"If today's modern car engines would last as long as this 1880 job, we'd be a lot better off … it's all throwaway stuff [now],"Mr Goodman said.
"I needed a couple of chaps to help me. Most of my mates have dementia or crook backs or have died."
"When we went and pulled it off Lamb Island, it had vines growing up through the motor because it was on the slipway,"Lance Goodman said.
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