PT Boat - Full Throttle

[Another Ahab]

Searched YouTube for a PT Boat running wide-open (Twin Packard V-12's):

- This is the best I could come up with:

- Beggars can't be choosers.

I'll take what I can get!

http://youtu.be/xcE4x1SAyOg

 

[RodUSMC1962]

Neat video, love those pt boats! That kid sure looks happy.

 

[Bunkerbuilder]

according to a WWII ship restoration website Ive been known to hang out at, there are only two PT Boats left from the 1942 era.

Plywood built craft arent built to last. Ill bet the spruce goose is also in need of repair..

 

[Another Ahab]

according to a WWII ship restoration website Ive been known to hang out at, there are only two PT Boats left from the 1942 era.

Plywood built craft arent built to last. Ill bet the spruce goose is also in need of repair..

swbradley1 knows of (2) that are operational in Port Clinton OH, and I have a friend here in town tells me he knows of one in Vancouver (I thought it might be BC but apparently it's WA). That's 3!

 

[donnerwetter58]

The Packard engines are Rolls Royce Merlins, built under licence by Packard. They powered many WW2 fighters and bombers as well as PT boats.
There are a pair of Packards from a PT boat on display in a private collection in central OH. Impressive engines to see and hear.

 

[zebedee]

Watched the RC vid, but I HAD to mute it!!!

Searched YouTube for a PT Boat running wide-open (Twin Packard V-12's):

What about the movie - "PT 109"?




On a way off tangent... there was a modified tractor pull tractor in the UK called "Snoopeys' Spitfire" - powered by a Packard V12.. Lovely noise.

 

[swbradley1]

Yeah Dave and if you look at my thread on PT-728 in Port Clinton you will see a pair of spare engines for their "private" PT boat (not the one refitted for rides).




#3

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?135518-PT-728-Port-Clinton-Ohio&highlight=port+clinton

 

[donnerwetter58]

Thanks for the link Steve.
Nice collection and PT restoration. The engines in the boat didn't appear to be Packards. The photos of the spares are Packards. Just like the pair in Washington Court House.

 

[swbradley1]

Correct, the ones they have to use for the ride boat are Man diesels per the Coast Guard. The spares are for the boat they can't give rides on.

I can't remember being that excited about being on a boat before when he said I could go up and walk around and go inside too.

 

[Floridianson]

Needs to run the trim down some as it is bow light. Or in his case weight is needed in the bow of his toy.

 

[Gun Goober]

Why not get a copy of the movie, "They Were Expendable", Robert Montgomery, John Wayne? Lots of PT action with real PT boats and Robert Montgomery was a real PT captain during the war.

One of my favorite movies.

 

[Another Ahab]

Heavy on the schmaltz by Hollywood, but it's the boat:

- Firing from a tube/ launcher instead of the "roll-off" set-up it seems on the current restorations. Wonder what's the story?

http://youtu.be/Mq6he12yPrw