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Peter Illidge
New member
Username: peteillidgegbrmpagovau
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2015
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 09:10 pm: | 
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Hi All, have a bit of a challenge for you all. We discovered a shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia and can not identify it. We thought if we could identify the engines and perhaps a year of manufacture this would help us. This is a twin engined timber vessel about 43 m (140 feet) long. The engines seem to be joined with a cross bar.
Thanks in advance for your help.
cheers Pete     |
Charles Holmes
Senior Member
Username: jimmys
Post Number: 55
Registered: 01-2011
| | Posted on Friday, May 01, 2015 - 02:43 pm: |
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It appears to be a 4-51 Detroit GM Diesel Marine Engine, built in the Early 1950's. I have one listed on eBay, listing # 381228883898....So you can compare the pictures,...especially where the Heat Exchanger is mounted at the rear of the engine and the Marine Gear Box and Exhaust on the front of the engine. |
Peter Illidge
New member
Username: peteillidgegbrmpagovau
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2015
| | Posted on Sunday, May 03, 2015 - 06:28 pm: |
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Hi Charles,
thank you very much for IDing this motor for me. I knew there would be someone out there that could go yep that's a whatever. Fantastic. Thank you very much. cheers Pete |
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