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Find of the Day: 1942 KDF Schwimmwagen

Do you ever drive to a body of water and lament the fact that your boring land car has to stop? Good news! You can now keep right on driving thanks to this 1942 KDF Schwimmwagen.

The Schwimmwagen was World War II Germany’s amphibious vehicle. Based on the Type 1 platform, this four-wheel-drive model had to be shrunk down to deal with the stresses of maritime motion.

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This Schwimmwagen is a 1942 car, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t have the original 25 hp engine. Instead it has the later, Hellcat rivaling 30 hp version installed. The owner does, however, say that he has 25 hp engine that can be included in the deal.

Despite its age, the Schwimmwagen is in good condition and is totally ready to drive on land and sea.

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Be careful sailing your Schwimm, though, because if you go too far forward in the water, there’s no reverse. Instead you need to break out one of the paddles that came as standard equipment with the KDF.

Take a look for yourself at thesamba.com and while you’re dedicating brain power to such things you can also read this detailed US intelligence report from 1944 on the Schwimmwagen at lonesentry.com.

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