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The boat was Miss America - a sleek hydroplane made of Philippine mahogany and driven by two converted 12-cylinder, 500-horsepower Liberty airplane powerplants.1. From 1914-1919, the Great War in Europe precluded the Harmsworth Trophy competition. This race between nations - established by England in 1903 - was won by England in 1912 and.
PHOTOS Meet the 2015 Miss America pageant contestants
People. Our readers and especially the antique boat collectors among the group will be interested to learn that Miss America VIII, Gar Wood's two-time Harmsworth Trophy winning race boat will be offered at Mecum's Kissimmee Auction as Lot S239, on Saturday Jan. 28, 2012 in Kissimmee, Fla. A winner of the coveted Harmsworth Trophy in 1929 and.
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Miss America VIII becomes the fastest boat ever built when it wins the Harmsworth Trophy in Detroit, U.S.A., North America. People walking along jetties. A.
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The Miss America VIII was built with two goals in mind: claiming the British International Harmsworth Trophy for the United States, and setting the world unlimited water speed record. While the.
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This made the Miss America VIII a two-time winner of the largest speed boat event of its day, with victories in 1929 and 1931 added to a second place finish to the new Miss America IX in 1930. 1929GarWood_02_700. After Gar Wood met Harry Miller at the Indianapolis 500 in May of 1931, he commissioned Miller to build two race engines for Miss.
Gar Wood Miss America VIII with 1931 Twin Miller V16 Engines YouTube
In 1931, Miss America IX (bottom), with Gar Wood at the wheel, battles Kaye Don and Miss England II on the Detroit River for the coveted Harmsworth Trophy. Both crossed the starting line too soon and were disqualified. But Gar's brother George won the race with Miss America VIII to keep the trophy in America.
Miss America VIII Twin V16 engines. Found on carguychronicles
Miss America VIII is fitted with its original one-off Miller V16 1,113-cubic-inch-displacement engines, specially built for the boat by the legendary Indy car and engine builder, Harry Miller, to.
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Miss America VIII was Wood's latest and greatest. Since 1918, with Miss Detroit III, he had been fitting his speedboats with aircraft engines, first Curtiss and then Liberty V-12s. Wood was so committed to winning—nine times he took the Harmsworth Trophy, formally known as the British International Trophy for Motorboats—that he.
Miss America VIII
A fairly recent image of the Miller V-16 engines installed in Wood's Miss America VIII. ( Mecum Auctions image) Minus the superchargers, the 1,113 cu in (18.24 L) Miller V-16s were sold to Howard "Whitey" Hughes. The now normally aspirated V-16 engines had four carburetors and produced around 930 hp (694 kW) at 4,500 rpm.
Miss America VIII
MIAMI, Fla., March 27.--With Miss America VIII, fastest boat of them all, damaged to such an extent as to make its new assault on the world speed record highly improbable for.
Miss America VIII
MISS AMERICA VIII was a 26' unlimited hydroplane, racing number #U-16, built in 1929 was probably the design of Gar Wood's head designer Napoleon Lisee and built by Gar Wood, Inc. of Algonac, Michigan. Typed negative sleeve info.: "38380-F". Stamped: "MIAMI 1930". Handwritten: "Miss America VIII / Box 2742".
PHOTOS Meet the 2015 Miss America pageant contestants
Here is a different view of the famous Gar Wood Miss America VIII when the starboard engine was started. January 25th, 2012.
Gar Wood's 3,600HP Miss America VIII Race Boat Heads To Auction
With Kaye Don driving, MISS ENGLAND II lost the race to MISS AMERICA VIII but posted the fastest lap ever turned on a closed course at 93 miles per hour, a record that would stand unchallenged until 1949. After his final successful defense with Miss America X in 1933, Wood retired from racing. A wealthy man, he and his wife had homes in Detroit.
Miss America VIII
Here's the story as offered by her seller's agent: Miss America VIII. The brainchild of Garfield Wood and designer Napoleon "Nap" Lisee was built in 1929 to be the fastest boat in the world, and was considered by many to be the very best. Prior to his passing, Lisee was quoted "the Eighth was the finest boat he [Gar Wood] ever built.
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Miss America VIII. The brainchild of Garfield Wood and designer Napoleon "Nap" Lisee was built in 1929 to be the fastest boat in the world, and was considere.
Gar Wood's 3,600HP Miss America VIII Race Boat Heads To Auction
Miss America VIII will be sold with a collection of original parts including the original Schweitzer / Cummins roots style superchargers. Also, Orlin Johnson, the chief mechanic for Gar Wood during the Harmsworth years collected a tremendous amount of photos and supporting materials from 1905 to 1975. Over 1000 items are included with the sale.
