| Rick
You shoulda been around last year in Salem Ma when the Navy showed
up with 3 experimental PT boats. They were coming up the East Coast in
sea trials from Norfolk Va.
They made it from R.I. to Salem in 3.5 hours going around the Cape
and there was a full blown gale raging. Only needed 200 gallons of
desiel each.
Paint job was a sea camo grey/black. You could hear them 2 miles
inland as they headed for shore (Sounded like someone was racing
locomotives on nitro in the fog). At idle, they burbled so nicely, and when
given just a bit of gas they reved like a quick Chevy 454 gas mill.
The two rigs were brand new Ford pickup fronts on electrical linemen
4x4 frames with integrated cabovers. Custom trailers too. No emblems,
but painted Air Force blue.
Quite the toys, err.... I mean your tax money at work ;>)
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| Rick,
They were made by the Higgins Boat Co. back in the forties. I had a
Higgins 18' inboard in the mid fifties (my dad's boat) that was all
mahogany and plywood that ran like a bandit but would break your
kidneys in any chop. The hull was basically flat at the stern, and
with a 115 Hp Grey, it would do over forty!
Don
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