You'd be an ancient boat.. with oars, and sails..Is it where you want it now Gilligan? Is that kind of a milestone - to own that boat? When is a boat considered old?
I'm yappy this morning - sorry.
My wife's father may have delivered that boat way back then.1962.
I had an old Thompson runabout that I salvaged from the rafters in a barn. I learned a lot from that boat. The biggest lesson was you can either enjoy riding in boats or you can enjoy working on boats but you can't do both if you own a wooden boat! I am now doing '50s aluminum runabouts. I have a 1958 Lonestar and a ~1956 Duracraft. Looking for a 13 foot Feathercraft. There was a guy down Drayden way that had one but he wouldn't give it up.I've got a soft spot for vintage boats but have given up owning wood ones...too much work to maintain.
Late 50's twin turbo Ford big block industrial engine... big on torque and long life span....what is that based on ?
Late 50's twin turbo Ford big block industrial engine... big on torque and long life span....
Ford 534 Super Duty truck engine.what is that based on ?
So that would be based on the FE
And exceptionally thirsty, no doubt.Late 50's twin turbo Ford big block industrial engine... big on torque and long life span....
Meh - some people have cars rusting away. Still your boat is really cool though - does it still need a lot of work?
They kept producing those all the way to 1980 though...an amazing production run for any engine. They were known to go 500,000 miles in over the road trucks pretty routinely.Late 50's twin turbo Ford big block industrial engine... big on torque and long life span....
My '53 Special Sportsman...I loved that thing. I swapped the engine out for a 1958 Chevy 283 "power pack" engine...4-barrel ..230HP I believe it was.I had an old Thompson runabout that I salvaged from the rafters in a barn. I learned a lot from that boat. The biggest lesson was you can either enjoy riding in boats or you can enjoy working on boats but you can't do both if you own a wooden boat! I am now doing '50s aluminum runabouts. I have a 1958 Lonestar and a ~1956 Duracraft. Looking for a 13 foot Feathercraft. There was a guy down Drayden way that had one but he wouldn't give it up.
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Wasent that whole series used in heavy equipment and a host of other industrial/power unit and so on?Ford 534 Super Duty truck engine.
Wasent that whole series used in heavy equipment and a host of other industrial/power unit and so on?
I kinna remember seeing a few of them as power units and clutches on some of the percussion drill rigs I looked at long ago...
No..much larger engine. Bare engine weights over 1000#..all-up boat engine weighs over 1200#
The starboard main engine is dead...
Wouldn't I love to put a pair of those in a boat.... I tried to buy a couple from a dealer in South America that was selling parts stripped from one of the last batch of Sherman tanks still maintained and "in service". Shipping and other issues stopped me cold. I could have the engines for 5K each in running condition.Ah ok ..... sounds like a GAA
seized from sitting ?
..found a nice half-dollar sized hole in top of one piston