I agree Dan, it is a lot of work putting one of these on the road, but
definitely worth it. I bet every Amphi owner enjoys a local claim to
fame. I was swimming last week in the Potomac River (north of DC),
sharing the river with a bunch of Wave Riders.They finally caught a
glimpse of the Amphi and all swam over to check it out. They were so
interested to see how I take it out of the water, they all lined up
behind me to follow me in. I looked like the mother goose with her
goslings behind. What a hoot.
Randy
Blue '67
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:37:23 -0500 Daniel & Kathy Gibson
<
dkgibson3@attbi.com> writes:
> Hi Gang
>
> Just came back from a very nice quick sunset cruise on Lake
> Arlington.
> Had a pontoon boat full of senior citizens out cruising the lake.
> They
> got such a kick out of Das Boot. Asked all kinds of questions.
>
> Anyway, I just finished washing the car down, and was thinking of a
> few
> things. So, here they are!
>
> A few parts substitutes I came up with on DB:
>
> A 1949 Jeep dimmer switch is a perfect replacement for the Amphi
> part.
> Even the mounting bolts swapped! Autozone had it in for me in one
> day.
>
> I purchased a front marine light from Hugh. They were out of bases,
> so I
> went up to AutoZone, and purchased one of those tear-drop shaped
> running
> lights for a truck. Cut the sides off of it to skinny it up, and it
> worked perfectly. The socket is even the type for the low wattage
> bulb
> Hugh sells, and the marine light cover screw hole aligns with the
> running light base.
>
> The Volkswagen master cylinder works very well. I just had to cut
> an
> inch or so off of the threaded rod that pushes into it. $28 at the
> local
> Bug Stop. I highly recommend it over trying to rebuild the old one.
>
> The Lockheed repair kit LK10539 has perfect replacement seals for
> the
> front wheel cylinders. I think I spent a total of six bucks buying
> the
> seals at Sportscar Warehouse. The rear cylinders are apparently
> 1959
> vintage VW Beetle.
>
> Other things of note (to me)
>
> Al Heath's CD is a real boon (and so are Al and his wife!). I got
> one
> from him when I first started on this project, and I have used it a
> bunch! I just hope that one day my web site will be on a future
> version!
>
> Do you guys put your cars away wet? I always feel guilty if I do
> not
> raise the front deck lid, raise the doors and open the trunk, and
> wipe
> down all the edges. I usually leave at least the trunk open all
> night to
> dry out.
>
> The best thing I ever did on this car was go down to Discount Tire,
> and
> order my tires there. They got me a pretty good discount from Coker
> on
> the BF Goodrich Silvertowns (100 bucks each, mounted, balanced, and
> 5
> new tubes). My sole original Vrederstein now lives in the trunk,
> fully
> inflated. I think that nothing sets off these cars like the wide
> whites!
>
> For the first three months I have driven this car, I thought my
> windshield wipers were off of a Beetle. They were so low. Just for
> grins, I pulled on one of them, and whaddya know...they are
> adjustable!
> Now I can see through the middle of my windshield after a big wave!
> Duh
> on me!
>
> This weekend we took the car out to Joe Pool lake for a church
> outing.
> The best moment was after we had driven off the shore a few times
> for
> rides, and the Baby-Hitler Lake Police showed up, and started
> yelling at
> us through his bull-horn: "You there, stop launching your car into
> the
> lake!".
>
> It was a lot of work to get this thing working, but it was worth it.
> The
> kids have already told me (and so has the wife) that we can never
> get
> rid of it because we are now "famous"!
>
> There. I feel better for having gotten that all off of my chest.
>
> Later!
> Dan
> '64 Das Boot
>
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