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| Power Boat News magazine 1905 |
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ScottP
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| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 07:25 am: | 
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If you have a c.1905 motor, it might be worth your time to go through Power Boat News, Vol. 1, found in Google Books. Several hundred boats, their owners and their power plants are listed, so if your engine has any known history, you might be able to match it up with the boat it came out of (understandably a long shot, but you can also find out who owned the same kind of engine all over the country.) I have been using it for Michigan boat builder information.
Scott Peters |
ScottP
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| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 08:21 am: |
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I forgot to state that you can do a keyword search on the engine make to highlight all of the references to that name. You can do the same by owner name, location where used, horsepower, etc.
Scott |
richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3308
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 10:08 am: |
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Scott
Thanks for bringing this option to our attention !
Good hearing from you, always appreciate your sage input here !
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ScottP
Visitor
| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 01:06 pm: |
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Hi Richard,
It's good to be back--I always learn a lot from you and the rest of the crew! I did a lookup on Smalley Motor Co., Ltd. of Bay City, Michigan, and found 26 results, albeit some were for the company itself rather than specific boats or engines. It also indicates what the dealer/distributor network looked like at the time Either way, I think it is a good way to research some of the more obscure firms. Keep up the good work! |
richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3310
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 01:34 pm: |
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Scott, Thought you might like this 1904 Ad ?
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ScottP
Visitor
| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 04:46 pm: |
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Ah, you know me well! Back in my first days of working in museums, I was a student assistant at the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Museum in Flint, wiping up oil pans under the old Buicks, Chevrolets and other makes built in Flint. In 1976 the Museum built a replica of the 1904 Buick, using a 1905 engine, or maybe just the parts, just like the one in the ad above. Thanks for the memories, sir!
Scott |
ivor
Member
Username: ivor
Post Number: 20
Registered: 07-2012
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 11:40 am: |
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Thanks again Scott.
Have seen Power Boat News and other references and think I now have the info needed.
All very helpful.
Ivor. |
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