Mike Trevett photo collection

[194265]

Great pictures Sam !!!!!!!!

[Doubleeagle]

I want to thank Sam he has been very helpful He is a Great stewart of the sport I hope you all enjoy the pictures This is my frist post but have been a viewer for a long time
To Ron Hill I know you and was a fan you lived in Garden Grove up the street from Pacifica High School I use to vist your house I would walk home and swing by Later in Life I drove for Chuck Story 21 Elimator mod vp and also drove a sport c grand prix 444 we also bought a sst 45 grand prix

[Mark75H]

The top boat was an unusual color painted Arrowcraft.

The bottom boat was known as the little black bastxxx They had built it to run a single 4 cyl very light All the other boats had longatudial sringer only no side bulk heads except at the dash On this boat they used a egg create structure on the bottom a couple of side bulk heads moved the dash back and cut the front deck My dad was playing with the bottom at our house Dad & Uncle George picked it up off the trailer and turned it over I was amazed The boat wa a real hand full to drive and a very rough ride

[Mark75H]

This is the black boat again they had decided to run it in the Catlina race about 1/2 way they turned around and headed back to Long Beach seems the light construction was not up to the task at hand the bottom busted out of it Proved to be the last race for the little black boat as it sunk at the launch ramp waiting for the trailer

[Mark75H]

We are really lucky Mike has these pictures to share with us ... very few pics of the WOA era have surfaced so far

[Powercat]

Those are totally cool..

[Doubleeagle]

I would like to bring this thread to the top I have a bunch of pics from the early 60's powercats stylecrafts I am not very computer savy I would be glad to e mail them to someone Sam posted the last ones but I cant seem to get ahold of him my health is not good and I would hate to loose these My kids dont have a clue Danny Powercat my partner worked for your dad back when when the boats were wood and men were men He worked with Arkie Ray Eddie Morrienze Jimmie Parker Dave Bell Chuck Marassua Dick Shuster We built a 22 whaler at Double Eagle boats and leasted the mold to your uncle Bobby Brown at Advenger back in the late 70's or early 80's

[Ron Hill]

Ron Hill
Hill MArine
2683 Halladay Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705


Or give me your address and I can send a UPS pick up label if you can get them boxed.

[Powercat]

Mike:
Here are some photos of the hydralic jack and afterplane set-up like we used them on the Power Cats. This is a "survivor" race boat
that was found near Dallas, Tx.
Danny Leger
Austin, Texas

Mac and dad rigged up jsck system and dad could sit up front
They were good friends with Ray Ledger owner of Powercat he had told them about a hydrulic system he was using a jack at driver seat and a ram at the transom it worked quite well and helped the boat to plane after it was up you could go to the next pin hole and dad could stay in his seat
Dad really liked that he didnt hate the boat near as bad
Thus the orginal power trim
Ray had told them about a aircraft salvage company in Long Beach that had ram you could adapt to the transom think it was a flap motor of some sort but they had a hundred of them
Upon testing they found without a tilt pin everytime you backed off throttle the engine would trail out My mom was a nurse and told dad about a surgical rubber they used in operating room brought home a roll (hope she paid for it) It worked great
The jack at the driver seat had a handle welded in twist to lock the jack Mac worked it out to be 1 pin hole each pump of the jack and would shim the down position so the motor wouldnt drop below the 2nd pin hole
As far as the surgical rubber tube went they would run a number of lengths from ski eyes across the down housing and would smear grease on down housing to aid in turning
Result Dad could sit in seat and not have to move but if mac got behind he would still yell at dad get in the back