"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
01/13/2015 at 11:55 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
01/13/2015 at 11:55 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog | 0
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Combining things into a bi-cultural fusion is all the rage these days. You can hardly take a drunk walk through any major downtown without stumbling into an Asian-Euro fusion restaurant featuring some ill-conceived melange of Swedish meatballs and Vietnamese soup, all served on a open pit BBQ. Why not bring this fusion concept into the automotive world, perhaps take a British 3-wheeler and turn it into a Japanese gangster styled speed-boat...like this 1990ish Reliant Rialto Amphibious Thing offered !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! UK currently bidding for £495 ($749), located somewhere near the Thames in the UK.
The Reliant Rialto is a 3-wheeled freak from the United Kingdom that featured a 850 cc water cooled inline-4 and the stability of a meth addict who just won the lottery. Apparently the combination of fiberglass body and galvanized chassis has made them somewhat immune to the rust that would normally consume such a 25 year old British lightweight — and they make a great boat.
The video shows the little amphibious vehicle in a previous incarnation (with an outboard motor), but the new version should be just as awesome.
The seller of this car has left the basic Reliant powertrain intact, but added a 550 jet ski engine in the back for motive power when in the water. No word on how the spinning bits of the automobile drivetrain are sealed for use on a lake/stream/ocean, but the seller does say it runs, drives, and floats, on or off water.
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