3,878 were made and 3,046 were imported to America
Now only a few remain that can still float in the water, making them a rare find
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: This is the Amphicar 770. When it launched in Germany in 1961, it was the first mass-produced car that could traverse land and sea. But after just seven years, the automaker went out of business, and the Amphicar would become a novelty. Of the 3,800 units produced, over 3,000 of them were imported to the US, where only a few remain today.
Ethan Langley: Not all of those will actually swim and drive. Within five years of me trying to make this dream come true, I think I found four that were for sale, and most of them were rusted out to the point that you didn t want to own them.