As a water well company, Cutter and Dad Drilling Company in Adel, Ga., our advertisements consisted of the company name on all our equipment, a basic ad in the phone book, referrals and our reputation. We also had a dune buggy and an Amphicar (part boat, part car) that we drove in most of the community parades. Our Amphicar received more attention than anything.
We had decided to drive our Amphicar and take our boys to Disney World in Orlando, Fla. It was about 240 miles from Adel. Before we arrived at our motel in Orlando, the engine developed a bad knock. We crippled the Amphicar to our motel and checked in. The knock was determined to be a rod bearing and the engine had to be removed to access the pan. The boys and I found a big tree hidden from the motel and most everyone. With limited tools, we managed to pull the engine with a rope hoist we made under a large tree limb. We removed the pan and found a parts store nearby that had the parts we needed. We managed to install the new rod bearings and reinstall the engine. We started it up and it seemed to run fine, so we headed to Disney World.