#557728 - 03/02/1905:49 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Richard Wood
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Hearing of Packards reminds me of Garfield Wood who ploughed the fortune he made from his hydraulic dump truck invention into powerboat racing. This culminated in Miss America X.
Hearing of a British challenge to the powerboat trophy he had held for nine years, using a pair of more powerful Rolls Royce engines, he added a further two V12 1600 hp Packard Aero engines. Each inline pair were carefully timed to run as one V24 engine to avoid drivetrain issues. A little tweaking got the total output to nearly 7000 hp!
Needless to say he won in 1932 with a record speed of over 125 mph from the 39 foot long, 8 ton boat, and again the following year despite a closer British challenge.
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#557730 - 03/02/1905:53 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Oh that's a beauty and what a monster, I can't imagine that speed on water, 45 knots was the fastest I've been and that was quite quick enough for me. Just imagine the sound - wonderful.
#557746 - 03/02/1908:14 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Originally Posted By Richard Wood
Hearing of Packards reminds me of Garfield Wood who ploughed the fortune he made from his hydraulic dump truck invention into powerboat racing. This culminated in Miss America X.
Hearing of a British challenge to the powerboat trophy he had held for nine years, using a pair of more powerful Rolls Royce engines, he added a further two V12 1600 hp Packard Aero engines. Each inline pair were carefully timed to run as one V24 engine to avoid drivetrain issues. A little tweaking got the total output to nearly 7000 hp!
Needless to say he won in 1932 with a record speed of over 125 mph from the 39 foot long, 8 ton boat, and again the following year despite a closer British challenge.
Packard v8's were in our MTB's and MGB's during WW 2 , not a good place to be if hit by shells due to large petrol tanks.
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#557755 - 03/02/1908:59 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Stewart S Wave & smile... It's a Morgan Member of the Inner Circle
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It’s a super little YouTube vid Thanks for posting Full of atmosphere and it makes you want to don a white overall, get some goggles on and race a 1920’s car
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Oh that's a beauty and what a monster, I can't imagine that speed on water, 45 knots was the fastest I've been and that was quite quick enough for me. Just imagine the sound - wonderful.
Funny you should mention that Rich, the most uncomfortable boat trip I ever experience was taking a power boat ( a Sealine I think) around the Isle of Wight at 45 knots. With the bows up and bouncing off the waves, it was not a pleasant experience. The subsequent sail on a Nautor Swan 43 was far more my cup of tea.
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#557875 - 04/02/1904:17 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Originally Posted By Graham, G4FUJ
Originally Posted By Northernmorgan
Imagine doing the hill at Prescott in that 🤓🤪
Similar motors do run the hill
Originally Posted By Stewart S
...it makes you want to don a white overall, get some goggles on and race a 1920’s car
There are some TM members with white overalls.
There are! Just need to unpick the Morgan badge off the back and find an Austin one 🙄. Anyone want a large embroidered badge....only “raced” a couple of times?
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#557899 - 04/02/1906:08 PMRe: These guys really get it
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just what I have been looking for, for my white overalls.
Originally Posted By Northernmorgan
Originally Posted By Graham, G4FUJ
Originally Posted By Northernmorgan
Imagine doing the hill at Prescott in that 🤓🤪
Similar motors do run the hill
Originally Posted By Stewart S
...it makes you want to don a white overall, get some goggles on and race a 1920’s car
There are some TM members with white overalls.
There are! Just need to unpick the Morgan badge off the back and find an Austin one 🙄. Anyone want a large embroidered badge....only “raced” a couple of times?
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#557911 - 04/02/1906:34 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Northernmorgan
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You are very welcome to it Steve. It is about 9” long and gold thread on dark green. It owes me nothing...it was given to me by John Worrall years ago.
Send me a PM if you want it.
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#558258 - 06/02/1902:16 PMRe: These guys really get it
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Krod
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Loc: Florida, USA
Sadly, far to many early cars collect dust in museums and in private collections. I would certainly drive a 100+ year old car myself on the open road, but I am probably an exception and to young to realize how foolish it would be.
but heaps of fun.
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