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NEW - Front grease caps and wheel bearings - HERE

Rear spring details.

I've measured these for my mate Rowan in Aus but thought I'd also put them here for anyone else. These are for the large spring late model cars but some of the dimensions may apply to others.

Outside spring diameter is 97mm, spring thickness is about 12.5mm and there are about 12.5 turns. Distance centre eye to centre eye of damper is exactly 400mm, that's off the car, when fitted to the damper (still off the car) the spring length is 293mm. With spring and damper on the car at a normal running height the compressed spring length is 255mm

Ok - next I removed the spring from the damper, then the spring length uncompressed is 330mm. If I then put 100Kg of weight on it then it compresses to 302mm. The Amphicar spec sheet shows about 350Kg on each corner so a running compressed distance of 255mm shows it is roughly linear - it will be slightly off because the spring isn't vertical (see above).

Amphicar dimensions, these are in mm - much easier to work with than those old fashioned inch things !

Fuel tank, 

This is the custom made fuel tank I have in my Amphicar, made of Aluminium with an external filler and all connections at the top. The plumbing in the middle is the fuel vent and there is a catch tank (the bottle !) just in case it's filled with cold fuel which then expands. The external filler is just in front of the screen and behind the washer bottle in the photo. You can't see in the photo but a copper fuel line picks up from the top of the tank and is routed through to the fuel pump.

A great reference here on Silicone brake fluid, we love it ! http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/technical/Brakes/Fluid/Fluid.htm

A close-up of the transmission showing a few other mods, on the left is the copper fuel line, just below the bilge pickup is the sensor for water level (the smoke alarm trick) On the top of the water trannie is the dipstick I made, very simple, just calibrate it once by removing the plugs and from then on can check oil level in a more conventional way. ( FYI, from the split pin that positions across the top of the filler, the level mark for the water transmission is at 115mm and for land is at 136mm)

A picture of the radio. This is the sort of Blaupunkt that was original equipment on German cars. It is 4 waveband. Below are the "period" depth and speed guages I fitted.

An Original Amphicar Performance tuning Kit

The Bilge Pump

Avon Tyres, we love 'em.  Best tyres for Amphicar !

One of my favourites sites, very German and great fun, love the soundtrack !  http://www.amphicar.net/theomobil/

All about old Radios: http://www.edu.stadia.fi/~9700336/radio1.html

German amphibious vehicle site, put together by my mate Rene Pohl: http://www.schwimmauto.de/

Free Animated cursor for download, it's virus checked, safe, and can be easily removed if you get fed up of it. To install right click here on the file  amphicon.ani  then select "save target as" and put the file in you cursors folder which should be below the Windows folder. To use it just select it in the normal way from control panel (normally select the mouse settings options then pointers - depends on your version of Windows). I've used this cursor with Windows versions 95, 98, ME, NT and 2000.

What star sign are you.

Some links from here:

Engine Information:  All you need to know about the Triumph Herald Engine that is fitted to Amphicar

Converting to Negative Earth:  Fitting an alternator and rewiring your fuel guage, it's all here !

Colour chart:  What colour should I paint my car, what were the trim combinations

Fitting Rear Seatbelts:  In pictures, showing how I did it

Clutch detail:  Picture from the Triumph manual

The Bass Bin:  For the best in car audio, this link takes you direct to the online shop

General Tech info:  Everything else