Now this is weird

[Bob_VT]

DOBBERTIN HYDROCAR - WITH TRAILER / Exotic / Amphibious / Car / Boat / Project in Powerboats & Motorboats | eBay Motors

Worth a look

 

[Lone Duck]

Re: Now this is weird

WOW!! That is weird! Don't look like much speed on the water from the looks of the pictures. Wheres the fishing platform?

 

[angus63]

Re: Now this is weird

DOBBERTIN HYDROCAR - WITH TRAILER / Exotic / Amphibious / Car / Boat / Project in Powerboats & Motorboats | eBay Motors

Worth a look

Looks and plows like a PennYan tunneldrive with wheels!

 

[1973Chieftain]

Re: Now this is weird

That's certainly unique!

 

[12vMan]

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It looks like an RC boat

 

[JB]

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Where are the rodholders?

 

[aspeck]

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Definitely needs some prop work! Did you hear it reving and not going anywhere???? I think maybe we should move this to the prop forum! :facepalm:

 

[kenmyfam]

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Performed like the kicker was running !!!

 

[tazrig]

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Definitely needs some prop work! Did you hear it reving and not going anywhere???? I think maybe we should move this to the prop forum! :facepalm:

You stole my line!!! :laugh:

 

[bassman284]

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Holy semolions! It would almost be worth 150 grand just to be able to start that bad boy up every morning and listen to it! I wonder what it weighs? Looks like a lot. My eyes lit up at the 762hp but now I think he might be about a 1,000hp short. Although it may be more like a Mississippi river tow boat - no matter what the horsepower, it's only going to plow. Might make it plow a little faster, but it will still plow.

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Now this is weird

Holy semolions! It would almost be worth 150 grand just to be able to start that bad boy up every morning and listen to it! I wonder what it weighs? Looks like a lot. My eyes lit up at the 762hp but now I think he might be about a 1,000hp short. Although it may be more like a Mississippi river tow boat - no matter what the horsepower, it's only going to plow. Might make it plow a little faster, but it will still plow.

Come on bassman, it says right in the listing it weighs 8500 pounds, man, learn to read the WHOLE listing! Geeze!


:facepalm:

 

[southkogs]

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It's even got the "KITT light" on it from Knight Rider!!

Same guy who designed that car came up with THIS rig. Dobbertin is kinda' interesting.

 

[tazrig]

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I just bought one last week for $225,000. Figures it went on sale this week. This always happens to me...

 

[chriscraft254]

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I just bought one last week for $225,000. Figures it went on sale this week. This always happens to me...

Thats what you get for not coming and asking the experts here on iboats before you buy,lol

All that money for a boat that is good for nothing. Might have made a better submarine. :facepalm:

 

[Scott Danforth]

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the potholes around here would eat the thing alive....... plus where do the bow bunnies go?

 

[Bob_VT]

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Definitely needs some prop work! Did you hear it reving and not going anywhere???? I think maybe we should move this to the prop forum! :facepalm:

It said in the ebay listing that it has not been tested yet with the 4 blade prop...... and that is the included prop.

Buy it Aspeck......then post your results in the prop forum.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Now this is weird

Is it normal to put a 4 speed auto transmission in a boat like this. Torque multiplication might make prop tuning difficult.

EDIT - Wouldn't this look nice in the iboats lobby?

 

[bassman284]

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Come on bassman, it says right in the listing it weighs 8500 pounds, man, learn to read the WHOLE listing! Geeze!


:facepalm:

tl;dr

That puts it more than an unlimited hydroplane so he's more like 2,000 hp short.