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Nathanael Lander
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 01:04 am: | 
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I am a student at McPherson College in McPherson Kansas. I am an Antique Automobile Restoration Major and I am doing reasearch on the early Daimler gas engines. I would like any information that anyone would have on these 17 degree v-twin engines. They were produced from 1888 to the early 1900's and were mainly used to power motorboats. Thank You for your help |
rbgibb
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 06:57 am: |
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I am one of 12 that just lost his bid on a Daimler Marine Engine book on Ebay! I can put you in touch with the winner if that will help. Dick Gibbens |
andrew
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 09:12 am: |
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Here is a picture of that catalog:
... and another one:
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Nathanael Lander
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 01:42 am: |
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Thanks for the information. Do any of you know if these boats still exist. If so where are they. |
andrew
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 11:48 am: |
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There is a Daimler engine in a museum... I can't remember which one. It is shown in one of Stan Grayson's books. I think it is in one of the Engines Afloat books.
Regards,
Andrew |
Richard Day
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 06:33 pm: |
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There is a beautiful one in a boat in the Mercedes Museum in Stutgart, Germany. I wonder if they have the museum on the webb |
Larry Healey
| | Posted on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 08:49 pm: |
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Goodday,
This information is for Nathanael ----attached are three photos of Daimler marine/stationary engines for his project. These are from my circa 1893 catalog. "All the best" & thanks for this web site!
Larry Healey
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richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2485
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 11:47 am: |
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bartropr
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Username: bartropr
Post Number: 43
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 07:11 am: |
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I had a marine Kanstat(sp?) Daimler 1896/7 vee twin engine no 737??? which was complete with its reversing leather lined cone clutches on a marine bedplate, but was seized up and had some hairline cracks in places as a result. All the vapourising gear was missing. I had built up quite an archive of information, including a copy of the makers build details from the Daimler archives. This was quite a number of years ago, and I eventually sold the engine to a doctor (a member of the Steam Boat Association) in Germany who does a lot of restoration of boats etc., and I thought it best for the engine to be back in Germany.
There is also an original 1895 27' launch called "Progress" owned and in use by a member of the Steam Boat Association here in the UK. The original diesel engine for this is in the Science Museum in London.
For other information see chapter 3 in "Speedboat" by D.W.Fostle on Steinway's(of piano fame) boats with Daimler engines.
Also "The Engineer" of june 12th 1896 (page 596) illustrates and gives a very good detail of a "narrow gauge self propelled tram car" with a vee twin Daimler engine.
Sorry I don't have my archive any more with some great plate photographs etc, but I can let you have the dotors address and phone number in Germany - email me |
robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 398
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 09:44 pm: |
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OP: Do a search here, these have been discussed before. |
