more at http://quickfound.netnnPercy Hunt of Buffalo, New York, has built a motor boat around a Chevrolet car body, using the car engine as...
more at http://quickfound.netnnPercy Hunt of Buffalo, New York, has built a motor boat around a Chevrolet car body, using the car engine as the boat motor.nnFrom Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 2 No. 4.nn'Title Card: "Weigh Anchor! Here's Fun In a Sea-Going Automobile" over car/boat beside marina.nnSea-going automobile cruising in lake.nPeople boarding sea-going automobile (boat) at marina. Dapper man (wearing captain's hat and outfit) climbs into boat as other man loosens moorings. Dapper man removes car trunk (on boat) and climbs in; others join him. CU driver's side window opening; large flood light mounted above it; woman settles into seat. ECU hand turning ignition key. CU vibrating engine. Crew removing moorings. Boat (Chevy-Chase) cruising on lake with 2 men seated in rear; joined by woman. VS cruising boat, inc. CU frontal; riding choppy waves. CU American flag waving in breeze as boat leaves wake and spray in BG.'nnPublic domain film from the Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.nThe soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).nnhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MotorboatnnA motorboat, speedboat, or powerboat is a boat which is powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gearbox and the propeller in one portable unit.nnAn inboard/outboard contains a hybrid of a powerplant and an outboard, where the internal combustion engine is installed inside the boat, and the gearbox and propeller are outside.nnThere are two configurations of an inboard, v-drive and direct drive. A direct drive has the powerplant mounted near the middle of the boat with the propeller shaft straight out the back, where a v-drive has the powerplant mounted in the back of the boat facing backwards having the shaft go towards the front of the boat then making a 'V' towards the rear. The v-drive has become increasingly popular due to the wakeboarding and wakesurfing sports.nnMotorboats vary greatly in size and configuration, from the 4-meter, open center console type to the luxury mega-yachts capable of crossing an ocean...nnAlthough the screw propeller had been added to an engine (steam engine) as early as the 18th century in Birmingham, England by James Watt, the boat powered by a petrol engine only came about in the latter part of the 19th century with the invention of the internal combustion engine.nnThe earliest boat to be powered by a petrol engine was tested on the Neckar river by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1886, when they tested their new "longcase clock" engine. It had been constructed in the former greenhouse (converted into a workshop) in Daimler's back yard. The first public display took place on the Waldsee in Cannstatt, today a suburb of Stuttgart, at the end of that year. The engine of this boat had a single cylinder of 1 horse power. Daimler's second launch in 1887 had a second cylinder positioned at an angle of 15 degrees to the first one, and was known as the "V" type.nnThe first successful motor boat was built by the Priestman Brothers in Hull, England, under the direction of William Dent Priestman. The company began trials of their first motorboat in 1888. The engine was powered with kerosene and used an innovative high-tension ignition system. The company was the first to begin large scale production of the motor boat, and by 1890, Priestman's boats were successfully being used for towing goods along canals.nnAnother early pioneer was Mr. J. D. Roots, who in 1891 fitted a launch with an internal combustion engine and operated a ferry service between Richmond and Wandsworth along the River Thames during the seasons of 1891 and 1892.nnThe eminent inventor Frederick William Lanchester recognized the potential of the motorboat and over the following 15 years, in collaboration with his brother George, perfected the modern motorboat, or powerboat. Working in the garden of their home in Olton, Warwickshire, they designed and built a river flat-bottomed launch with an advanced high-revving engine that drove via a stern paddle wheel in 1893. In 1897, he produced a second engine similar in design to his previous one but running on benzene at 800 r.p.m. The engine drove a reversible propeller. An important part of his new engine was the revolutionary carburettor...nnDaimler Company began production of motor boats in 1897 from its manufacturing base in Coventry. The engines had two cylinders and the explosive charge of petroleum and air was ignited by compression into a heated platinum tube. The engine gave about 6 horse-power... Less
