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Hydro that won the 1976 Dayton race
I am the very proud owner of that hydro. I've had it several years now. I did run a Merc 800 stacker/SuperSpeedmaster on it for two years, taking it out maybe 3 times a year for 5 minutes thrill rides. It would GPS over 85 without much trouble, fast enough for me.
Maybe it's the boat - but it was a real vibrator when running. I had cut an old 15" midsection down to 12", and after the welds broke for the 3rd. time I parted out the motor and said to hell with it.
The boat today resides on a rack in my garage, as there are signs of fatigue and age showing up in the bottom and sponsons.
Thanks to recent photos from the Internet and various websites, I plan on refinishing the boat back to the original blue paint and the #82, Moon fuel tank, reset the wheel back to the forward position, etc. The boat was retransomed at some point in time - I think when the Merten's ran a Mod 50 on it. I had photos of it run by Jim Jr. at Neenah but have not been able to locate these pictures.
Anyway, it is alive and well at 33 years old. I plan to display it at the AOMCI National Meet in Tomahawk WI this August - just the boat, no motor - yet.