Wagstaff, who has apparently owned at least seven Amphicars, has piloted them onto the Merrimack River and Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, according to the
Eagle-
Tribune article.
“They’re great boats on the street, and great cars in the water. They’re not fantastic either way,” he said in the WMUR segment. “But they’re good, they’re still a lot of fun to have.”
The Amphicar 770 named as such for its water speed of 7 knots and its land speed of 70 mph is “basically… a boat with wheels sticking out of it,” as the International Amphicar Owners Club describes it. It has a complete hull and two doors that form watertight seals with the help of a crank. Put the land transmission’s stick shift into neutral in the water, start the dual propellers of the water transmission with a separate stick shift, and you’re ready to putter around. Just don’t try to use the land brakes.