• Title
  Start of the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race 1971
• Creator
  Australian Photographic Agency
• Call number
  Australian Photographic Agency - 45799
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  26 Dec 1971
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  146252
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 photonegative - 35 x 24 mm.
  
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: Taken by Australian Photographic Agency for account: News 720010. Reproduction for purposes other than private study or research will require permission.
• General note
  
  ""Weird and wonderful Sydney"" caption: ""An amphibious car among the spectator fleet receives unwanted attention from authorities at the start of the Sydney-Hobart yacht race. Capable of just 8 km/h on water and 100 km/h on land, the 1960 Amphicar was always an oddity and later proved unable to satisfy both maritime and road regulations""
  The Amphicar was a German vehicle manufactured 1960-1968. It was the first commercially produced amphibious car and used a Triumph Herald engine over the rear axle to power the wheels and twin propellors. In the water, the front wheels acted as rudders. The body was steel.
  Published in: Sydney : a celebration in pictures (Millenium special, Sunday Telegraph, 14 Nov 1999)
  Digital order no:a128759
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Original item no. ON 173
• Name
  New South Wales. Police Dept. Water Police
  Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race (27th : 1971)
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Amphicar (amphibious vehicles)
  convertibles (cars)
  motor vehicles
  regattas
  speedboats
  water police
  yachts
  
• Place
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Weird and wonderful Sydney - State Library of New South Wales (14 August, 2000 - 14 January, 2001)

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