Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

Vintage: VW Type 166 Amphibious Car


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Churning water, propellers and wet floorboards. Not many vintage car buffs would head their darlings into a lake - unless it's a VW Type 166 amphibious vehicle. Where other cars reach the end of the road, this VW is right in its element. Pit Löhr, owner of a small but exclusive auto body company, restores vintage VWs and other classic cars.But the Type 166 is his special obsession. Once the 166 is afloat, the car's engine has to be switched off and the propeller let down, and then you've got a motorboat ready for a leisurely cruise. Drive It! was on board for a journey by land and sea in a highly unusual vehicle.
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Drive it!: The Motor MagazineBy DW.COM | Deutsche Welle