Got a Little Spare Cash? Want a Boat with Twin 16 Cylinder Miller Engines?

[scannon]

Mecum Auctions has a deal for you...

 

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=FL0112-121272&utm_source=delivra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FL0112_S239

 

I'd love to hear what those two engines sound like wound out to their 6,000 RPM redline.

[slngsht]

yeah, surprised they don't have videos on that site from the dyno tests of those engines after the recent rebuild

[rzempel]

I was just ready to jump at this when I read, "The next owner will need to complete the restoration."

 

I think I have to pass. :-)

[speedwagon]

makes me sorry that I didn't keep at the grindstone long enough to become filthy rich.

[jimrankin]

You know what they say about boats, just a hole in the water in which to throw money. When you get to this scale you need to deliver the money to the hole in a dump truck. LOL.

[JohnK]

Folks that rebuilt the engines are a 15 minute walk from my house. First time I stumbled into their shop (if you can call it a 'shop'). ..there was a very originally liveried Lotus Seven parked outside, which caused me to pull over and have a look. Perfectly ordinary mechanic-type came out and we chatted for a bit about the Se7en as he took the car inside, and invited me in for a look at the place. First thing I walked up to was a McLaren Group 7 car from, what, the 60's in for a restoration before being shipped back to its museum home in England. I'd thought I walked into the back entrance of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (which I've been to) - but it was cars instead of planes and rockets. Beyond a jaw dropping selection of things they're working on at any one moment, the shop itself really isn't that spectacular at first glance. What's so impressive are the people who work there. Really, really low key and incredibly knowledgeable and competent. 'Mechanic', in their case should be replaced by a term that means something like "uber-craftsman-engineer-inventor", but that still doesn't do them justice, even if you add 'magician'. Oh, yeah, they're Miller engine specialists - I think THE Miller engine specialists.