Tijmen,
Looks like a great project. Steel hull? I'm wondering about the center of gravity (right term for marine use?) as the engine appears to be mounted quite high. Does the craft have a history of successful operation? I'll bet that pilot house is a noisy place to be. Good Luck.
Yes its a steel hull which is hot bolted together, kind of stitching. So the hull could be 70 or 80 years old, but I don't have any dates or information about the history of the boat.
The boat is an orginal Dutch type called "opduwer" (pusher), they where used between 1900 and 1940 to power sailingboats or other small freightships. Because placing an engine inside a boat was to expensive.
About the center of gravity, I think you can better call it just the turning point. Where the boat gets unstable and turns over. But I don't expect a problem.
Well the steering house maby noisy but thats what its all about!
The sound of the engine! If you hear this trough the exhaust with a slow rpm you get the real "baf baf baf" sound.
Thats a real 'head turner' in Holland when you are on the canal like in Amsterdam or Utrecht.
But I am going to place a seperation between the engine and the steeringhouse.
Kool! I have never seen a ship`s steering wheel used as a compression changeover valve knob!
Seriously, you have a terrific project there. I`ll bet your friends with their so pedestrian Ricer Civics with exhaust tips larger than the wheels will all be jealous.
With the global weather going nuts and all the devastating floods that are occuring, owning some floating real estate is probably a good idea!
Haha that would be easy to close the compression valve then! Just use a large wheel
.. haha no, got a steeringwheel and rudderstick attached to the same rudder.
Well I am going to place the steeringwheel more to the right and like i said above place a separation between engine and the rest.
Hopfully I would never have to use the boat in case of flooding. But yep I live under sea level
Also can somebody tell me the build date of the engine? (serialn: 508102R5).
Do you guys have this back in the US/UK?
And btw, didnt know in the beginning that I can even buy new lister parts for my engine! So cool! Lot easier to restorate.