# How do you make a '51 Chevy float? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687 "2003-07-24T18:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/1 "2003-07-24T18:45:59Z")
[Attach a couple of pontoons!](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030723/168/4rtrj.html&e=1) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/2 "2003-07-24T18:50:14Z")
Start with two scoops of ice cream . . . ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/3 "2003-07-24T18:58:27Z")
Damn you, Eve, for stealing my joke. Okay, I’ll have to come up with another… Cover it with flower petals and have it towed behind a marching band? Aaaargh. Lacks panache. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/4 "2003-07-24T19:05:40Z")
I hate you both for beating me to the punch. Methinks that truck would be perfect for springtime in New England… ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/5 "2003-07-24T19:29:49Z")
Install the over-bored, dilithium charged anti-gravity power plant. ---
**Author:** ![3.885AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/58956e/32.png) [@3.885AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3.885AM)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/6 "2003-07-24T20:02:15Z")
Does this means they won’t be showing Junkyard Wars in Cuba any more? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/7 "2003-07-24T20:02:55Z")
Ok good, I’m not insane, I really saw that on the news yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/8 "2003-07-24T20:15:30Z")
Pennywise says: Come down here _They all float, down here…_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/9 "2003-07-24T20:25:56Z")
It’s too bad they sunk it. The truck looked like it was in good condition. It’s a shame to throw away a perfectly good piece of machinery, especially when it’s a collectable. Not to mention that the inginuity of it would make it a good contraption to display somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/10 "2003-07-24T21:04:20Z")
What a bunch of morons! **Everyone** knows the '53 had better buoyancy. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/11 "2003-07-24T22:50:51Z")
I think we should have let them stay. I like their ingenuity and we could have benefited from them. Did the '51 have a pedal starter switch? deb ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/12 "2003-07-25T02:33:39Z")
Methinks they watched the episode of Junkyard Wars where the guys made amphibious vehicles out of, you guessed it, an old truck. Wonder if they get cable in Cuba? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/13 "2003-07-25T03:20:00Z")
Somewhere, Doc Brown and his DeLorean are smiling. Say- wouldn’t this make a great Disney ride? “Hop in the Chevy and float from Cuba to the U.S.” ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/14 "2003-07-25T04:13:15Z")
“Chevys of the Caribbean!” ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-51-chevy-float/190687/15 "2003-07-25T04:40:13Z")
I agree with Deb. They should have let them stay. We could use a whole group of people who think like that. Engineers take note.