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Orio




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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:38 pm    Post subject: Aquada Reply with quote

Nothing to do with photography - I was just impressed by this:

http://www.gibbstech.co.uk/aquada.php

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LucisPictor



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice! Just imagine the expression on the faces of passers-by! Shocked
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Katastrofo



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Amazing specs, 30mph on water and over 100mph on land! Not as cool
as the one in the James Bond movie where it turns into a submarine!

Bill
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Farside



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everything the Amphicar should have been

http://www.amphicar.com/history.htm

And yet, apart from the better speed and looks of the later incarnation, the original has a certain appeal.
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Seymore



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll take a Humdinga if anyone would like to buy me one and import it to the USA. Wink Looks like an aquatic version of the Hummer... Cool

http://www.gibbstech.co.uk/humdinga.php
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Katastrofo



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seymore wrote:
I'll take a Humdinga if anyone would like to buy me one and import it to the USA. Wink Looks like an aquatic version of the Hummer... Cool

http://www.gibbstech.co.uk/humdinga.php


Yeah, looks like your ultimate duck hunting assault vehicle! Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Naaaaaa... I don't hunt. But it would make a great fishing platform!
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