Triumph of floatation.

ExSurveyor · September 6, 2015

Busy fitting the new winter boat cover on the Medway today and had this "driving" past. Not sure if it had a river toll or a road fund license.

SPEEDTRIPLE · September 6, 2015

Back in the mid 80s, i built a Dutton Phaeton S3 kit car. Duttons built a range of kits using donor cars such as Triumph Herald and Spitfire, but then moved on to the more widespread Ford Escort mk1 + 2. They stopped producing the open roadsters, and utility looking models back in the 90s, but are now building Amphibious car kits, which were exibited at the Southampton Boatshow last year.

www.timdutton.com

They had a cut away exibit, and i have to admit, although they don`t look like they`re a modern professional production vehicle, they did look quite well engineered (any more knowledgeable people please feel free to put me right) and robust.

Personally, i`m torn between one of these, or a hovercraft.

ExSurveyor · September 6, 2015

The driver ( helm ) did get distracted waving to people and nearly hit the bank :wave

BroadScot · September 6, 2015

That looks very like the one "Wheeler Dealers" worked on a few series ago.

cheers Iain.

ranworthbreeze · September 6, 2015

That looks very like the one "Wheeler Dealers" worked on a few series ago.

Iain.

Or the one on that vehicle restoration program on free view.

Regards

Alan

TheQ · September 7, 2015

Whilst of the same vintage as a Triumph Herald/ Vitesse, that is not one, It's a German built Amphicar of which 4000 were built between 1961 and 1965.

This is what the Dutton floating car looks like, http://www.4wdonline.com/Amphib/Dutton.html

Edited September 7, 2015 by TheQ

stumpy · September 7, 2015

A couple or three years ago Lord Paul turned up in an Amphicar at the NBF meet on Ranworth Island - I'll try to find the pics,unless he beats me to it although I'm sure there are clips on YouTube.