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[@sandybutt9898]

I would rather listen to the engines than the music.

[@jackhaskins8967]

Why ruin a video with cornball music worse than elevator music. I've heard The Thunderbird many times on the lake and it's a beautiful sound. Fire the producer who put the music in, redo it with natural sound and you'll have a great video

[@davidstar4156]

nice video but really would've liked to hear those Allison's while under way.

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

A timeless, classic, flawless beauty!

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

The WW II "fighter plane" he mentioned, but didn't identify, was the Mustang P-51. (later it had RR Merlins)., plus the P-40 Warhawk and KittyHawk. This is a really beautiful classic yacht.

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

@@MWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWWWMMMWMWMWMMWM Thanks for such an informative reply.

[@stephenzamulinsky5801]

How can you play that track when we all came here to hear those twin allisons running?

[@jiggermast]

She's a beaut!

[@murphydandme284]

Omg I just giggled a little bit when I heard the engines fire up and I don't know why ?!¿!

[@mojojojos4843]

When Bill Harrah owned the Thunderbird he enclosed the bridge and installed new engines which double the horsepower of the already powerful boat. Fastest boat on the lake.

[@notsureyou]

Yay music instead of the real noise that we all came here to hear........ SAID NO-ONE EVER.

[@peteh5862]

What a beautiful craft.

[@4wheelliving132]

Lake Tahoe is the perfect lake for that boat

[@seancarey5931]

Lake Havasu would also be appropriate (in the winter months.)

[@chrisfisichella6659]

That is an awesome boat.

[@VonSpud]

Great looking and sounding craft.

[@Collateralcoffee]

MUSIC!!! WHY?!??!??!

[@OCDHIFiGuy]

Agreed. Stock mindless music makes this vid ooze cheeze....

[@struck2soon]

Who on this planet would express the speed of any waterborne craft in ‘kilometres per hour’(kph)??? Why not just stick with good old fashioned ‘knots’, the unit most people can associate with…

[@upnorthyooper1196]

Another vidio ruined by crappy music. Twin V12s at speed and we can't hear them.

[@jonbirdwell8422]

If this boat was built in ‘39, how were these particular engines in ww2 lol

[@captjim11]

Probably not original.

[@roadking99jokerst60]

Be neat to see a Siskorski S38 flying boat up on plane going by this wonder.

[@stevecadman137]

Can the music.

[@airmuseum]

The Allison engines in this boat were originally in the Curtiss P-40 fighter planes, Rolls Royce didn't make airplanes. They made a 12 cylinder engine like the Allison and put them in P-51 fighter planes and others. They had 100 HP more than the Allisons in this boat.

[@iowa61]

Actually these came from a P-38. And there were several different models of both the Allison V-12s and the Rolls Merlin V-12s. In fact the Merlins in P-51 Mustangs were Americanized, Packard Merlin engines. Packard made many tweaks and changes to speed production and reliability.

[@Beemer917]

Allison engines were never regarded as highly as the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. But an Allison engine is great for a boat because the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine gained its Fame as a high-altitude engine it maintained its power at very high altitudes whereas the Allison engine did not.

[@Zipper696969]

@@Beemer917 It would have been wonderful to lift the hatch and actually have a look at those engines

[@samtatenumber1]

@@Beemer917 you have to think about how high tahoe is. probably losing a lot of power

[@marvindebot3264]

@@samtatenumber1 Nope, these are aircraft engines, supercharging means the power loss is neglibable.

[@remkojerphanion4686]

What masterpiece!

[@MrRgreer]

Dump the Cheesball Music.

[@elizabethusilton2528]

so the last diesel that is legal

[@jackhammer2671]

What's with the stupid music...leave the twin allisons do that.

[@orppranator5230]

Prop Diameter: 22 feet :)

[@dustyflair]

WOW A GAS BURNER!!!!

[@richp5321]

There's one in every crowd that worries about gas prices.

[@LC-vs1ur]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@chrisbrady-t1u]

Oh,dont let us see the engines.We wouldnt be interested.

[@marvindebot3264]

Why on earth would anyone with half a brain play music over the sound of the world's greatest speedboat? #fail

[@ruthc8407]

I bet that boat eats the gasoline.

[@mattywho8485]

Who cares ?

[@4wheelliving132]

It does

[@madeleyinc]

Be quiet, turn your silly music off and let the engines talk to us. You'll get a million veiws if you do.

[@justinmcbride2985]

Yo! dig-bat! Remove the crap music were only interested in the sound of the boat

[@chuck6318]

You have GOT to be KIDDING ME! No engine sound, friggin' music and no boat audio? Waste.