Momma Maritime Cockpit
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From: St. Augustine, FL
i was around for the sea trial of this project with the unser engines ,with that turbo set up, carb in a box under pressure . the trans were custom as you have said , hydraulic with torque converters.in the end low engine torque could not pull much prop.i think the castings you refer to were to plug these tras into the no. 3 gimbels. dave and mack had made a lot of custom parts for this project.i am not sure what happened later with the repower of this project,i think you are right that big mercs were installed. i had gone to join don at magnum and the missile plant on 159 st. near the big gas ball with knocky ,bill sidel and bob vrooman. thanks sonny miller



