Kr or kc strangler or stinger

[Mark75H]

Great pictures and info ... many thanks

[milkdud]

Wow great photos and write up.
Conrad

[194265]

Thanks for yor comments, my next project hopfuly this summer' will start with a 1978 merc 900. From what I hear not much can be done to an inline six, aaaaaah the challenge.

[Dave S.]

Going to the dark side......Bow up get rid of the hook.

[brichter]

............back page of the 1971 Johnson Brochure, I believe that is Johnny Sanders.

[brichter]

The 1971 Johnson High performance handbook. OMC was really promoting racing heavily at the time this came out. Notice the 'straight stacked" stinger on the cover shot.
There is a list of classes and engines that were used in a glossary at the back of the handbook........and a glossary of terminology.

[MTECHMARINE]

The part they left out was how really dangerous these boats were in the day. I recall at Havasu it was nothing to have several drivers badly injured or even killed. Such slaughter would make headlines today in, say, NASCAR.

Out in region 10 we called it the "Molinari limp" those of us that survived a blowover with only a badly broken leg or 2. Yeah, I was in that club. It was pretty tough the 1st couple times back in a boat after 6 weeks in the hospital and a year of recovery - -

And just plain bad boats, or bad luck.

It's no fun coming home from a race like this! Da boat, she bus' up! Transom broke at about 100MPH boat hooked and sideslide broke the sponson off. No injury (this time)