And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Look where the steering wheel is! Loud, smoky and cramped.
Al Gore's amazing interweb comes up with the following: Miss Detroit III is a replica of a single step hydroplane race boat, powered by a Curtis V-12 aircraft engine.
"loud, smokey, and cramped" Like Detroit!
ReplyDeleteWhat'd you say? Speak up. Can't hear you.
ReplyDeleteV-12 Liberty engine. Popular installs in the twenties.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that is a Liberty. Exhaust stacks, cylinders, magneto and drive, V-degree are all wrong for the Liberty.
DeleteVery cool engine nonetheless.
Al Gore's amazing interweb comes up with the following: Miss Detroit III is a replica of a single step hydroplane race boat, powered by a Curtis V-12 aircraft engine.
DeleteI personally would be happy to provide my own earmuffs just to see those rocker arms hum.
ReplyDeleteThat's because the bottles go in the compartment up front, safe and sound.
ReplyDeleteLong stroke for sure.
ReplyDeleteI like the paddle stowed there, just in case.
ReplyDeleteLoud. Smokey. Cramped. The water version of a 32 model a. Fun times.
ReplyDeleteTurning money into smoke and noise.
Is it just me noticing. But are your gonads sitting on the magnetos
ReplyDeleteneeds more engine
ReplyDeleteNot Enough Exhaust Pipes for a Curtiss. And they point the wrong way. (Up instead of out). But, it could be a Curtiss, I'm not familiar with.
ReplyDeleteWednesday, May 13, 2020
ReplyDeleteThe Aero-Engine’d “Miss Detroit III” Wooden Speedboat, Curtiss Model V-4 V12 Engine