Sold for: $ 43,050

Same owner for many years and only used in fresh water lakes in California. This car has undergone a total restoration. The Amphicar Model 770 was developed by German designer Hans Trippel, capable of cruising at 10 mph. Though small, the car weighed 2,300 pounds, as the body was beefed up to be both rigid and waterproof.The Model 770 was necessarily tall to enable it to enter and exit the water, and it maintained 21 inches of freeboard so that it couldn’t be sunk by a passing speedboat. Both of those factors hampered handling on the road. The Amphicar was also expensive at $3,395, though that price came down to $2,695 in 1964