Typhoon 92cm model
A true objet d'exception, this 92 cm long model is very faithful to the original. This model is entirely handcrafted from noble materials: genuine wood and marine upholstery. All fittings are chrome-plated or polished and varnished brass, custom-made by jewelers. 10 coats of varnish are applied to achieve excellent gloss and varnish depth. *
The model is delivered in secure packaging.
Numbered certificate of authenticity and one-year warranty.
Information about this model :
Article number: RTYPH 92
Length: 92 cm / Width: 19 cm / Height: 18 cm
1312,50 €
History of this model :
The original Typhoon was designed in 1929 by George CROUCH.
His other famous designs include the Baby Bootlegger and the Teaser, which in 1925 took on the fastest train of its time, the Twentieth Century, running between Albany and New York. The Teaser covered the distance in 2 hours 40 minutes, compared with over 3 hours for the Twentieth.
The TYPHOON is the brainchild of raceboat enthusiast Edsel Ford. Seeing the famous Teaser in action, he wanted a new boat just as fast for his own personal use. He contacted the yard that had built the Teaser and ordered an exact copy, calling it TYPHOON.
Like a wild stallion, TYPHOON was born to run. It could seat up to eight adults in three separate cockpits, but without comfort or safety. Edsel Ford never used it as a pure racer, however, but as a simple speedboat on the outskirts between the Ford factory and his home in Lake St Claire.
In 1941, Ford sold it to Howard Hughes, who kept it running during the war years, but sold it after the war. The TYPHOON then passed through a series of owners in the following years, ending up in Kentucky.
In the late 1960's, at Bryants Marine in Washington, a boat coupled alongside the TYPHOON caught fire, a fire that grew out of control and quickly engulfed the TYPHOON to its total loss.
