Thursday, January 24, 2008

Gar Wood

 
Gar Wood

 1933 Texaco Gar Wood Race Boat Post card짤1933. Inset portrait of driver GAR WOOD above the U-10 MISS AMERICA X race boat. Captioned "Gar Wood and Miss America X - Winners in the Harmsworth Races of 1933 (Fueled and lubricated by Texaco)".  "Miss America X, the world's fastest speedboat. Length 38 feet, weight 9 쩍 tons. Her four engines aggregate 6,800 horse power - equal to about three times that of a "Twentieth Century" locomotive. In the Harmsworth Trophy race, as well as in the run that set a world's speedboat record, Gar Wood used Texaco Products".

Hydroplane History's Gar Wood Page

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