the pontiac sunbird convertible carboat is for sale...maine CL

[sailboy3]

For those interested in owning a piece of certified weirdness...$7500.



http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/2913022743.html

[Vince Brennan]

WAIT!

Aside from the fact that there's a car mounted (Somehow??? Do I want to know ) on a [boat{?}-type object] which is powered by (2) 200HP outboards, exactly HOW is this a "carboat"?

400 HP of outboard? Are you SURE this doesn't belong to Bush41 or one of his wannabee buddies?

For $7500 I think we should at least get a Fiat Spyder with no engine!



"Certified"? How about "Certifiable"?

[Full Tilt]

Sailboy, I'd like to know where you found this picture? I've been looking for car/boat combinations all over the web, and found next to nothing.
I would like to know if the car is capable of towing the boat on land? Are trailer wheels built in as well as a tongue, or is a separate trailer required?
I found a catamaran built from two Republic Seabee flying boat fuselages, that support a 1968 Dodge Polara that some fellow created and got published in Mechanics Illustrated. He connects the cars driveshaft to the boats prop shaft through a hatch he cut under the back seat.
I became interested in researching this combo rig after coming up with an equally silly idea over a few beers with some buds in the boatyard. We were talking about an acquaintance who keeps a Yaris in the cockpit of his sixty foot sportfish in Marina Hemingway. I mentioned some cruising friends with a big schooner without any wheelhouse or dodger of any kind who could have used a smart car on deck to get out of the weather, listen to tunes, run the A/c and steer with the autopilot remote. Quite a few beers in retrospect.
Then I got the idea for a vessel built specifically to float a car. I guess seeing so many amphicars back in '67 cruising up the river in my backyard when I was a kid planted the seed.
What if one took an electric car and built a carbon fibre, folding, surface piercing catamaran, with reverse stems and slipper sterns that the car was able to tow, launch, drive onto, and connect its battery to a pair of Torqeedo outboards, drive the boat to another ramp somewhere, reverse the process and drive away?
I think the only problem would be making it light enough to tow, oh yeah, and getting insurance.
Mike
PS Okay, sorry I missed the craigslist footnote. Comes with a separate trailer. Not a bad deal if the car is detachable and driveable, but the ad doesn't specify.

[sailboy3]

Whoa. How many beers exactly?

Actually the car pilot house sort of makes sense in a weird way, though I can't imagine it actually being done.
I found the pic by searching for "pontiac sunbird convertible carboat" on google. There's an article or two on it.

M

[Full Tilt]

So let me get this straight. You're sitting in front of the computer and you say to yourself, 'I wonder if there are any pontiac sunbird speed boats out there? I think I'll check'. And lo and behold, there it was.

You think my idea is crazy? What about the guy with the Sea bee catamaran? He actually built it.
Mike

[sailboy3]

, no I was actually browsing the list of craig and came upon it, and then googled it.

Hold on, I'm just about to start another carboat thread.

[jim shula]

I actually prefer the Chevy van model.

[30lobsta]

These boats are built for fun to compete in the lobster boat races in Maine during the summer.

[Bob Adams]

I always liked this one: