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    51138This is the text that I wrote in the 1969...

    51138This is the text that I wrote in the 1969 Boat Racing Handbook on the page showing Wally as the Class D Hydro Midwest Power Boat Association High Point Champion: "Wally Roman, from Minneapolis,...
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    I will look and see what I have on Wally and get...

    I will look and see what I have on Wally and get back in a day or two. Wally was a great person and helped a lot of young kids (myself included) get started on their racing careers.
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    He had wet tennis shoes!

    He had wet tennis shoes!
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    Here is Gene putting the muscle to my 500 Konig a...

    Here is Gene putting the muscle to my 500 Konig a couple of years ago. To Gene, you don’t have to do that anymore. At DePue both Charley and I have electric starters so all you have to exercise is...
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    I run Maxima 927, but I also burn alcohol in my...

    I run Maxima 927, but I also burn alcohol in my engines.
  6. Yes, Louis was well, Louis. And I am proud to...

    Yes, Louis was well, Louis. And I am proud to been one of his many friends.
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    Try Jack Kugler at Great Lakes Boat and Motor in...

    Try Jack Kugler at Great Lakes Boat and Motor in Hamilton, Illinois.
  8. Thread: Neal Hydro

    by Tim Chance
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    My guess is that you can't. I had a Neal when I...

    My guess is that you can't. I had a Neal when I was a kid, about 1954 - 1955 and it was an old used boat then.
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    Noah?

    Noah?
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    Sticky: I had a 1968 VC that came with the one piece...

    I had a 1968 VC that came with the one piece gearcase. In '69 I hit something and broke the unit off and replaced it with a split case. I can't remember what the early VB's had though.
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    All this is just amazing to me. The knowledge and...

    All this is just amazing to me. The knowledge and the information that BRF is putting forth is, . . . just amazing to me.
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    Sticky: The last conversation I ever had with Dieter, I...

    The last conversation I ever had with Dieter, I told him that he must be "out of his mind to go up in the sky with a Konig motor". And he told me that it was "a good motor, low rpm, reliable". So...
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    Burlington, North Carolina. It was dawn and I was...

    Burlington, North Carolina. It was dawn and I was asleep in the camper. When I heard that eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound. I got up and started putting on my clothes so I could go watch. Then it went...
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    In the late 50's or early 60's I drove an alcohol...

    In the late 50's or early 60's I drove an alcohol burning A Hot Rod in A runabout once at a race in Minnesota. I think it belonged to Larry Rogers, a Champion engineer. It was competitive with an...
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    I think my Sid was 9'-9". I ran an A Konig on it....

    I think my Sid was 9'-9". I ran an A Konig on it. It came to me from Dick Zivic and he got it from Gerry Wallin. I had it in the mid 60's so it must have been built in the late 50's. It had New...
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    Keep the info coming, Sam

    Keep the info coming, Sam
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    As Wayne said, if you aren't in the book, it will...

    As Wayne said, if you aren't in the book, it will probably be your own fault. I have spent quite a bit of time on it already and it should (will) be a limited edition hard cover collectors item.
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    I think this thread needs to become active again....

    I think this thread needs to become active again. Personally I have owned the following: Quincy KG-4, Quincy Flathead A, Alky Hot Rod A, Konig HRA, Konig FA, Konig VA, the last piston port Yamato 250...
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    Sticky: Not one of my new Konig's ever came with a...

    Not one of my new Konig's ever came with a factory spray shield. Early on, 1969 - late '70 something I would add one of my own. In '82 I just let the carburetors stick out and the 500 I run today has...
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    42 or 48" motor?

    42 or 48" motor?
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    Both??

    Both??
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    This is 2010, 2011 is a year and a half off. Let...

    This is 2010, 2011 is a year and a half off. Let me think about the book, I'll get in touch with Wayne.
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    The book kind of ended up on the back burner. I...

    The book kind of ended up on the back burner. I never did get down to Texas. Depue will be here before we know it and I don't think there is time to put something of the quality expected in such a...
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    Bruce Summers built one like that about 1972.

    Bruce Summers built one like that about 1972.
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    Best I can remember Jerry ran Mercury 20H...

    Best I can remember Jerry ran Mercury 20H conversion towers that had a welded-in fuel tank with a Mercury gear case on his A's and B's. On his 4-cylinder stuff he ran Grant towers with built in fuel...
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    That makes me think of a racing partner of mine...

    That makes me think of a racing partner of mine from about 45 years ago. He had been racing about 10 years without much success. Then he got a new Konig and a 10-6 Sid. Anyhow, he got a perfect start...
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    when I first started racing most everyone I knew...

    when I first started racing most everyone I knew used Ace-O-Speed. It came in two mixtures MAB (20:1) and CFX (16:1). Mercs ran MAB while Hot Rods ran CFX and I never knew why until now.
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    I saw one unshrouded. It was at one of the Billy...

    I saw one unshrouded. It was at one of the Billy Seebold tunnel boat races here in Saint Louis back in the Mercury vs. OMC days during the 70's. I was a turn judge and an OMC guy blew over in my...
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    I burn methanol in my motors and have used a...

    I burn methanol in my motors and have used a couple of different Klotz products with no gumming problems. Now I use Maxima 927, a castor based oil also with no gumming problems. I do, however, after...
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    Shortly after Dub's accident I received a package...

    Shortly after Dub's accident I received a package in the mail from his wife Billie. It was this trophy along with a note stating that she thought that Dub would want me to have it. I have kept in a...
  31. Thread: Hydroracer

    by Tim Chance
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    When I tried to load it a moment ago this is what...

    When I tried to load it a moment ago this is what came up:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function vbp_short_vars() in /home/hydrora/public_html/global.php on line 122
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    Sorry, didn't read the numbers carefully enough.

    Sorry, didn't read the numbers carefully enough.
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    You can get NGK B10HGV plugs at sparkplugs.com

    You can get NGK B10HGV plugs at sparkplugs.com
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    At ]sparkplugs.com[/B] they have B10EGV for $5.85...

    At ]sparkplugs.com[/B] they have B10EGV for $5.85 each plus shipping. I have bought B11EGV's from them and they have fast shipping - Tim Chance
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    Thanks for the help guys, I'm going to go over to...

    Thanks for the help guys, I'm going to go over to his house and see if we can get it running. Bill, he says it was fine last year and then had no spark after sitting all winter. - Thanks, again - Tim...
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    No spark on a 50 hp OMC

    A friend of mine has a 2-cyl 45" OMC on a jon boat. The motor has no spark. He assumed that because I race boats I could tell him how to troubleshoot it. He assumed wrong! On my Pro motors it is...
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    I was asleep in my camper and it was just after...

    I was asleep in my camper and it was just after daybreak when I awoke to the sweet sound of a six-cylinder flathead running at top rpm. Then the rpm picked up and then complete silence. I threw on...
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    I was there, I remember that race/race site. I...

    I was there, I remember that race/race site. I still don't know why my crew didn't win the $100.00, we didn't have holes in the knees of any of our blue jeans.
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    I raced an engine similar to this in the 60's on...

    I raced an engine similar to this in the 60's on a Swift Big Bee. It ran close to 70 mph with alcohol as fuel. It is a deflector piston type as the loop charged B didn't come out until later. It came...
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    Along this line, and I hope I have all the info...

    Along this line, and I hope I have all the info correct. Sometime in the 1970's Billy Seebold and Mercury wanted to set the OE record with a Mercury Mod 50 motor on a hydro. Billy and Andy Lowrey...
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    I could be a Krier. While Ken Krier mostly built...

    I could be a Krier. While Ken Krier mostly built runabout I know he built a least one C-D Marchetti copy because he copied the dimensions of my 12' boat but made it longer. He also put a higher more...
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    I'm with everybody else, and don't think it is a...

    I'm with everybody else, and don't think it is a Marchetti. Plus the first big Marchetti was 12' even, a one-of-a-kind, built for Armand Hebert and then I bought it from Armand. Then he went to 12-2,...
  43. Thread: B Looper

    by Tim Chance
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    Wasn't the split case for the A's and B's...

    Wasn't the split case for the A's and B's introduced during the deflector era, before there was a Looper?
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    Here is my Ernie LaRose story. We went to a race...

    Here is my Ernie LaRose story. We went to a race together. He put his boat on my trailer, I drove and he was going to pay for the gas. When we started to get low on gas I asked if he had a choice of...
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    Back at the end of the era for Quincy Loopers, I was driving for Ross Gibson and Bill Collins. I believe that one year at the NOA World Championships Alan Ishii and I were the only two to qualify...
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    Does this mean I'm going to have to switch from...

    Does this mean I'm going to have to switch from Carp to Talapia?
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    Bob, I just sent you an e-mail - Tim

    Bob, I just sent you an e-mail - Tim
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    Bob - I want a copy too, I'll e-mail you. And, I...

    Bob - I want a copy too, I'll e-mail you. And, I have a cassette audio tape of these same Nationals when I was doing Hydroplane Quarterly. I would report the race on tape (with the motor noise in the...
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    John - When I came back into racing last year I...

    John - When I came back into racing last year I took an old 13-6 Krier runabout that was of the same style that I ran a 350cc Konig on in 1982 and modified the deck, cowl and sides. I went to see...
  50. I know that Bill had three B motors with names:...

    I know that Bill had three B motors with names: "Honey Bee", "Suzie Bee" and "Charlie Bee". I don't know the origin of the two motors with girls names, but I do know that Dave Berg and Dick...
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