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Title: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: smoe on March 17, 2014, 08:56:25 PM

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

Title: Re: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: 68ZooM on March 17, 2014, 10:15:54 PM

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.

Title: Re: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: FLOOB on March 18, 2014, 12:33:37 AM

Ours doesn't have an engine room  :uhoh

Title: Re: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: TOMCAT21 on March 18, 2014, 05:25:17 AM

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

Title: Re: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: NaTorino on March 19, 2014, 03:03:29 PM

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


CobraJet

Title: Re: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: Randy1 on March 19, 2014, 03:07:23 PM

Quote from: NaTorino on March 19, 2014, 03:03:29 PM

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


CobraJet

I bet if you googled, you could find one.

Really enjoyed the video.

Title: Re: PT Boat Engine Room Walk-through Tour of Higgins PT658 in Portland OR
Post by: Rogue9Volt on March 19, 2014, 03:29:40 PM

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