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[REAL, 1985] The "Amphi-Ranger", police edition (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by Hubi@feddit.de to c/weirdwheels@lemmy.world

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Some more Info: https://jalopnik.com/the-1985-amphi-ranger-proved-every-off-roader-should-be-1825837736

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[–] Hubi@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bonus pic:

[–] Ingiald@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So sneaky

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

You'd never see it coming

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It was already sexy, now it's just showing off

[–] RedIce25@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Looks like a life size Lego car

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What type of ... criminals was this built to catch exactly?

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair question. I don't think any criminal has ever been caught with this thing.

Apparently they used it on one episode of Baywatch, though they had the bad guys drive it: https://www.imcdb.org/v488686.html

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Beautiful

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Growing up in Wisconsin, we called them "ducks" because they went on land and water.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

That's a pretty good name. Here in Germany a different vehicle goes by "duck": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV