Try Jeff Titus in Lake Placid Performance Propellers 863 465 9438
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Try Jeff Titus in Lake Placid Performance Propellers 863 465 9438
Looks like the boat has been patched since it was built. Is that body filler on the deck? Why would you use 1/4 for a deck? Coaming sides, deck and wood in transom all need to go.
Strongly suggest...
Rick,
Let's try this again. Your boat was built 42 years ago for an experienced kneeling driver to use a 49 ci, 3 cylinder engine. Weight was around 200 lb. Joe Hill earned 1 US with it 1974 SE...
Just lopeing along
The last 13 ft tunnel we built was full tunnel sit down with the last deck and transom of the 15 footers Rayner Blair won many races and set some records with it. By far the best 13 we built. Love...
590 is Bobby Taylor from Princess Ann, MD. X1 is a Scatcraft, driver unknow Blue and white Allison, can't make out number, may be Rayner Blair 835.
Suggest you contact Bill Edwards the E of E&T in California, Md. He has restored several E&Ts in the last couple of years which are being campaigned in the Vintage shows. Love to see that boat...
Buck was a hard charging gentleman almost always with a smile. Never worried about running side by side. Knew he wasn't going to take what didn't belong to him, nor was he going to give what did...
Believe it could be refueled with this thread
Thanks, this is the one I was looking for to give to Bill Edwards. He was US-1 one year and US-2 another year running Chryslers in S class. Did he own engine work and ran boats we built.
Does anyone remember what thread had a Chrysler brochure showing a hi performance OPC G class engine
Joe was running a box stock 49 cubic inch Mercury by Brunswick Corp. A short shaft engine A fishing engine if you will with a stock lower unit. That's all that was allowed in the Sport E class. Had...
Joe started with an OMC. I wouldn't bet he didn't change to Merc
before we built him the hump deck.
Rick,
I don't know where it was taken either, Not sure if that isn't Joe's first boat. One thing for sure is he is a long way from being in the throttle, just lopeing. That's Bobby Taylor in the...
Bill doesn't have the Herring. Don't know where that is.
Ray was the third owner of that boat. We redecked it for him prior to the season.
It's the same boat Jim Caldwell won the '73 UI nationals and US-1 and Competion record.
Ray and Jim built the 6...
Bill Edwards has Ray's E&T, don't know what Norma did with the Herring or the engines. He had some nice ones. You mentioned this is where Ray and I hooke up. We always had contact.
Ron,
Ray Wood of Southern Maryland bought a Sea Jay from OMC . Powered it with a Twister the first year they were made.
There is a picture of it on the Notables Region 3, 4, 5 .thread
Rays' only...
Roger,
Sent you a PM, I think, with Rudy's phone number and address.
Beale
Correct again Wayne. Started with a quart of Windsor Canadian at the ramp.
Continued at my home with the beforemention party at my home. Seems most ramps in Southern Md. those days were owned by...
Don't know if he was a member of the Speedmasters or not. Of course he was friends with the members as all of us in the Southern MD. Boat Club were. Rudy was a member of SMBC in his early career....
Roger,
I had someone that was supposed to relay a message to Rudy to contact you. Guess it never happen. After reading your post I tried information for a number. There is a Edwin R (Rudy) Foote...
Don't know where the picture was taken, but for sure it was 1972. The engine would have been a 140 on less. 1973 was the first year for the 150. That's me in the E&T Express #529. Only ran that...
The 1100 was introduced in '66. S class was unrestricted, 100 ci max. built in the USA running on pump gas
Hate to disagree with Edgar, but the first OPC nationals were at Lake Georg 1966. It was rougher than a cob. They had a problem holding the committee boat at anchor. The first heat of the Nationals...
Smokey, that sounds like the Rayner I know. Most likely adder a little duct tape also.
Smokey,
A couple of years ago while vacationing in Md. I stoped in Rayner's store. He was walking away from me when I entered. He caught a glimps of me, did an about face, said come on and walked...
Don't think that's Rayners boat Smokey. His were blue and white. Not even sure it's an Allison.
Ray I don't remember you being that skinny.
The Scat Craft with the Chysler (782) is Stue Maggard,...
Ray's boat was not an Aquarod. He bought it direct from OMC as a used team boat and if I heard the manufacture's name I would recognize it.
White socks and afro is Clarence Archer from DC
Let's not forget Bob Roberts and Bill Edwards. National High Point Champions in U and S classes OPC.
Ron,
Sorry about that. I remember having a conversation with you prior to the Hudson and I was also in Canton that year. Maybe the years ran the two together. I really thought you had the Desilva...
The 13 footer Allison was owned by Bob Magee and named after his wife,"Miss Liz". Had the FE Kilo record with that in '65.
The 14 foot (?) Allison, Super Pickle, was mine. Bill Edwards ran it in...
Here's my story
The 1965 Hudson River Marathon was only my second APBA race. Ran a flat bottom Allison 13 footer in FE. The water was calm at the beginning except for the wake we kept running into...
1964 I believe was calm. I wasn't there, but I believe that was the year Ted March won FH and Bob Halstead won FI both in flat bottom Allisons.
John,
Was the Albany to NYC race your Dad ran in '65 by chance. I was there three times and that was the worse. When we rounded West Point I wondered if we had missed Ft. Lee and headed into the...
Down pressure on front of deck, lift in rear. Built lighter with Mylar instead og fi.berglass
You are both correct. This is Joe's first boat. It is a long shaft 55 HP OMC that he owned prior to getting into racing. He ran that and did well until Mercury came out with their 3 cylinder 49 CI...
Rayon,
Would love to have any pictures you have. I have almost none. Send as attachment to Beale3342@aol.com please.
Ray,
As I stated the other day you appeared on the Dayton Airport radar. ...
Rick,
Bolts and knees don't sound right. Take the boat to Bill, let him advise.
Bob's first boat was a kneel down. We tried our best to get him in the Gulf 100MPH Club with a Twister I at the kilos trials at Toano, Va. He kept running 99+mph, but we just couldn't get that little...
Rick,
The hull and deck are glassed together. The aluminum trim captured deck and hull lip and then pop rivited together.
Ray,
Bob's boat pictured was his first one. It was a flat deck kneel down....
Ray,
Rick has Joe Hill's hump deck 13 ft E boat.
In regard to your Dayton blow over. He who is posing for pictures at the one minute gun should not try to catch the entire field in the first lap....
There is not doubt in my mind that you remember Super Pickle green, as in "What's Green and Flys". The answer is not a garbage truck. Wonder if it's still alive somewere. Last I heard the E & T...
Rick,
Your hull is the only one built with the "humps" in the deck. They were hand crafted.
Not all tunnels were red, we also built white, blue, black and Super Pickle green.
The pictures you...
Sam,
I'm driving to Southern Maryland 8/3. Send your phone number to Beale3342@aol.com and I'll touch base while there.
Been in the water yet?
Think you are both correct. Couldn't remember Al Martin's name. He did build the Screaming Yellow Zonkers.
No, I believe that was a boat built in Miami. Can't think of the gentlemen's name, Al I think.
Is Dick on this site. A really nice, soft spoken guy.
This looks like one of the orginial kneel down tunnels, before we changed the lift and transome. Don't understand the 14 1/2 because we only built 13' and 15' 3" or 6" don't remember exactly. The...
We built the boats directly across the river from Solom's Island.
If you have pictures, description, etc. maybe I can help with it's history.
A highly modified version was built in NJ another copy...