New Considered Past Times Many To Endure Alongside The Virtually Of Import As Well As Ahead-Of-Its-Time Speedboats E'er Produced, This 1924 Hacker Speedboat Was Custom Built For Henry Ford, It Was Billed Equally “The Prettiest Boat E'er Turned Out” Past Times Famed Designer As Well As Builder Privy L. Hacker, A Lifelong Friend Of Ford.

For some unknown argue Mecum idea it would sell for well-nigh 1.5 million, but bidding stopped at 700k

Henry too Edsel Ford had several amazing boats over their lifetimes. During the catamenia of 1920-24 the Ford’s had commissioned Hacker’s Hacker Boat Co. inwards Detroit to construct 8 racing hulls, each of which were unique. The rigging too mechanical was to a greater extent than oft than non done in-house at Ford Motor Co. inwards Dearborn yesteryear a especial team. These boats were named Comanche, Goldfish, Woodfish, Greyhound Jr. too the Nine-Ninety-Nine. Evangeline was the final of these, the entirely ane known to live on ordered yesteryear Henry himself too the entirely ane yet inwards being today.

Evangeline was named for Evangeline Coté Dahlinger, married adult woman of Raymond Dahlinger, the Ford’s No. 1 racing driver too director at Ford Farms.

She was a really unopen employee to Henry Ford, too a beloved friend. Lavish gifts to Evangeline over their 35-year human relationship included a 150-acre Dearborn packet amongst a 38-room mansion too boathouse on the Rouge River, a opor-garai abode on Lake Huron too a Curtiss Seagull flight boat (Evangeline was the showtime woman soul to bear a pilots license inwards the acre of Michigan).

Ford hired Evangeline inwards 1910 every bit a stenographer when she was simply 17 years old. She chop-chop rose to buy the farm Henry Ford’s personal secretarial assistant too handled personal correspondence for Clara Ford, Henry’s wife. Ford household unit of measurement historian David Lewis wrote that Evangeline Dahlinger was ane of the 10 most influential persons to the Fords.

In 1987, restoration started at a professional person store inwards Huntington Beach, California, but was halted inwards 1989. It was stored away for 25 years earlier the electrical current partnership emerged when extraordinary documentation too photographs were discovered. Antique boat historians too restorers Brian too Tim Robinson at Robinson Restoration inwards Fallbrook, California, completed the restoration.

The Capitol-Liberty V-12 engine (the same every bit what originally powered Evangeline) is a marvel of World War I aircraft blueprint yesteryear Jesse Vincent (Packard Motor Co.) too E.J. Hall (Hall-Scott Motor Co.) It displaces 1,650 CI, too pumps out 450 HP too 1,250 lb-ft of torque.

Since Ford was ane of the largest producers of this engine nether country of war contract, it was entirely natural that it was modified Liberty engines that powered most of the Ford racing fleet.

Following a consummate overhaul yesteryear Liberty specialist Dominic Spediacci inwards 2016, it makes beautiful music too is something to behold amongst its dual ignition, dual distributors, overhead cams too exposed valve train. It was done to exacting authenticity, without overdetailing, downwards to the master copy early on model-K transmission.

Evangeline debuted at the 2015 Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance (known every bit the Pebble Beach of boat shows) where it took transcend honors: First Place inwards Class, Marque Class Best of Show too Overall Best of Show.

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