March 4, 2011

This Amphibian Row-Mobile Travels Equally Well on Land or Water (Jul, 1929)

Filed under: Automotive,Nautical — @ 8:21 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1929
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This Amphibian Row-Mobile Travels Equally Well on Land or Water

Land or water—it makes no difference to the passengers of this combination boat and automobile. The “amphibile” is propelled by the rowing motion of the occupants. The front wheels are used to steer both on land and in water.

5 Comments »

1. That “propeller” looks more like a side thruster.

   Comment by MikeBurdoo — March 4, 2011 @ 10:39 am

2. This Amphibian Row-Mobile Travels Equally Well badly on Land or Water.
   Fixed that for you.

   Comment by jayessell — March 4, 2011 @ 10:44 am

3. “Equally Well” I take to mean “Crappy No Matter What”. I’m pretty sure that’s the major reason we don’t see any of these today.

   Comment by Mitch — March 4, 2011 @ 10:56 am

4. “Stroke, stroke, stroke!”

   “Alex, what is ‘What the designer had before building this thing!?’”

   Comment by Hirudinea — March 4, 2011 @ 5:57 pm

5. With the price of gas these days, it may make a comeback!

   Comment by Paul — March 13, 2011 @ 1:12 pm

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