[Milsurplus] More "not at a hamfest" items

[Joe Foley]

Ah, yes!

I coulda/shoulda got a 27' aluminum PBR with two Ford 460's and Jacuzzi pumps that would hold a beer can vertically in the output tubes.  The owner said it would do 70 MPH easily.  $4,000.

Joe




--- On Fri, 1/8/10, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:

> From: J. Forster <jfor at quik.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] More "not at a hamfest" items
> To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Military Surplus Mail List" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 3:27 PM
> About 25 years ago, I was on the GSA
> sale list and was sorely tempted to
> bid on a surplus Navy boat, "Nam era. It was an
> all-aluminum hydrofoil
> with 1 diesel and two aero engines, maybe 40' long and was
> supposed to be
> capable of near 60 Kts. It went for about $5000.
> 
> Sadly, I had no place to berth it.
> 
> -John
> 
> ============
> 
> 
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Some interesting surplus items for sale about 40
> years ago...A group
> >> of us locals got together and brought one of 'em
> back home.
> >>
> >> http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/bb55/surplus.jpg
> >
> >
> > And you think I'm bad! I'd heard you had a nice
> collection of Navy
> > stuff, just never knew how uh...deep it went.
> >
> > Happy New Year -
> >
> > ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4  (o:
> 
> 
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