About these pages

 This page was last updated on 05 - 09 - 2007

Amphibian                Build by NICK
Big Photo klick here
New big picture of the Amphibian it was send in by Bram



Amphibian

Constructed from 1m x 2m x 2.5mm steel 

The hull wheel arches where made to fit 4 fiat ducato -Citroen c25 suspension struts, and a cross member at each end to house 2 jaguar xj6 differential units thus making it 4 wheel drive  the drive shafts are modified  to fit the jaguar diffs.

When the hull was finished the engine was fitted with gearbox, steering etc.. and then the roof was build from aluminium sheet on a tubular frame.

Amphibian It has been driven over 65000 miles on land and hundreds of miles on water. It does 30mpg (9 litres/100km) on diesel and max speed is 70mph land and 7mph water.
Amphibian

The engine is Ford Transit 2.5 di and the gearbox is Land Rover series 2.

The PTO drives a 16" propeller.

This is only possible in Great Britain where they have Single Vehicle Approval rules.