Hey Lloyd,

If you want it to sound just like that, you could always hide and
electric drive (like the gondolas at Venice-Las Vegas) and also hide an
MP3 player with an amp and a couple of huge speakers in the "engine box".

I just could not pass up the chance to be a smart-ass.
thanks
Matt Colie

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:37:06 +0000, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:


Hi,

Any suggestions on where I might look for an old, cheap, 5-10hp diesel
suitable for an inboard engine? Maybe a tractor engine, or "stationary"...? Any
thoughts?

Lloyd


Thanks to all who replied! It's great to know others share my dreams of
designs based on feel and sound rather than performance.

But Reality has set in: Even if I use a Briggs&Stratton, I'll be fracturing many
laws here in Canada. I'd need a Hull Ident No, Conformity Plate (Conform? not
likely!), Capacity plate, and since it's an inboard, a fire extinguisher,
approved inboard fuel tank, explosion-proof electrics (Yeah - how do you
eliminate the spark on a B&S magneto?). Geez, the fees alone would cost me more
than the boat!

Ahhh....for those bygone days when the Gov't wasn't "taking care" of you...My
dad had a wooden boat (10ft?) with a 1 1/2hp Lawson (Kinda like a B&S), The
engine outlasted the boat, and neither one blew up, despite not having any HIN,
plates, or approvals.

But those old Listers (and the Indian clones, the Listeroids) sure look and
sound nice! (BTW, the sound bite was a 1-cyl 6hp Lister)

Lloyd - Off to build a 1 1/2 Sheet fishing pram...

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:39:04 +0000, Matt Colie wrote:

Hey Lloyd,

If you want it to sound just like that, you could always hide and electric drive
(like the gondolas at Venice-Las Vegas) and also hide an MP3 player with an amp
and a couple of huge speakers in the "engine box".

I just could not pass up the chance to be a smart-ass. thanks
Matt Colie


My Lady already beat you to it weeks ago - she suggested I use my existing Tin
Boat with the 9.9 ob and get a CD that went pooketa-pooketa-pooketa...

Lloyd