Happy Birthday gene, and many more, Steve
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Happy Birthday gene, and many more, Steve
Well this maybe a long one, so bear with me and I hope it isn’t to boring. It was in about 86 or 87. As some know. The race in Lakeland Florida was a big Ally race for years. Well this particular...
That’s a good story Wayne, I too with Ralph and some drivers and mechanics from the boat club MRC went to a bar after boat club meeting. Drinks flowed and good times and hours slipped away. I was to...
Careful Ralph, this is a kid friendly site;), but yes we had a time over there for sure, my best time was at factory as I was like a kid in a candy store with the keys to the place. After hours, when...
Hi Wane, I seen the one in West Berlin and was told about it, but the one Ralph was speaking of is in East Berlin. We went over to that side to have dinner and meet with the East Berlin drivers....
Not quite Ralph, the money thing was later, maybe in 87 or 88, that is when the factory was behind on motor delivery to the Russians, and Deiter did not want us in factory because everyone was busy....
yes it does Wayne, and Bill, your comment is the pot calling the kettle black I:cool: think
Wow, I remember that well.the shop I ran back then, I did a transmission rebuild for a gal that worked for the local paper. She took interest in the boats and stuff,and was asking me questions about...
With Ralph’s post and prices, those restoring old motors think prices are the same! Not so!
Sorry Jeff but this one is not built to run down hill, yes it has stakes and is white though:)
I Don’t know for sure Wayne, at that time some were really going deep because they could leave the jetty faster. Prop Work was necessary so boatwould leave and still go fast. The Hydrocats were on...
One thing some may not know abou Douglas, is he was a pretty good motor man and also always thinking. Some may not know this, but he had what I think was the first up down tower for Lamans type start...
And what two better kids could play this game than Chris and Douglas, eh old Boy? Steve
Yes it is! Nice to hear from you Mike, Hope all is well across the pond and with the Queen. I think Ralph sold the boat with his a while back, but not sure or I don't recall fully. The age thing you...
Well in 93 was when I got my butt cut and other parts as well. Douglas and I shared a room. Every morning we had to go to Krystal for a sunriser. He said it is a heavenly bit of a sandwich. Then...
Don’t know if it is a rule even today, but due to a lot of venues, and the drivers opinions, they do all jetty start.
Ahh, the difference between our British friends and us. The first time Douglas said to me he wanted to burn a fag, I almost crapped my self laughing. At that time the Word fag was unkind slang for a...
Nope! Either you are or not as I see it, kinda like I always say, you can’t be a little bit pregnant.
Because Ralph was not there, my only knowledge of Douglas is of what Ralph gave to me. Ralph left out that the Brussels airport is a very busy and crowded place, I mean crowded worse than Atlanta...
Careful Ralph, the Statute of limitations may not be lapsed on that one:rolleyes:
Back in the eighties they did both. The Oc race in Austria it was a clock start, but the next week in Berlin it was Lemans start. At theOc in 93 when I got cut, it was a Lamans start but I got run...
Testing his Cobb for fit Gene!
I agree with Gene on this one, also good to see you Gene at DePue, sorry I could not spend more time with you but the race team needed my attention, plus you need to be allowed out at night so we can...
Yup,got it loud and clear, I forget you are a "engineer" and you know all. My experience is fifty years long playing high performance and high performance stuff. I don't claim to know all, but...
[QUOTE=Fastjeff57;152634]With one HEI running 3 cylinders, and the other running the rest, I should easily get 6,000 rpms (think 6 cylinder 4 stroke at 6,000 rpm). Motor tops out before that in any...
Hope that works for ya, those Hei units fall of at about 6000, that's 3000 in two stroke terms.
If I were at that boat show Wayne, I would of backed you up. Back in them days I liked a bar room dancing ✌️
thanks Mike, Then I will have your email address to then, Steve
Hiiiii Mike, Glad to see you are still with us and hope you are well. Steve
The Ya'll part sure does, I had Joe Johnson ask me once, " What do you mean when you say All Ya'll?" Don't know if that term is/was used in Texas But now it may be. Seems Joe and others did not...
I believe it was 69 as I was still in High school, we attended a race in the northern part around the Dallas area. Then again we were at race where your dad decked Pete Hellsten as well,74maybe? I...
I have always said Bill, that a yankee comes to visit the beaches and such, a damned Yankees brings move in luggage. Texas at this time like Florida and some of Georgia, has had a influx of folks...
Geee Wayne, I'm so honored to be a part of you guys. I did race at one of your races though but only one time. Also attended a race at your dads place in the 70's with Hosler as a crew man. Noting...
I checked out your video Don, The boat you have is not a delta runabout but one of the triplanes they made. Because you bought from someone in Pa, it could of been the boat i had but I don't know...
Don't think this is the same boat John, the one we ran looked different to my memory. And I had a mechanical trim and tilt that Ickes the motor and leaned to left in corners. Charlie Strang liked...
What is questionable Pete? That boat was the triplane they made. A little history here. At the time, runabouts had pretty loose rules. DeSilvas made a runabout with the same type delta tunnel on the...
Tom, that boat had several different Konigs on it from 500 cc to 750. Those boats where made for Pro racing. I had a lay down version. Don't know where it went now. Brinkmanship had one that used a...
Just read this intire thread, man does this shake the brain cells. Don't know what it takes to become a honorary Texan but I have driven Texas boats to championships and still harass Texans to this...
I too was sad to hear the news about jimmy, knew him from the 70's on and he sometimes went or met up with Ralph and I at races. We stayed together at some and always had fun. I too picked on him...
yes that is what I was saying, the a has the yard dart pipes behind the tree, the B has the bull horns. the Anzani has normal for them. Steve
No Those were on a A motor and was one of the upgrades for that motor, motor on the hydro with guys standing is a B with megs that came straight out the sides. The A, also had these type megs and...
was that when I ran your C Yamato? if so then yes I remember. You boys thought this ol Southern boy didn't know how to drive,start and go fast, huh... imagine that! :cool: Steve
Nope!home. Boy will keep me informed, hope he has had time to practice what I taught him in Michigan, Steve
You said you had a young girl friend but that one in picture could get you jail time boy!:o:p:):D
That is going to take a higher authority than anyone here as Peter has been dead for maybe 5 years now. Factory is closed and Marion is hard to get hold of, man that rents space there knows little of...
TheMk 25 shaft with Brass cage was also used by Quincy due to the center breaking on the B motors. The A,s used the 20 H crank. I think the Early B's used the 20H as well, but after time and power...
Deflector for deflector the Konig was better than the say Quincy Mercs ( not loopers). The two carb B had two rotaryvalves, they were at the bottom of each case where as the single carb B had a...
Wayne read that correct John, your win was no fluke, but the new square block was a much better motor and between that one and the new cast inron cylinder Fa, they pretty much killed the flatheads....
The Konig were fast and depending on driver won, the big change was going from two carb B's to the single carb model, when the Quincy looper cane about it ruled until 67 when the first four cylinder...
This old Konig racer remembers and still does this today, Thanks Wayne