eBay Buzz: Dobbertin HydroCar up for grabs

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What it is: Designed as well as built by Rick Dobbertin, a HydroCar is an amphibious automobile that transforms a shape from Land Mode to Water Mode during a flip of a switch. In a land mode, a Dobbertin HydroCar raises a full-length articulating sponsons (or a pontoons), that duty as a cars fenders. While upon a water, these sponsons have been lowered by about eight inches to transform a automobile into a tunnel-hulled watercraft inside of no time. Rick Dobbertin sold his three progressing projects to finance a HydroCar.

One of his notable projects includes a Dobbertin Surface Explorer amphibious vehicle, that trafficked through twenty-eight countries as well as 38 states, we do 30,000 land miles as well as over 3,000 miles in a open ocean.

Why is it special?

The HydroCar has progressing appeared upon The January 2004 Popular Mechanics Magazine as an artists rendering, Forbes Magazine as well as dual Monster Garage publications. Noticeably, almost each partial of a HydroCar is custom or handmade. It took Rick Dobbertin 9 prolonged years as well as 18,800 hours to complete a HydroCar. When we go from land mode to a H2O mode, a HydroCar essentially changes shape, that is a delight for collectors as well as a amphibious automobile lovers. The HydroCar powered by 572 cubic inch Chevrolet engine, producing 762 horsepower during 5,800 rpm as well as 712 pounds of Torque during 4,200 rpm. However, Rick Dobbertin said...

Although a fully functional, a HydroCar has not yet been entirely tested, so a being offered as a more of gourmet automobile than something to be used upon possibly land or H2O upon a unchanging basis. If youre seeking for a daily driver this isnt it.

The specifications:

Length 268.5 (22 feet, 4.5 inches)

Width Without a auxiliary sponsons 96 (8 feet)

W! idth Wi th a auxiliary sponsons 124 (10 feet, 4 inches)

Height 63.5 (5 feet, 3.5 inches)

Ground Clearance 7
Weight 8,500 lbs

The Listing: The Dobbertin HydroCar is listed during US $777,000. The bidding ends upon January 13, 2011.

Via: Jalopnik/eBay Listing


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