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Leo B. Wildman Photographer
Jim Buckhorn gave me his personal collection of Leo B. Wildman photos. Leo lived in Garden Grove and took many pictures. His wife was always at his side helping him and keeping him organized.
The last time I really remember seeing him was 1967 when he took Ted May's and my pictures for our passports. But there were trees in the background, so we had to get regular pictures...
I'm going to call Chuck Rear and see if we can get together, as Jim and I can't remember most of these pictures....
This was WOA Racing at its best...
All classes had two in the boat, as everyone knows, it is more fun with two in the boat...
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XX PowerC Cat and Doc Robbins
Twin Merc 44's on a Power Cat... The runbaout is Doc Robbins, "Coming at you". A "Flying Scott"...
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WOA: Boat Racing At Its Best
Truth is, Western Outboard Association's racing was really quite COOl. They weren't APBA or OPC, they were RACING OUTBOARDS and were proud of it.
In high school, my best friend was Rus Edmission, (Rus raced DX, with his brother Larry, in WOA) and in metal shop we built lots of things...Rus built a power trim from a hydralic jack. I told him this was a DUMB idea as things like trailer hitches were better. Well we built a trailer hitch for my 1953 Chevy, and the power trim for his DX and we also built a cross bow that shot welding rod...The damn thing went off and we shot a welding rod through the roof of the metal shop...
Rus went on to build Barbie some houses, Putt Putts and Hot Wheels, when he worked for Mattel...
I guess Power Trim was a good idea...Maybe, WOA had a good idea, stock production motors, with two in the boat...as everyone knows, it is more fun with two in the boat...
ADD; If you haven't noticed, these guys ARE RACING!!!!