I will admit that I thought this was going to be stupid when I first clicked on it. Most home built amphibious vehicles are pretty awkward, but this one is actually cool enough to make a post about. This is the Sea Lion. It’s a transformable single seat car that was built to take on the Amphibious Vehicle World Speed Record. The chassis is a TIG welded 5052 aluminum monocoque and it’s powered by a turbocharged Mazda 13b rotary engine that draws air in through a side-draft carburetor. The engine makes 174 horsepower which allows the Sea Lion to go 125 mph on land and 45 mph on water. The front end transforms  when the Sea Lion hits the water and the side pods are for storage and flotation. Here’s some video of it in action:

The Sea Lion is currently for sale for $259,500. The owner states that its ready for an engine upgrade to the Renesis engine from an RX-8 to take the speed record. Head over to Fantasy Junction to see the ad and lots of high resolution pictures.

Source: Fantasy Junction via Autoblog