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I finally found the image of grandad in his race boat with a V12 Hispano-Suiza engine. Nobody could beat him. He finally started letting the guy behind him take the trophy. Trophies I have of his date from 1927 to the early 1930’s. I suspect the engine is a 1927 airplane engine which had 500 hp normally aspirated. Also found images of him in his very small shop. Basically I am him in every aspect.
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Great find!
Wikipedia has a beautiful picture of that engine. Later versions ~1936 were producing over 1000hp @ 2400 RPM. Impressive!
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Grandad was one hell of a boat driver, designer, builder, mechanic and machinist. You should be proud of that indeed. As a boat name painter, however, ... .Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm Schweizer
That's so neat! Thanks for sharing.
Those are great pics!
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Originally Posted by James Waldron
No doubt! I was a bit surprised at the sloppy lettering and can only assume it was temporary for race day and perhaps someone else did it. He was very meticulous in his work. I got a laugh at your comment. :-)
Very cool pix and story! Thanks for sharing.
The writing you see in the photo looks like handwrittian white ink on the photo and not on the boat hull. Fairly common on old B&W photos. I see only excellence here!!!
I remember as a kid going through my Grandfather old books and coming accross a manual of for a WWI Hispano Suiza aero engine. Had a huge fold out diagram of the engine. I think my Uncle Fred ended up with the book.