Miss America X 1931
circa - 1931
Weight 19,000 lbs. Powered by Four Packard Engines with total HP. of 4000 (?).
She set a world speed record for 1932 of 124.8 MPH. Won Harmsworth trophy in 1933.
Nap Lisee was Gar's Master Boat Builder for all of the Miss Americas.
 
 

This is an old photo from an old newspaper article.  These were the key men of the racing team. 
Orlin Johnson, Louis Switzer, Gar Wood, Nap Lisee, Steel.
 
 

This is a picture of from the early 1940's Gar Wood plant.
Ed Hancock (Plant Manager), George Joachim (Sr. Forman), Nap Lisee (Master Boat Designer).

Thanks to Michele Duchene Marshall

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