Here’s a 60-year-old idea that would work today. It’s lightweight, and the concept is simple enough to build yourself out of plywood. It even has an outboard motor well! This one is rather boxy, but with sheer, flare, and some other aesthetic refinements, I think it could look pretty good.
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Robert Webber says:
The good old days. Before everything was so “rational”.
Ross Mainland says:
Calm water or canal cruising only.
I just love the car! Looks like the 1938 Vauxhall 25 my family owned in the 1950’s.
The outboard motor looks like a ‘British Anzani’, not a Seagull.
Brook Gardner says:
Hilarious!
Kurt Lorenz says:
Seagull exhaust is really bad. Loaded with oil smoke. All motor exhaust, even little 4 stroke new motors, no matter what must be outside the enclosed living space.
Matt Thompson says:
And , this was 61 years ago – the UK is not quite so quaint in 2016…
Joe McCarthy says:
Awesome, perhaps glen-l has plans for this stashed some ware. I would love to build something like this
Mark Nowlan says:
what a treat! My guess on the exhaust…those fumes weren’t bad for you back then! was that one of those old gull outboards?
Jason Adams says:
Didn’t I see this on Top Gear?
Noah Orr says:
Uh, I have questions. If the outboard motor is mounted inside, is the exhaust inside as well? Is that why everyone is sitting on top? Or does the motor have an underwater exhaust?