Wandering past the Blackhawk exhibit at Pebble Beach I came upon not one, but two, restored Amphicars, presumably up for sale. Introduced in the 60's when people were into small runabouts but couldn't always afford both a boat and a car, the German Amphicar married the two modes of transport. It was best used on rivers and relatively small lakes, as the freeboard (the amount of hull above the waterline) was quite small and waves could easily swamp the craft. 3837 Amphicars were manufactured and it is estimated that half survive and between 300 and 600 still swim. I was reminded of the Amphicar when perusing an article in The Truth About Cars that asked for nominations for "the car most likely to attract women." The author, Stefan Wilkinson, suggested that the usual "studly Italian V12's, check-out-my-package Teutons, midlife-crisis American roadsters, horny-royal Astons and phallic-as-you-wanna-be XKE's" wouldn't cut it next to an Amphicar. The moment I buy my Amphicar I'll put that theory to the test, but I suspect Stefan is correct.