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    Default Great Pictures Oldalkydriver.....

    Well. XX, was Ellis Esterbrook. The C-210 WAS Curley's second boat and I seem to remember it as gray and blue. Jackie Lowheed or Santa Ana, California was allowed to race his D Utility D-99-C in F Runabout, but was badly beaten and didn't try that again.

    The Phantom boats came out of Washington and I think a guy with a last name of Shirley built them. As the first ones we knew of, Rocky Stone had and they were called Shirley Phantoms. Later Wilbur McDonald build copies, Ed Karwakowa had one in his barn when he passed about two years ago.

    Before Elgin Gates bought the Mercury Distributorship, he worked for Doc Jones in Spokane, Washington. That is where Egin got the idea to build boats in Mexico, the boats became know as Mexican Floaters.

    Ted May and Butch May are driving Mexican Floaters at the Needles Marathon, circa 1968. Butch's bost says, "A", but that is a "B" motor.
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    Default Oldalky (Mike) , Here is One of Your Old Posts

    If you go to your name, I think all your posts will be listed. Let me if not, and I can post them.

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    Default F runabout

    They look a wee bit different today.
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    Dale,
    They drove side by side and on the deck in the turns at DePue Nationals in the 70's.
    Bill

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    To me , a flat deck DeSilva with a Deflector , Looper or a 460 is very iconic in Alky boat racing but in term of pure safety the new design of the Krier runabout was game changing. I always wondered when looking at a KR from behind how you guys stayed in those boats. Technology and innovation changes everything and usually for the better.

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