Literature
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The Amphigeo
Story
One man´s quest to totally rebuild his car, giving him the incredible ability to drive on the water as well as on land! Mark Roehrig, ISBN 1-55369-653-0 The very first "How-to-book" enabling
you to experience the thrill of owning and operating your very own amphibious
car, more affordable than ever. It will show you the simplest way to build
the works that will turn your land locked car into a capable, reliable
amphibian. It is NOT specialized on the Geo - it can be used to convert
ANY road vehicle into amphibian. Many drawings and b/w pictures.
133 pages. Price: 22,95 US$ (shipping included inside US). Also available as VHS video tape
for 17 US$ or both for 39,95US$ (included shipping inside US).
Order directly from the amphigeo website:
www.amphigeostory.com
Mark Roehrig 7775 Dixie Highway Louisville Ky 40258 USA Call: 502 432 5188 |
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Military & Civilian Amphibians
1940 - 1990 compiled by R.M.Clarke, Brookland Books Ltd, ISBN 1-85520-251-4 It´s a collage of magazine articles on amphibious vehicles all kind. Contains articles about DUKW, Schwimmwagen, Amphicar, Trippel, LVTs, GPA/Seep, Veepee, Drake, Weasel, Amphi-Ranger, Twister, Argo, Conte and some more. Price: 11,95 GBP (approx. 19,-US$) Available at amazon.co.uk |
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Schwimmwagen
in detail Wings & Wheels Publication, ISBN 80-86416-12-7 It is meant as a photo manual for modelers. Indeed the 50 coloured pages are filled up with plenty of detail photos of the VW Schwimmwagen type 166. Could be useful for everyone restoring a type 166 back to original. Or for everybody who simply loves high quality pictures of this German amphibian jeep. Price: about 20,-US$ Available at www.discountmodels.com |
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around the world Ben Carlin, Tynron Press, ISBN 1-871948-91-6 The complete amazing story of Ben Carlins world circumnavigation in
an amphibious Jeep! He even crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
Price: 9.99 GBP (approx.16,-US$) Available at amazon.co.uk(not
in stock)
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Once a Fool
Boye DeMente, Phoenix books, ISBN 0-914778-01-3 Boye DeMente joined Ben Carlin on the part across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Alaska. He was an US journalist and had to wait 5 years until he was allowed to publish the story of his life time adventure. That was the deal with Carlin. In DeMentes book you will learn the amazing Half-Safe story from a different point of view and lots of new information. This is the 2nd edition. Price: 20$ + shipping Available at Ian Grieve |
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DUKW
in action Timothy J. Kutta, Squadron/Signal Publications, ISBN 0-89747-372-8 Quite a nice paperback brochure on the Army duck. Many WWII pictures and all you should know about this successful 6x6 truck. Price: 6,99 GBP (approx.12,- US$) Available at amazon.co.uk |
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Amphicar
& other amphibious cars compiled by Trevor Alder, Transport Source Books Ltd, ISBN 1-85847-300-4 Roadtests, articles and adverts mainly on Amphicar, but also on Amphi-Ranger,
Argo, Meyer and Trippel. Includes a couple of nice Amphicar jokes.
Price: approx. 15,- US$ Available at Transport Source Books Ltd |
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VW im Kriege / VW at war
Kübelwagen, Sonderkonstruktionen, Schwimmwagen Michael Sawodny, Podzun Pallas, ISBN 3-7909-0119-9 (German)
This brochure gives you much information about Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen.
Many b/w pictures from the war. Almost half of the book is about the Schwimmwagen.
VW im Kriege (German), Price 24,80 DM. Available at
amazon.de
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Volkswagen -
WII wojnie Swiatowej R.Sawicki, Books International, ISBN 83-906942-1-2 About the Volkswagen Kübel- and Schwimmwage during wartime. Can´t
say much more than there are many b/w pictures inside, because I can´t
read Polish.
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Antiquarian books:
| Mit dem Auto
baden gehen
Entwicklung, Geschichte und Technik der Schwimmwagen René Pohl, Heel-Verlag, Königswinter ISBN 3893657029 This book describes over 120 different amphibious cars in technical data and pictures. The standard cataloge you should have in your amphibian library. Private boatlike prototypes from the beginning of this century to the high speed water performance vehicles of today.Unfortunately it is German only, but even if you can read only the technical data tables and watch the pictures it is the greatest amphibious car data base you can get in the world! Sadly this book is already sold out. |
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Schwimmwagen
Pkw & Lkw Hasso Erb, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-01165-4 Hardcover 1988, describes the wellknown amphibs like Amphicar, Ford
GPA, VW Schwimmwagen, and most Trippel prototypes and some other cars.
Half of the book contains the amphibious trucks like the DUKW, Toyota Suki,
EWK Bison, Alvis Stalwart and several others.
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Der VW-Schwimmwagen
Typ 128 und 166 Dipl.Ing.E.Macho, private publishing Tells the story of the VW-Schwimmwagen on 10 pages (German only). The
rest is a picture collection of nice b/w quality. Mainly the pictures are
from the Porsche archieve and show the Schwimmwagen during the war.
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Volkswagen - Militärfahrzeuge 1938-1948
KdF-Wagen, Kübelwagen und Schwimmwagen im Einsatz Hans-Georg Mayer-Stein, Karl Müller Verlag, ISBN 3-86070-861-9 Some more wartime pictures of Beetle, Kübel- and Schwimmwagen.
Describes the Volkswagen history during the Third Reich and its vehicles.
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Half-Safe
Across the Atlantic by Jeep Ben Carlin, André Deutsch Ltd, 1955 Ben and Elinore Carlins voyage from Halifax to West Africa across the
Atlantic ocean in an amphibious Jeep. This original copy contains some
nice illustrations and photographs of ths incredible trip.
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La Tortuga
An amphibious journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego Helen & Frank Schreider, Secher & Warburg Ltd. 1957 Helen and Frank Schreider and dog Dinah tried the Panamerican Highway
even before it was built. They did the trip from the northest town of Alaska
to the southest point of South America in a converted Ford GPA. Very interesting
story. Hardcover copy includes couple of photos and illustrations.
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20,000 Miles South
A Pan-American adventure in a seagoing Jeep from the arctic circle to Tierra del Fuego Helen & Frank Schreider, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1957 This is exactly the same book as "La Tortuga", so see description above. Only some pictures inside have changed, because of different publisher. However this version is more easy to find, seemed to be printed in a higher number of copies. |
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The Drums of Tonkin
An adventure in Indonesia Helen & Frank Schreider, Frederick Muller Ltd. 1963 This time the Schreiders and their dog Dinah were exploring the Indonesian islands. That for they converted a second amphibious GPA into La Tortuga II. With that they did a lot of island hopping. The story itself is same impressive as all those adventure stories, but from the amphibious point of view it is a bit disappointing, as La Tortuga II is very much in the background and one picture only displays the unconvential vehicle. Instead I recommend to seek out for the following back issues of National
Geographic magazines:
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Okavango
June Kay, Hutchinson & Co Ltd. 1962 June Kay with her husband, sons, pet lions, dogs, hens and cat explored
the wild life of Africa in a wartime amphibious DUKW. Great adventure book!
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Everybodyduck
or family plan to Buenos Aires Virginia Hamilton, McGrawhil book company,1962 Really funny and oddy story of Virginia Hamilton, her husband, her four
daughters, three college boys and a dog, travelling from New York to Buenos
Aires in an amphibious DUKW.
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GMC - The Universal Truck
6x6 and DUKW Jean-Michelle Boniface & Jean-Gabriel Jeudy, Haynes Publishing Group, 1990 This book was first published in 1978 in French language only. This english translated copy was published in 1990. It tells you the detailed story about the GMC truck of the US army, including approximately 30 pages about the amphibian version - the DUKW. Some very good shots of the hydrofoil DUKW - the Flying Duck - makes this book outstanding for any DUKW collection. |
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DUKW
2,5 ton 6x6 Amphibian Jeff Woods, ISO Publications, 1978 Maybe the pre-brochure of "Duck in action"(see above). Many pictures,
very detailed and lots of information about the DUKW. Even all dashboard
plates are displayed.
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Antiquarian books can be found
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