Return-Path: Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu by po12.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id HAA27652; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 07:15:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from mr.egroups.com (mr.egroups.com [208.50.144.80]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id HAA05788 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 07:15:35 -0500 (EST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-2090616-224-984399334-chris=mit.edu@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by mr.egroups.com with NNFMP; 12 Mar 2001 12:15:34 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <984399334.802.79366.l10@yahoogroups.com> Mailing-List: list amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com; contact amphicar-lovers-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: 12 Mar 2001 12:15:34 -0000 From: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com To: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amphicar-lovers] Digest Number 224 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Evolution: 000000c2-0000 ------------------------ Yahoo! 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Re: Re: add an additional stock fan From: tommyintpa@aol.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 10:26:08 -0600 From: David Derer Subject: AMPHICAR FOR SALE I have been driving the red 66 and it runs great. Just over ten thousand miles. Its the car or the wife. The car MUST go. Iam offering to list members first then probably E bay. I will consider ANY offer. I am not just pissing around. Some one will buy a great car at a great price. Every one that has seen it loves it. I want to sell TODAY. Call me at 815 849 5498. Later Dave ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 10:45:46 -0800 From: "richard martin" Subject: daves 66red I am checking on what i can get for my wife to make you an offer, there = sure is a lot more women out there than Amphicars [This message contained attachments] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 11:54:55 -0500 From: "Bill Connelly" Subject: Re: set me free Dear mgm124@aol.com: Just like it says at the bottom of every amphicar-lovers list posting you'v= e ever received, in order to unsubscribe, you simply need to send a blank m= essage to amphicar-lovers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com, not amphicar-lovers@= yahoogroups.com as you've been doing. 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Terms of Service.=20 [This message contained attachments] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 12:49:22 -0500 From: "Michael Echemann" Subject: Re: AMPHICAR FOR SALE Someone is going to get a nice car, I'll try thinking of any potential buyers for you. I'd be tempted to trade you this car in the garage!!! Plus Cash of course. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: David Derer To: amphicar-lovers@egroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:26 AM Subject: [amphicar-lovers] AMPHICAR FOR SALE > I have been driving the red 66 and it runs great. Just over ten thousand > miles. Its the car or the wife. The car MUST go. Iam offering to list > members first then probably E bay. I will consider ANY offer. I am not > just pissing around. Some one will buy a great car at a great price. > Every one that has seen it loves it. I want to sell TODAY. Call me at > 815 849 5498. Later Dave > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > amphicar-lovers-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 19:25:48 -0000 From: Amphipoda@yahoo.com Subject: We're back=85 Yes my fine finned friends, Mermaid & I survived=20 our perilous adventures in Belize and Guatemala.=20=20 In the wake of hurricane Keith those countries would=20 do well to invest in the Amphicar technology. One- lane dirt roads so rough that they required at least a=20 foot of ground clearance and washed out bridges that=20 demanded snorkels on the engine carburetor. Water=20 ways connecting remote villages and only a short boat=20 trip to explore the barrier reefs. Amphi would have=20 made such a spectacle there that the Belizian people=20 might have named a national holiday in his honor.=20=20 Upon our return it was most comforting to see our=20 Amphi patiently waiting for a swim. Weather permit- ting we intend to do just that.=20=20 Catching up on the Amphi Lovers Digest was also a=20 priority. Two weeks is a long time to be away and the=20 digest seemed to bubble with great commentaries and=20 advice. Even saw some reference to me in a few postings=20 - an honor indeed. It's good to be home and back with=20 Amphi and all of you again. Must also mention how=20 much we enjoyed reading the Amphi Newsletter. That=20 classic periodical is distended to become a collector's item.=20=20 Also forgot to mention how wonderful Randy's Amphi=20 calendars are! These too will be long held sacred treasures=20 for generations to come.=20=20 And finally thanks to all who sent in names of nominees for the=20 highly coveted Annual Amphipoda Award. My email box=20 was actually pretty well stuffed, as was the digest. Ironically=20 we have a near dead heat tie, so any last minute votes would=20 be greatly appreciated. Best to send them to me direct to=20 (amphipoda@yahoo.com) rather than posting them - the=20 award ceremony is best when it's a surprise to all, especially=20 the winner.=20 And for the benefit of the newcomers to our little family=85=20 remember to completely halt thy rear wheels BEFORE=20 engaging thy propellers. This applies to both land and water=20 shifting - so apply the brakes to a full stop, even in the water,=20 before shifting propellers forward and/or reverse. Failure to=20 do so will hurt Amphi internally and emotionally. It will also=20 cost you a few hundred to a few thousand dollars to repair. Amphipoda '64 Turquoise Sandy Eggo, CA ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 11:53:17 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Bankert Subject: Re: AMPHICAR FOR SALE David, I may be dreaming, but, how much? steve --- David Derer wrote: > I have been driving the red 66 and it runs great. > Just over ten thousand > miles. Its the car or the wife. The car MUST go. Iam > offering to list > members first then probably E bay. I will consider > ANY offer. I am not > just pissing around. Some one will buy a great car > at a great price. > Every one that has seen it loves it. I want to sell > TODAY. Call me at > 815 849 5498. Later Dave >=20 >=20 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 21:57:23 -0400 From: Arnold Hite Subject: Ockham's Razor There are some lessons that I need to learn over and over again. What could a 12th century Catholic Theologian have to do with Amphicar maintenance? A few weeks ago I notice that the driver's side door was getting increasingly difficult to open and close. A few times it took the full force of my shoulder slammed against the door to pop it open, and with each closing, a terrible jamming sound. My mind raced. Finally the frame of the Amphi has given away, and the car is sagging in the middle making it difficult to open and close the door= , I reasoned. Next, I imagined the door hinge welds have failed causing the door to sag. Or maybe the door itself has finally succumb to old age and i= s twisted or out of square. Ockham suggested all of those years ago that if a problem has multiple explanations, the most likely explanation is the simplest. Today I checked the door closing cog-gear. It was so gummed up with old dried up grease an= d rust preventing undercoating, that I couldn't budge it. I took the whole assembly out of the door and cleaned it up with a solvent. I re-lubed with some self-cleaning bicycle chain lube guaranteed not to gum up. The door works like it just came off of the show room floor. Three steps forward, two steps back, that's my pattern. Sometimes (but not always) repairs go better than expected. Arnold Hite Johns Island, SC ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 23:37:23 EST From: tommyintpa@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: add an additional stock fan In a message dated 3/8/01 6:50:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,=20 kenneth3@concentric.net writes: > I think Tommy is on to something good here. I emailed him to request mor= e=20 > info > on the heater duct blower he selected. He mentioned the manufacturer and= I > found the blowers in the West Marine (http://westmarine.com) catalog. It > appears to me that these blowers might be easily fitted inside the existi= ng > Amphicar fan housing, at least on the early heater units located below th= e=20 > gas > tank, although I haven't taken mine apart yet to check. Might be a very= =20 > cost > effective retrofit for those replacing a defective motor or to get more a= ir > flow. >=20 > The blower unit is described on attwood's site: > http://www.attwoodmarine.com/Products/parts.asp?ProductID=3D433& > path=3Dventilation&category=3D2>ype=3D2&categoryname=3DVentilation+Equi= pment& > typename=3D4%22+Air+Hose& HI, I just wanted to tell you two things. The NAPA part number and description for the blower is "750-2194 blower." I= t=20 cost $27.38 The outer thing is that yesterday after the car show (we won) w= e=20 wanted to swim Snappy. The weather conditions made the windshield fog up=20 badly. We turned on the defroster and the dandiest thing happened, it worke= d.=20 The windshield cleared, we could see again. You can hear the blower just a= =20 little. You may want to wire it to its own switch so you can run only the=20 stock blower at times. Tommy in Tampa [This message contained attachments] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/=20