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.
Well, it got a lot louder! Saw an ad for sale of the last of the Miss America Garwood built boats. Miss America X which won the title in 1932 and 1933 ( they won from 1920 to 1933) was restored in the 90's. It had 4 Packard V-12's rated at about 7,000 hp and ran at over 125mph. That doesn't sound like much but the record held until the 60's according to the ad in Wooden Boat. That doesn't sound right to me but I'm not sure what the classes and rules were for these wooden boats.Interesting enough I think I'll do a little looking into the history. Bubbarust
And fast
ReplyDeleteBackwoods Okie
Doubt it was safe either....
ReplyDeleteHah. Before they were put into PT boats.
ReplyDeleteIs that a total of 9 cylinders or 12?
ReplyDelete24? looks like a pair of Packard V12 engines
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puts to mind WW1 Italian torpedo boat of the type (MAS) that sank the Szent István.
ReplyDeleteSaw a WW2 version in Malta last week, get close to target and jump out.
DeletePackard built Liberty aircraft engines
ReplyDeleteHorsepower, anybody?
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_1A-2500
There are a couple of really good videos out there on these engines.
Can't imagine how loud that would be......
ReplyDeleteWell, it got a lot louder! Saw an ad for sale of the last of the Miss America
ReplyDeleteGarwood built boats. Miss America X which won the title in 1932 and 1933
( they won from 1920 to 1933) was restored in the 90's. It had 4 Packard
V-12's rated at about 7,000 hp and ran at over 125mph. That doesn't sound
like much but the record held until the 60's according to the ad in Wooden Boat.
That doesn't sound right to me but I'm not sure what the classes and rules were
for these wooden boats.Interesting enough I think I'll do a little looking into the history.
Bubbarust