Buehler...

So those of you who follow my blog or know me in person will recall that I do, in fact, own a boat. It is an early 1960's Turbocraft. The fellow I bought it from thought it was a Buehler Turbocraft. I also thought so as well until I recently came across some interesting information.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=914

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41803

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=68247

Huge shout out to the British Pathe website. They have some pretty awesome information available there. I do like my historical footage and they have quite the collection.

Anyhow...

I realized that my boat could, very possibly, be a Dowty Turbocraft rather than a buehler. Being a Minnesotan I am rather close to Canada, the native home to the Dowty version of the turbocraft. Another item that would have been nice is if the original engine was known as I believe that would also shed some light on the hulls origin.

My dash matches this 61 Dowty

http://www.tazlist.com/details-16-ft-1961-Dowty-TurboCraft

Currently my hull is powered by a ford 351W engine with marine/wet manifolds. I am looking to repower to something smaller, lighter, and a little more period correct. So far finding a 4 or six cylinder marine engine that is being parted is a hard find.

-G :)