Author Topic: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR  (Read 266 times)

Offline smoe

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Tour the worlds only operating authentically restored WW2 Higgins PT Boat PT658 Engine room! Powered by three Packard 5M-2500 V12 Gasoline engines rated at 1850 horsepower each!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx_AxoK7Cc

Offline 68ZooM

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Nice video learned alot from it thanks,  PT's are beautiful boats there were also durable considering they were mostly of plywood construction, wheres this PT at in portland i go there daily to the port of portland
 i do have a couple questions the two stearn engines i noticed levers with red handles on them what are those for?  second how many men crewed the engine compartment ? Also the stick shift gearboxes are cool as heck, i bet in close quarters the guys were shifting the boxes like mad lol

I went to Omsi and went on the Sub tour that was a fantastic experence our group got this old timer so served on that actual sub and his stories and knowledge of the sub made for a real fun time, i never realized how small that Sub was inside.
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Offline FLOOB

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Ours doesn't have an engine room  :uhoh
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Thanks smoe...awesome video to watch..... I want one....
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Offline NaTorino

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 :aok I would love one of those valve covers, would make a great wall hanger in my basement


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Offline Randy1

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:aok I would love one of those valve covers, would make a great wall hanger in my basement


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I bet if you googled, you could find one.

Really enjoyed the video.

Offline Rogue9Volt

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This is excellent..  My grandfather was on a PT boat.  I'm gonna send this to him, and see what he thinks. :rock
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