Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A friend of mine had a 6 wheel amphibious ex-military Alvis. He lived in Blackpool and we went fishing in it - loaded up at his house then drove to the beach straight across and into the sea. It did about 2 mpg, dear even then. Frank On 31 Jan, 2006, at 14:56, Douglas Sharp wrote: > But they had decent "pulling" power ;-) > Funny, in my youth the local lads went in for army surplus vehicles > more than sportscars, Austin Champs (Rolls Royce engined and about > as unreliable as you can get), Austin Gipsy, de-commissioned > armoured cars, early Unimogs and Haflingers, one even had a Volvo > "Sugga" (which means pig in Swedish - and looks like it too). One > lad even had a fully amphibious Alvis Stalwart 6-wheeler, makes a > Hummer look like a low consumption car, and you have to be a > mountaineer to get into it. My mate Malcolm was the only one wirh > anything even distantly related to a sportscar - a Triumph Vitesse. > Douglas > > Seth Rosner wrote: > >> Doug: >> >> >>> Tractors and sportscars seem to go together - Lamborghini and >>> Aston-Martin were both made as an expensive "hobby" of tractor >>> manufacturers. >> >> >> .........but they didn't use their tractors' engines, thank heaven >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information