Musclecars That Should Have Been Made

[Paul Ceasrine]

The results are in...
The winner of the "Ultimate Musclecar That Should Have Been Made"
Bret Kepner with........1966 L-88 Amphicar.
2350 lb 4-speed. Car could probably run 10.50's with the propeller's
engaged!
Wouldn't want to put that floatation vehicle in the water with that engine
Paul,,

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

The results are in...
The winner of the "Ultimate Musclecar That Should Have Been Made"
Bret Kepner with........1966 L-88 Amphicar.
2350 lb 4-speed. Car could probably run 10.50's with the propeller's
engaged!
Wouldn't want to put that floatation vehicle in the water with that engine
Paul,,

10.50's on land but how fast in the water.....wow, you could drag race it on land and in the water!

JimR

[Paul Ceasrine]

Jim,
If you had an L-88 Amphicar and lived in Detroit, you could actually take take the car to Niagara Drag Strip in New York, by way of Lake Erie.
As long as you kept the revs up, the nose would stay up. Drive the car to the docks in Western New York, and on to the Drag Strip.
Not sure on MPG in the water. One thing to be aware of, if you stopped in the water, the car would drop like the 'Titanic', nose first.
So, when you entered the water, you had to be going 100MPH to keep the car afloat
At least we can dream a little..
Paul

[treessavoy]

Paul,

If you put a blower on it and ran nitro you could run funny car and pro fuel drag boat! Streetability would suffer somewhat !

JimR

[dakota tom]

The Amphicar is rear engined. It wouldn't get nose heavy. The ZL-1 option would save some weight here. At 430 factory rated HP, 10 times the 43 HP Triumph they came with factory.

A friend of mine restored one of these for a customer about 20 years ago. I don't know if he water tested it?

There used to be a few of them in my home town with a recreational lake here. Some of us were camped out along with a couple of kegs just below the Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. An Amphicar came down the park entrance road with a county sheriffs car in pursuit. The driver with his passenger dived into the river at the boat ramp at about 40 mph. It kind of nosed in but bobbed up, they engaged the props and went downstream.

[W J]

I'd really like to see a factory rear wheel drive 2010 Chevy HHR panel van equipped w/a LS V8 motor....Run them w/the GT/ trucks, or whatever, maybe even as a stocker if production warrants it.....they're quite cool-looking and could possibly be a lightweight fairly budget- friendly racer....WJ

[Paul Ceasrine]

WJ,
This is now a water-based musclecar thread
Do you think the Amphicar with the L-88 could have utilized the props from the 'Titanic'.
An alternative French-based musclecar, the 1965 Peugeut 404
Cabriolet, with a Chevy 327.
Paul,,Please pass the 'Grey Poupon'

[X-TECH MAN]

You guys have been drinking your own dirty bath water......lol.

[Paul Ceasrine]

X-Tech,
No, just the backwash from the Amphicar props....
Any Fiat 'Musclecars'???
PC

[Rich Erickson]

Ford Fairmont with a 460. Afterall it was on the Fox (Mustang) Platform
Bob Glidden - Dyno Don