Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Fmiser]

> > On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:39:23 -0400 Ed Booher
> >
> > See, I didn't realize the PT's were wooden. That's amazing
> > to me.

> Craig McCluskey wrote:
> 
> They were wooden to minimize the chance of setting off a
> magnetically-tripped mine.

The video claim it was so yacht builders could do the
construction rather than the over-worked steel ship builders.

Maybe both?

--   Philip

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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[OK Don]

I think the Morgan Plus 8 still has wood frames.

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Wilton Strickland wrote:

> 'Think my '31 Model A Ford 5-window Coupe had some wood.
>
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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Wilton Strickland]

'Think my '31 Model A Ford 5-window Coupe had some wood.

Wilton

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> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Wilton Strickland
> wrote:
> > And steel was in short supply, and they could put that new-fangled
plywood
> > to good use.
> > Wilton
>
> Hmmm . a wood bodied W110 .. the possibilities.
> EdB
> --
> Some of the early cars had wood frames with steel skins.  Our families
first
> car was a '28 Oakland.  It had wood spoke wheels and the doors were wood
> frames covered with steel.  Although I was only five years old when we got
> it, I remember my brother-in-law repairing the wood frame inside the right
> side door which had been damaged.  The body itself may have been
constructed
> the same way but the chassis was probably steel since it was a "modern"
car
> that could be driven 60 mph on the highway on long trips.
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=1928+oakland+automobile&gbv=2
> The sporty coupe with the cloth top and the rumble seat was the model we
> had.  The cloth top was "permanent" and couldn't be folded down, but we
kids
> loved the rumble seat.  On Sundays the whole family; six and sometimes
> eight; would crowd into the Oakland and go 'way out Grinstead Drive to the
> Frozen Custard walk-up drive in for hamburgers, coke, and frozen custard.
> We'd roll up the back curtain and often sing while driving along. If
teenage
> cousin Neil was visiting, he would tell jokes and keep us all in stitches.
> Those were the good old days in some respects; simpler times.
> Gerry
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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Archer]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Wilton Strickland 
wrote:

And steel was in short supply, and they could put that new-fangled plywood
to good use.
Wilton


Hmmm . a wood bodied W110 .. the possibilities.
EdB
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Some of the early cars had wood frames with steel skins.  Our families first 
car was a '28 Oakland.  It had wood spoke wheels and the doors were wood 
frames covered with steel.  Although I was only five years old when we got 
it, I remember my brother-in-law repairing the wood frame inside the right 
side door which had been damaged.  The body itself may have been constructed 
the same way but the chassis was probably steel since it was a "modern" car 
that could be driven 60 mph on the highway on long trips.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=1928+oakland+automobile&gbv=2
The sporty coupe with the cloth top and the rumble seat was the model we 
had.  The cloth top was "permanent" and couldn't be folded down, but we kids 
loved the rumble seat.  On Sundays the whole family; six and sometimes 
eight; would crowd into the Oakland and go 'way out Grinstead Drive to the 
Frozen Custard walk-up drive in for hamburgers, coke, and frozen custard. 
We'd roll up the back curtain and often sing while driving along. If teenage 
cousin Neil was visiting, he would tell jokes and keep us all in stitches. 
Those were the good old days in some respects; simpler times.

Gerry
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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Ed Booher]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Wilton Strickland wrote:

> And steel was in short supply, and they could put that new-fangled plywood
> to good use.
>
> Wilton


Hmmm . a wood bodied W110 .. the possibilities.

EdB

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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Wilton Strickland]

And steel was in short supply, and they could put that new-fangled plywood
to good use.

Wilton

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Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:50 AM
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> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:39:23 -0400 Ed Booher  wrote:
>
> > See, I didn't realize the PT's were wooden. That's amazing to me.
>
> They were wooden to minimize the chance of setting off a
> magnetically-tripped mine.
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Craig McCluskey]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:39:23 -0400 Ed Booher  wrote:

> See, I didn't realize the PT's were wooden. That's amazing to me.

They were wooden to minimize the chance of setting off a
magnetically-tripped mine.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Ed Booher]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Craig McCluskey  wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:13:11 -0500 Wonko the Sane 
> wrote:
>
> > The "sailor" in me loved it.
>
> I'm not a sailor, but I liked it, too.
>
> When I was on active duty in the Air Force stationed at Tyndall AFB,
> Panama City, Florida, we had two PT-type boats at the base (which was
> bordered on two sides by water).
>
> Craig
>
>
See, I didn't realize the PT's were wooden. That's amazing to me.

EdB

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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Ed Booher]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:35 PM,  wrote:

> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7693407296698216570&;
> ei=3mPQSMCOIKO6gAP&cgsC


My word, talk about a restoration project from hell. Makes the Mercedes
sitting in my garage look like a cakewalk. I'll be drinking one to the group
that rebuilt this boat later today.

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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Craig McCluskey]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:13:11 -0500 Wonko the Sane 
wrote:

> The "sailor" in me loved it.

I'm not a sailor, but I liked it, too.

When I was on active duty in the Air Force stationed at Tyndall AFB,
Panama City, Florida, we had two PT-type boats at the base (which was
bordered on two sides by water).


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Wonko the Sane]

The "sailor" in me loved it.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Craig McCluskey  wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:35:19 EDT relng...@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7693407296698216570&ei=3mPQSMCOIKO6gAP&cgsC
>
> Quite a story!
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] PT-658

[Craig McCluskey]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:35:19 EDT relng...@aol.com wrote:

> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7693407296698216570&ei=3mPQSMCOIKO6gAP&cgsC

Quite a story!


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[MBZ] PT-658

[RELNGSON]

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