in 1968. I’ve never ridden in one either on land or in the water, but like any car nut I’ve wanted one for years. Have you ever been in an Amphicar?