1953 Fletcher Flair

A vehicle that looks like a jeep sitting on the ground at a golf course, the car is a 1953 prototype vehicle called a Fletcher Flair and the event is the 2011 Glenmoor Gathering Concours event near Canton, Ohio. In the background are tents and people walking and to the left of the prototype vehicle is a red car which is a unique Porsche 911 prototype.

The Fletcher Flair was a prototype amphibious vehicle designed and created by Wendell Fletcher of Fletcher Aviation in 1953. The US Government had issued a solicitation for bids to build an amphibious vehicle based on the VW Schwimmwagen used by Germany in WWII. The all aluminum Fletcher design was powered by a 4-cylinder Porsche 356 drivetrain, modified to make it a four-wheel drive. The company hoped to sell the vehicle to the US Army but the vehicle performed poorly in the water and the Army passed on producing it. This image also shows a Porsche 911 prototype parked to the right of the Fletcher. 

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