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Flashback: Auto Top Turned Motor Boat

June 12, 2013 By Nadeem

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We’ve seen a lot of bizarre convertible tops, but this one definitely takes the cake. As featured in an October 1921 issue of Popular Science magazine, an innovative Kansas man custom engineered the roof of his automobile-camper to double as a six-passenger motor boat.

Gives an entirely new meaning to going for a cruise, doesn’t it?

Auto Upholstery - Auto Top Makes a Motor Boat

[via Modern Mechanix]

Filed Under: Archive, Industry History, Odd News Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Convertible Top, Popular Science

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  1. Geoff says

    June 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    This is kinda genius. I especially like that this was, as I read it, all one guy’s idea for his own vehicle.

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