Author Topic: George Powell ´s self-built amphibious car, 1928 (Read 4632 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** November 09, 2014, 01:17:01 PM »

I do not know what this is, so I place it here instantly.

The file name tells you all the fact I have.

Can you identify this one and proof your guess?
EDIT: in the meantime I found the name and place of the builder myself...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2014, 09:04:45 PM »

Look similar to Honukai by Thomas A Jaggar 1928 Alaska USA. The 1870's Alaskan flag on the rear

grobmotorix · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2014, 01:44:36 AM »

You´re right.

Very similar and very probably either a sister car or an evolution of the puzzle car.

LOCKED for you in any case.

When I´ll be back home I´ll check it before I give you that point.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2014, 06:40:28 AM »

It is not too easy to decide, if this is solved .

However. compared to the Jaggar Sea Turtle, the puzzle car is quite different in many details. (see magazine clipping featuring the Sea Turtle below)

And Mr. Jaggar was a Hawaiian - so there is no connection to Alaska in my eyes.

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2014, 07:05:20 AM »

I think you're right. But the picture That I have of Honukai's Mr Jaggar was taken in Island of Vulcanoes Alaska

grobmotorix · « **Reply #5 on:** November 15, 2014, 07:32:08 AM »

Oh my - this does not make it easier for me...

Any other comments from other members?

Wendax · « **Reply #6 on:** November 15, 2014, 10:59:30 AM »

I thought about Jaggar, too, but rejected that idea, because all of his cars I found pictures of looked different.

There is (on a well-known site about amphibious cars) a drawing of a similar 1926 threewheeler from Chicago along with the comment "three wheels drawing, actually built with four wheels later". Unfortunately its builder is marked as "unknown".

grobmotorix · « **Reply #7 on:** November 15, 2014, 11:33:59 AM »

Yes, I also know this one.

Hopefully someone will identify this 100%...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2014, 10:25:25 AM »

To >>> The Black Hole >>>

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2019, 08:53:08 AM »

George Powell of Powell Mobile Boat Works. The source says that "The mobile-boat that Powell invented was remarkably similar to Jaggar's Ohiki. Both used Ford Model-T chassis..."

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2019, 02:08:37 PM »

Do you have a photo?
I need a proof, as I myself do not know the answer...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2019, 02:43:32 PM »

The book that talks about Powell mobile boat, also says that this Powell's car was used by Prof Jaggar in ~~Hawaii~~ Alaska. The article shows
Jaggar's Ohiki Illustration

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2019, 03:57:05 PM »

Quote from: Oguerrerob on November 15, 2014, 07:05:20 AM

I think you're right. But the picture That I have of Honukai's Mr Jaggar was taken in Island of Vulcanoes Alaska

According to the novel "The Last Volcano: A Man, a Romance, and the Quest to Understand Nature's Most Magnificent Fury" by John Dvorak.
Powell built the boat car at his shop in Chicago, and delivered it personally to Jaggar in Seattle. This car was christened Honukai.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #13 on:** June 04, 2019, 12:49:41 PM »

The puzzle boat-car still looks quite different to your suggestions...

Fёdor · « **Reply #14 on:** November 09, 2019, 03:07:06 PM »

Fusetti'ego

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2019, 11:33:34 AM »

Do you have a proof / photo Fёdor?

Fёdor · « **Reply #16 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:45:24 AM »

The picture is bad, from an article in a Polish magazine

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** November 15, 2019, 10:52:58 AM »

Well, ok, hoewever your photo definitly does not show the puzzle car. $:-\$

~~Fusetti~~

grobmotorix · « **Reply #18 on:** March 29, 2021, 05:29:37 AM »

EDIT:
in the meantime I found the name and place of the builder myself...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #19 on:** August 04, 2021, 03:14:34 PM »

The Vehicle plate, according to some Illinois webpages, the initial B was the designation for small trucks, and the 25 is the registration year. According to this, the car basis was a 1925 small truck remodeled in 1928

grobmotorix · « **Reply #20 on:** August 04, 2021, 04:30:49 PM »

Agreed, the source claims it to be from Chicago.

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #21 on:** August 05, 2021, 04:11:54 AM »

Stanley Frederick?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #22 on:** August 05, 2021, 06:17:42 AM »

Not him...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #23 on:** August 05, 2021, 06:21:43 AM »

Samuel M Code?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #24 on:** August 05, 2021, 12:53:32 PM »

Not him also.

Think of a well known "Colin" and and then I guess you will find out his family name...

But not one of those and also not a car related Colin like Colin Chapman.

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Author Topic: George Powell ´s self-built amphibious car, 1928 (Read 4632 times)