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slowmover · 10-09-2018, 09:09 AM

The 1930s were the last time the REALLY rich cared about boats or cars most of us could relate. Come the postwar era, transcontinental airliners changed the status signals. “Where” mattered more. The Jet Set.

Thunderbird is a study in beauty. Stationary & silent. All fires lit and crossing Tahoe in comfort & style at speeds mere mortals could only imagine.

Bill Harrah owned it awhile. Imagine being aboard with Sinatra and Grace Kelly (you choose the “stars”).

100’ boat Tunnel.

Even as a business proposition the costs of skilled, full-time crew had to make an impressive number. Engines of that sort require constant monitoring. Boats of that sort, the same.

It’s peers were the “Long Island Commuters” taking the far too rich from their estate to the shoreline at Wall Street starting in the 1920s (had to have high horsepower/weight ratio engines. Thank you WWI, those obscene profits, the Wall Street bubble and warbird powerplants!)

And compare also to the private rail cars. Best story there either the Beebes, or of “Magellan” and the secret NYC tunnel & entrance underneath the Waldorf-Astoria used by FDR.

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slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	The 1930s were the last time the REALLY rich cared about boats or cars most of us could relate. Come the postwar era, transcontinental airliners changed the status signals. “Where” mattered more. The Jet Set. Thunderbird is a study in beauty. Stationary & silent. All fires lit and crossing Tahoe in comfort & style at speeds mere mortals could only imagine. Bill Harrah owned it awhile. Imagine being aboard with Sinatra and Grace Kelly (you choose the “stars”). 100’ boat Tunnel. Even as a business proposition the costs of skilled, full-time crew had to make an impressive number. Engines of that sort require constant monitoring. Boats of that sort, the same. It’s peers were the “Long Island Commuters” taking the far too rich from their estate to the shoreline at Wall Street starting in the 1920s (had to have high horsepower/weight ratio engines. Thank you WWI, those obscene profits, the Wall Street bubble and warbird powerplants!) And compare also to the private rail cars. Best story there either the Beebes, or of “Magellan” and the secret NYC tunnel & entrance underneath the Waldorf-Astoria used by FDR. . Last edited by slowmover; 10-09-2018 at 09:22 AM..