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10647
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In 1929, Frank Herbst and his son Julius were building motorboats in a small plant beside the Cape Fear River in Wilmington. Herbst built inboard powered skiffs and outboard powered hydroplanes, but wondered about combining the advantages of the two...\" the steady run of an outboard with the easy start of an inboard. Unable to find parts, Herbst used automobile and hand machined pieces to build the first successful inboard/outboard engine and drive train, patented on September 2, 1930.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 18, Feb 1971, p7, 20, il, por
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