Oldalkydriver: Your dad Had A "C" Neal???
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oldalkydriver
It looks like an old 'c' class. PR's or Hubble. It could be late 40's or early fifties. Too heavy for anything else.
I didn't see a motor? A PR or Hubbell are motors, and I knows Oldalkydriver knows that. There was only one Hubbell "C" that was built with 100% Hubbell parts. My dad built it for Ed Kurakowa of Selma. Ed also had a 6042 "Six Stud" of "HEX HEAD" Evinrude. Ed bought the "SIX STUD" from Fred Hauenstein Sr. in 1953. For some reason Ed wanted to give me the motor rather than sell it back to the Hauenstein's. I made Ed take $1,000 for the motor, then resold it to Fred Hauenstein, Jr. for the same price.
Ed still had the Hubbell "C" and was going to give that to his son. But I think someone stole it, as it was offered to me via e-mail and I asked if the emailer was Ed's son. Never hear another word.
I NEVER SAW AN OFF SET FIN ON A NEAL. In 1956, Lee Morehouse who built my "A" Runabout said he off set his fin on his "D" Runabout and picked up speed. We didn't try it on my "A" until after the 1956 Nationals, but we gained a full MPH. The fin disturbs the water in front of the propeller. We never ran a center fin again!
As far as the plank bottom, my brother was told, and we always did it, but between each plank, you were supposed to run a hacksaw blade. This allowed a little air under the boat, also supposedly made the boat go straighter down the straight away.