Amphicat
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The Amphicat was a six-wheel-drive, skid steer amphibious all-terrain vehicle manufactured in the late 1960s through the early 1970s by Mobility Unlimited Inc of Auburn Heights, Michigan.
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[edit] Technical details
- Body - vacuum formed Marbon Cycolac ABS plastic.
- Engine - 16Hp air-cooled 2-cycle recoil start gasoline engine.
- Transmission - Forward and Reverse.
- Clutches - Automatic torque converter for driving, Disk-type for steering.
- Brakes - Band type on drum.
- Tires - Special designed 11.5x20 Amphicat tubeless (bonded to wheel).
[edit] Little known facts
Ontario Drive & Gear Limited (ODG) manufactured a special transmission for the Amphicat. ODG would use this experience to introduce their own Argo ATVs.
[edit] In popular culture
The moon buggy in Space 1999 was an Amphicat.
The TV show "Banana Splits" used an Amphicat.
