Laurie Booth Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I think the old boat bodies were quite popular at one time built on the Austin 7 chassis and old Fords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratzend Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great photos Laurie Do you know where the third photo was taken? The raised platform with a chain drive? It seems to ring some bells way back in the dark vaults of my youthtime memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great photos Laurie Do you know where the third photo was taken? The raised platform with a chain drive? It seems to ring some bells way back in the dark vaults of my youthtime memories! it wasn't a boat as such, it used to take people off the beach to a landing stage as I recall. My favourite is the Vespa TwinBanana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I was reading about surplus aeroplane fuel drop tanks being used for the bodies of land speed record motorbikes. I wonder if those floats are drop tanks I like the Peugeot myself Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Pink Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great photos Laurie Do you know where the third photo was taken? The raised platform with a chain drive? It seems to ring some bells way back in the dark vaults of my youthtime memories! It took people to an island along a causeway when the tide was in. Agatha Christie's island hotel in one of her books rings a bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn 1 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Here is a video of a Prototype boat I am currently the engineer for. Taken last week(From the end of Portland Bill on the way to Exmouth for trials. A slightly different era of beasty than those pics. and very different from the nb engines I work with alot of the time, This one has 1300hp in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great snaps, Laurie. The fourth one, I think, is an Amphicar which actually went into production. I saw one progressing along (and later beside) the Ashby Canal a few years ago.The last one is obviously a very early Springer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great photos Laurie Do you know where the third photo was taken? The raised platform with a chain drive? It seems to ring some bells way back in the dark vaults of my youthtime memories! A very early sea tractor from Burgh Island? http://www.burghisland.com/subpages/seatractor.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Love the cousin of 'Brum', and some interesting craft behind. Putney Railway bridge methinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Is that a bowthruster I see before me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Is that a bowthruster I see before me? no, she usually sits on the front with a glass of G'n'T when the boat hits the water Bazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Booth Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great photos Laurie Do you know where the third photo was taken? The raised platform with a chain drive? It seems to ring some bells way back in the dark vaults of my youthtime memories! I think I've been on this one at Burge Island or something very similar. It is for getting people to and from the island when the tide is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratzend Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I think I've been on this one at Burge Island or something very similar. It is for getting people to and from the island when the tide is in. Thanks, the name doesn't ring a bell but then I would have been very small at the time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I was reading about surplus aeroplane fuel drop tanks being used for the bodies of land speed record motorbikes. I wonder if those floats are drop tanks I like the Peugeot myself Richard Seems those drop tanks left over from the war were in demand. Many a fairground showman updated his juvenile roundabout with "space rockets" made from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 no, she usually sits on the front with a glass of G'n'T when the boat hits the water Bazza Hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Sinclair Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) Great photos Laurie Do you know where the third photo was taken? The raised platform with a chain drive? It seems to ring some bells way back in the dark vaults of my youthtime memori Edited April 27, 2012 by Max Sinclair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) Back pedal to post No.13 Max - seems like it was used to access Burgh Island and the hotel thereupon. High water Bus. PS: The original vehicle was constructed in 1930; the current, third generation tractor dates from 1969. - and you can The interesting thing about the scooter on floats, is that it appears to have been an attempt to cross the Channel on it - "Calais - Londres" on the legshields, or so it looks. Found! George Monneret broke several records using scooters. In 1952 he made a crossing of the English Channel as part of a Raid Paris - Londres. That's him on the scooter, and you can seem a liitle more of his exploits HERE. It's in French, but scroll down and you will see him aboard. A rough translation of the picture credit is: "Monneret found its stride in second gear (the gearbox is equipped with 3). But halfway across the key to the drive shaft broke. The repair is impossible on the spot, the sea is too rough. The only solution is to return to France for repair. But Georges Monneret can not be removed. "I do not want the English to laugh at me!" The next day (October 9, 1952), he hits the road, in reality the sea! At 8:00 am, Monneret off again, and after 5:30 hrs. navigating the English Channel it reaches the coast at Dover." Edited April 27, 2012 by Derek R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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