In 1975, Jorge Fink, of Baton Rogue, Louisiana, would look upon his 1972 Super Beetle, which had just been flooded in a rain storm, and wonder to himself; "What if I were to make it float, next time?". By 1976, he would have begun his legacy, of producing the J. Fink Submersive Autos Catfish, a kit car producible from a 1972 onwards Superbeetle, powered by the original Flat 4, although with a modification to allow the engine to become a propeller, much like the original Schwimmwagen of the Germans, though able to be switched on from a lever in the cockpit, rather than having to be manually dropped by hand on the original design. It was designed for comfort, and thus was one of the most expensive kit cars to purchase, although it could also be bought straight from the company, with a man coming to pick up your donor Beetle by the end of the month to build your new submersible vessel. A staggering 2900 would be built from the factory (with another 900 kits purchased from 1977-1983), using donor cars, leading to the surprisingly successful Submersive Autos (name changed in 1983, for simplicity), to be purchased by Cutts & Case Shipyard, in 1985, where it would become a subsidiary company, designing growingly successful kits, but soon, an entirely unique amphibious car, the company still operating today as Fink Submersive Autos, or FSA.
