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This made the Miss America VIII a two-time winner of the largest speed boat event of its day, with victories in 1929 and 1931 added to a second place finish to the new Miss America IX in 1930. 1929GarWood_02_700. After Gar Wood met Harry Miller at the Indianapolis 500 in May of 1931, he commissioned Miller to build two race engines for Miss.
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Here is a different view of the famous Gar Wood Miss America VIII when the starboard engine was started. January 25th, 2012.
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MISS AMERICA VIII ended up as the winner. Since the Harmsworth was a best two-out-of-three-heat contest, only MISS ENGLAND II and MISS AMERICA VIII were eligible to run in Heat Three. MISS ENGLAND II was too badly damaged to continue. So, George Wood and MISS AMERICA VIII ran the third heat unopposed and won the race.
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Here's the story as offered by her seller's agent: Miss America VIII. The brainchild of Garfield Wood and designer Napoleon "Nap" Lisee was built in 1929 to be the fastest boat in the world, and was considered by many to be the very best. Prior to his passing, Lisee was quoted "the Eighth was the finest boat he [Gar Wood] ever built.
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Miss America VIII will be sold with a collection of original parts including the original Schweitzer / Cummins roots style superchargers. Also, Orlin Johnson, the chief mechanic for Gar Wood during the Harmsworth years collected a tremendous amount of photos and supporting materials from 1905 to 1975. Over 1000 items are included with the sale.
Miss America VIII
Miss America VIII is fitted with its original one-off Miller V16 1,113-cubic-inch-displacement engines, specially built for the boat by the legendary Indy car and engine builder, Harry Miller, to.
Miss America VIII
MISS AMERICA VIII was a 26' unlimited hydroplane, racing number #U-16, built in 1929 was probably the design of Gar Wood's head designer Napoleon Lisee and built by Gar Wood, Inc. of Algonac, Michigan. Typed negative sleeve info.: "38380-F". Stamped: "MIAMI 1930". Handwritten: "Miss America VIII / Box 2742".
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A fairly recent image of the Miller V-16 engines installed in Wood's Miss America VIII. ( Mecum Auctions image) Minus the superchargers, the 1,113 cu in (18.24 L) Miller V-16s were sold to Howard "Whitey" Hughes. The now normally aspirated V-16 engines had four carburetors and produced around 930 hp (694 kW) at 4,500 rpm.
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faster boat than "Miss America V", especially without Orlin Johnson in the mechanic's seat. Magnuson's replica of "Miss America VII", meticulously researched and built with plans lofted off the still-extant "Miss America VIII", was launched 70 years later in July of 1999 for initial test runs on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Miss America VIII
The newest pictorial history book by Detroit News - Iconic Images of Detroit's Past: History Through the Lens of The Detroit News - features images of champion motorboat builder and racer, Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood.. Powerboat racer Gar Wood pilots his Miss America VIII in August 1927. Wood, who called Detroit his home, set multiple speedboat records with a series of boats, all named Miss.
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Miss America VIII. The brainchild of Garfield Wood and designer Napoleon "Nap" Lisee was built in 1929 to be the fastest boat in the world, and was considere.
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Miss America VIII becomes the fastest boat ever built when it wins the Harmsworth Trophy in Detroit, U.S.A., North America. People walking along jetties. A.
Miss America VIII
People. Our readers and especially the antique boat collectors among the group will be interested to learn that Miss America VIII, Gar Wood's two-time Harmsworth Trophy winning race boat will be offered at Mecum's Kissimmee Auction as Lot S239, on Saturday Jan. 28, 2012 in Kissimmee, Fla. A winner of the coveted Harmsworth Trophy in 1929 and.
Gar Wood's 3,600HP Miss America VIII Race Boat Heads To Auction
In 1931, Miss America IX (bottom), with Gar Wood at the wheel, battles Kaye Don and Miss England II on the Detroit River for the coveted Harmsworth Trophy. Both crossed the starting line too soon and were disqualified. But Gar's brother George won the race with Miss America VIII to keep the trophy in America.
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The boat was Miss America - a sleek hydroplane made of Philippine mahogany and driven by two converted 12-cylinder, 500-horsepower Liberty airplane powerplants.1. From 1914-1919, the Great War in Europe precluded the Harmsworth Trophy competition. This race between nations - established by England in 1903 - was won by England in 1912 and.
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MIAMI, Fla., March 27.--With Miss America VIII, fastest boat of them all, damaged to such an extent as to make its new assault on the world speed record highly improbable for.
