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  • Mike Bayman checks the oil on his Amphicar amphibious car...

    AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Bill Reinke

    Mike Bayman checks the oil on his Amphicar amphibious car before driving the multipurpose vehicle into Grand Lake St. Mary's near Celina, Ohio, Thursday, July 22, 2004.

  • Amphicar, an amphibious car made in Germany in the 1960s...

    Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant

    Amphicar, an amphibious car made in Germany in the 1960s which is now owned by a Canton woman and her sister. The car is now at D&J Care Care Center on Main Street in Manchester where shop owner Dave Icaza is fixing the motor.

  • Karl Schwab drives his 1967 Amphicar 770 on Lake St....

    DAVID COATES / Associated Press

    Karl Schwab drives his 1967 Amphicar 770 on Lake St. Clair near Detroit, Mich. The combination car/boat reaches 75 mph on land and 7-8 knots on water. The German company manufactured 3,300 of the amphibious vehicles from 1960 to 1967, and an estimated 400 remain on the road or water worldwide.

  • Dave "The Wave" Derer, left, slides his Amphicar amphibious vehicle...

    (AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Bill Reinke)

    Dave "The Wave" Derer, left, slides his Amphicar amphibious vehicle past Chuck Reiner on Grand Lake St. Mary's near Celina, Ohio, Thursday, July 22, 2004. About 60 amphibious cars took part in the Celina Lake Festival as part of the Amphicar Owners Club's annual convention.

  • With friend Lisa Schlosser, of Browns Mills, N.J., and husband,...

    Mel Evans / Associated Press

    With friend Lisa Schlosser, of Browns Mills, N.J., and husband, Bob Cabanas, aboard, Ina Cabanas of Pemberton Borough, N.J. drives her 1967 Amphicar down a boat ramp into the Delaware River Monday, May 25, 2015, in Burlington City, N.J. The car was designed and constructed to also be water-going.

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