For one point, identify the purpose and function of this vehicle, and the year.
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It's a submarine/submersible car built in 1935. Not sure of the name or why exactly, other than just because...
This is all I could find on it:
"A submarine motor car, which can travel both on land and underwater and is equipped with a 4 hp engine and steel fins on both sides. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st December 1937"
RtR
Quote from: RayTheRat on June 28, 2012, 12:00:08 AM
This is all I could find on it:
"A submarine motor car, which can travel both on land and underwater and is equipped with a 4 hp engine and steel fins on both sides. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st December 1937"
RtR
That's what I have, as well. Point for you.
Tuckeroo: Can you PM me something that validates the 1935 claim? If so, a point is yours.
I think you can delete the "Photo of" in the headline. ;)
My thinking was this: It may indeed be a 1935 car, per Tuckeroo's post. In other words, the photo caption (which RtR also found) is ambiguous - could be the car was built in '37, or it could be the date of the photo.
If Tuckeroo is right, I can change it to just " 4HP Submarine Car, 1935".
I was waiting for this...I have it as a 1936 Amphibian Car built by Mr. Andrè in France.
It can be '35 as well but not '37 because I found an article in a '36 magazine. Another source reports that was made in '36 and there were 6 of them.
I'd say that's worth a point. Title changed.