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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/06/2016 at 17:33 • Filed to: None

I want all thing things to be amphibious. Is that normal?

If I had money, I would do waste full things with it. That being said, if I had 200 grand to spend on something that took premium fuel, it wouldn’t be a car, it would be the Icon A5. So pimp.

DISCUSSION (34)

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 17:42

Hey, I know a guy who shares your dream.

https://kinja.com/RamblinRover

HammerheadFistpunch > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 17:44

I was thinking of ramblin when I wrote this...must be some kind of genetic defect we share.

OPPOsaurus WRX > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 17:45

Hey what ever floats your boat.... Or RV or plane or trailer.....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 17:46

I resent that. I haven’t said a word about the Lincoln going in the water. Yet. I suppose I did calculate and design barrel pontoons for the Series and not just amphib the Ranchero, but that barely counts.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 17:49

You two and Rinspeed-

Kinja'd!!!

HammerheadFistpunch > OPPOsaurus WRX
04/06/2016 at 17:49

or allroad?

lone_liberal > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 17:50

Normal? No, but who wants to be normal?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 17:52

I suppose barrel pontoons are the only way for the Land Rovers. I mean, if they can’t keep their oil in how are they supposed to keep water out??

Curious, what was the displacement for bouyancy?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 17:57

I seem to recall you need something like 11 barrels for an 88 SIIA. It was an odd number and with extra flotation needed for-ard, you’d have one linked up in front with a bumper bracket. The other ten in two pontoons with breakwater “bows” added, with a box aluminum spar underneath in two places. U-brackets onto the frame. The best way to get on-site that I could think of was to have the pontoons socketed so they could be carried on a trailer with the lift frame in place on the vehicle already.

OPPOsaurus WRX > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 17:59

Sure why not

Kinja'd!!!

That video is pretty weird

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 18:00

PTO brass propeller? Somehow a jet motor just doesn’t seem like cricket.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 18:01

Pimp is also how I would describe the amphibious bus. It’s so stupid, but if I had the money I would buy one so fast.

HammerheadFistpunch > OPPOsaurus WRX
04/06/2016 at 18:01

oh man, I’m still brooding about the Utah related non-sense in that video since you showed it to me.

HammerheadFistpunch > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
04/06/2016 at 18:02

I can’t imagine they’ve sold more than on or 2 of those...if they are even still in business but seriously how cool is an amphibious RV?!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 18:03

Well, since one already has the PTO on one’s 88, a pulley drive to a propeller on a bracket in the trailer hitch does seem like the logical choice...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 18:05

As a further clarification, I think that was 11 barrels at ~40% submersion or some such. Enough so there was plenty of spare float and less drag.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 18:07

I'm not sure why you're not making this.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 18:10

The pontoon kit is further down the priorities list than the Lincoln at present. Otherwise, no real reason. Did I mention my cousin of the Bronze Green Series has picked up a hovercraft to rebuild? Amphibious things all over this place.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 18:15

For want of a better expression, how is the old barge? I have either missed, or you haven’t posted, any updates on it in a while.

And no, you did not. Is it a homebrew thing or a proper craft by a proper manufacturer with real credentials and a R&D team and all that?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 18:15

Yeah they’ve got to be crazy expensive. Probably done by a fab shop that does all sorts of crazy custom jobs. I wouldn’t think making this a production model would be profitable long-term.

Side note: my neighbor has an RV that size (obviously not amphibious) that has been parked in front of his house taking up half of the street for the last week. I wish it was amphibious so he could just leave it in the lake and get it out of the neighborhood!

HammerheadFistpunch > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
04/06/2016 at 18:18

Cami actually makes it themselves, they also make other amphibious stuff

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 18:22

The Lincoln has been dormant these past few months. Real progress on the Ranchero and a “one bay at a time for idiot projects” policy have meant I haven’t hauled it up on blocks under the subframe to re-rocker it yet. It’s in a dry place at least.

The hovercraft is a proper fiberglass professionally made affair with a Rotax engine. In roughish shape, needing serious repair to the lower hull and a new skirt, but the fundamentals are all present and the engine should be solid when freshened up. I think he paid maybe $600 for it or something.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 18:26

Damn you now I’m going to spend the rest of the afternoon trolling around their site. I’m surprised that RV is only 1.2 million, I was expecting more than 2 mil.

HammerheadFistpunch > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
04/06/2016 at 18:29

Like I said...I absolutely could not be trusted with a lot of money...

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 18:30

Flying boats > all other boats

The A5 is on my list.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 18:32

If only you lived a little further south and had a bayou to hoon on. Would be interested in pics etc when he's up to the task. Hovercrafts tickle my pickle.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 18:40

Kinja'd!!!

It’s a little baby “SCAT” much like this one.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 18:42

That exhaust is rad. Single fan with 2/3 duct?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/06/2016 at 18:46

Yep 2/3 duct. Exhaust isn’t really supposed to be doing that, I think - more through a little port on back. Here’s one with its skirt off (!).

Kinja'd!!!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/06/2016 at 18:48

Oo-er missus, you can see her support linkages and everything.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 19:47

I like the trailer caravan one, that could be nice for lakes. But I want a surplus duck truck like the tourists ride in, except mine would be much better with a cabin.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch
04/06/2016 at 19:49

Australians are winning this race

Kinja'd!!!

HammerheadFistpunch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
04/06/2016 at 23:18

well, the terrawind (last one) is made by people who make ducks...so its like a duck camper.

torque > HammerheadFistpunch
04/07/2016 at 13:02

“I want all thing things to be amphibious. Is that normal?”

Yes? I never thought to question wanting everything amphibious :)