Vintage work crew photos

**IntheGroove** · May 15, 2020, 04:31 PM

I wonder how many people fell in and got swept away before securing themselves with rope...

**Jon** · May 17, 2020, 02:31 PM

Elco's Bayonne, N.J., plant, PT construction was started with the boat upside down; when bottom and side planking was completed, the hull was turned over in a special sling, WW2.

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**jackhoying** · May 19, 2020, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

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I really like the style of scaffold supports they are using on the boats. Simple and effective.

**IntheGroove** · May 17, 2020, 03:02 PM

Throw two or three Packard V12s in and you're ready to go...

**bruce.desertrat** · May 17, 2020, 06:12 PM

Having read through about 4000 boat plans in the 1930's decade of Popular Mechanics in Google Books, that was the standard way boats (versus ships) were constructed. (seriously...boats were to the 1930's Pop Mechanics readers what airplanes were to the 70's...)

**Toolmaker51** · May 18, 2020, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat

Having read through about 4000 boat plans in the 1930's decade of Popular Mechanics in Google Books, that was the standard way boats (versus ships) were constructed. (seriously...boats were to the 1930's Pop Mechanics readers what airplanes were to the 70's...)

Yes. I wonder how many carefully plotted loft lines never saw a drop of water. At the same time, I'd guess a few remain extant.