Does anyone know if Bob is still around? SEveral people have asked me about him and I am hesitant to give them his info.
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Does anyone know if Bob is still around? SEveral people have asked me about him and I am hesitant to give them his info.
Thanks
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For Obituary and details google: Donald A Henrich Portage WI
Don died March 15th @88. He had lung cancer and had been under treatment for almost three years.
Although Don would describe himself as...
John: I don't know where the SN part was shot. If you were there, Most reasonable people would believe you. I think the outboard part was at Lake Carol in Ill. prior to the race. Johnnie Sanders...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3sr-aSoDAA
Try this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3sr-aSoDAA
He is the link again of the OMC rotories including the only know footage of the race engine running. I believe it was shot at Lake Carol for a commercial.
Jackie Wilson takes credit for arranging that visit by Stewart.
Made by Jackie Wilson.5957559576
Sanders ran the rotary and it was shipped back to Waukegan after the race.
screwed up. It was Rich McKinley.
Ron: Picture of Jimbo in the Black & White Scottie. Lars;
Ron: Checkout Facebook. I shared a post from Lars about Paris race history. Both you and Jimbo are talked about.
Lars Strom via SVERA.se
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Now that's truly OFF!!!!
Here is a link to a You Tube video about OMC's rotary engines. Its primarily about the snowmobile, but it also has the only known footage of the 4 rotor race engine in action. The sound is dubbed in...
The V-6 that Sanders won Paris in '74 was a cross flow.
Yep. I called it quits about 8 yrs. ago. Have done some consulting for a couple of companies on rotary engines and am working part time at a sporting goods store now. Gives me something to do and...
Hey Fred: I haven't heard or seen you since St. Louis (God knows what year) and we talked about hi-sil pistons. Wasn't long after that I heard you were using them at Merc. Hope all is well
Rotary...
My God Jackie; If I didn't know better, that looks like me a few years back (except for all the hair).
Sorry Ron but Si Metcaf was VP in ;69. Edgar wasn't part of the management team, he was just Strangs buddy. Not much good for anything else. I worked for Edgar in '69 developing a vicosity...
Paris 1974. Barry Woods passing Billy Seabolt
That would be Windemere '75. The year Scotti was killed. We lost so many boat at Paris, I don't know what Leek would have done and I don't have a clue anymore who was scheduled to drive.
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Steve: You might be correct about Beard. I only remember we entered 4 boats, Sanders broke in pratice, and Downard/Posey won the race. I don't remember who drove the 2...
I haven't seen Kathy since the 70's. I remember Jimbo's ElCameno and her teacup poodle.
The big guy with the beard is Ziggy Bottle, The guy working on the engine is Bob Nagoaty(sp) builder of the Goat boats, the white haired guy is Allen Yaw and the driver in the orange shirt is Tommy...
You are absolutly correct. Alan Yaw brought he and Posey to Galvaston. The only time Bobby drove a rotary.
Bobby Witt; Abiline, TX. Drove in Galvaston.Barrel rolled the boat AFTER the race was over.
John:
I was at the race also and if you recall the rotary boats came directly from the Miami introduction and weren't put into the water till the race started. They ran the 15/17 gearcase as the...
They all had RH props. The picture of Scotty's boat at the boat show with the left LH prop is fake.
John:
There was not a gearcase failure at Parker. Both engines failed due to rotor bearing failure because of an extremely lean fuel setting. To my recolection, there was never a gearcase failure...
Appears to be Woods/Jimbo's boat with the 14/23 gearcase.
There is an additional problem. The mazda engine has oil-cooled rotors. The oil is squirted from the crank into the inside of the rotor and then is collected in the center of the end housings and...
Your from Windmere, can't be all bad. Get a BIGGER stick with Shaun and don't bend over.
Come on, you'r supposed to be a rotary man. Those are a couple of Mazda parts stacked up for a picture. No crank, no ct. wt's. no work. Mazda never sold a single rotary, thus no crank and as you well...
Looks like someone has stacked Mazda parts on top of a piece of plywood with OMC carbs bolted on. If you look close, the gearcase isn't connected to anything and a rotary has a crank in the center of...
If you are refering to the picture of the rotary passing the Merc, that is Barry Woods driving the rotary who co-piloted with Jimbo. The Merc driver is Billy Seebold. They lead the race for 5 1/2 hrs...
Ziggy modified this picture and gave it to me.
Jim; do you recall Strang getting the blueprint of the Merc V-6 block by mistake from the casting vendor and sending a picture to Alexander with him standing infront of the blueprint?
Jim; if you recall Johnnie Sanders won the '73 Paris race with a V-6. That was the one Clarence put together using old parts and actually had 2 - V-4 cranks welded together. They were150ci engines;...
From that picture it appears to be Mouse in front of the 02, Posey standing on the back of the boat and Sanders in the drivers seat. Not sure who is standing next to Posey in the Johnson Jacket
If you look closely at the top left picture in the previous post you can see the 02 with the Johnson Rotary and the 03 Evinrude behind it.
Seems to me the Homelite/Fricer Price 4 cycle outboard was a car engine set on end also.
I guess after 38 years my memory has gone to hell. Not only is there V-6's, but Woods boat in another picture sure looks like a pickel fork.
O'well. I'm still alive. that has to count for something.
The article #478 above states OMC had V-6's at this race are ncorrect. The 1 and only time rotaries and V-6 ran against each other was Peewalkee in Wis. in 1975. It was the last time the rotaries ran.
OK guys. The boat in the middle appears to be blue and could be Barry Woods with a rotary. The boat on the left has pickle forks and the rotaries never ran with pickel forks. Woods was very late...
This is a project of Rick Davis; VP Engineering Mercury; and his son. I understand it was the sons idea and Rick supported him with his merc connections.
If thats a promise, I'll be there next year also.
More off2011 information (from Steve Seros)
Thursday evening at The Dive Bar: There are Public Docks at the Riverwalk Plaza if you care to come by boat. Unfortunately, there is not space to display...
Sam: It was merc that did the turbine and it was Karl that test drove it and blew the compressor and cut the boat in half, not OMC.