Fast Fred's Secrets of the OMC MOD50's Thread #1

[Jeff Akers]

It is neather a tunnel or a V.....Just a little flat bottom..This picture may be of an older one of his, but it should give you an idea of what the boat looks like (it was all I could find for now)

[Roy Hodges]

It is neather a tunnel or a V.....Just a little flat bottom..This picture may be of an older one of his, but it should give you an idea of what the boat looks like (it was all I could find for now)

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.................................................. .................................................. ................................... Now , everybody should know that in outboard runabouts , they ALL have to be flat bottoms. (O P C ,not included. ) We're talkin stock, modified, & "PRO". What's that old saying ? "A picture is worth a thousand words ? "

[Roy Hodges]

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.................................................. .................................................. ................................... Now , everybody should know that in outboard runabouts , they ALL have to be flat bottoms. (O P C ,not included. ) We're talkin stock, modified, & "PRO". What's that old saying ? "A picture is worth a thousand words ? "

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.................................................. .................................................. ..................................IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT i SAID , LAST YEAR, that TERRY USED A....600 ROSSI . iN MY OWN WORDS. Yeh, who stole my memory ? Or did i lose it in a crap game .? anyways, even 36 cubes going THAT fast is mind boggling ! In a runabout . wotta yuh 'spect from an ole duffer 68 yrs. old ?

[Detroit Whitey]

yep! thats crusin

[Tim Chance]

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.................................................. .................................................. ..................................IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT i SAID , LAST YEAR, that TERRY USED A....600 ROSSI . iN MY OWN WORDS. Yeh, who stole my memory ? Or did i lose it in a crap game .? anyways, even 36 cubes going THAT fast is mind boggling ! In a runabout . wotta yuh 'spect from an ole duffer 68 yrs. old ?

That's right 36 c.i. in other words a bored out "C".

[David_L6]

That's right 36 c.i. in other words a bored out "C".

Closer to a D than a C. Still, very fast for the size of the motor.

Here's another picture of that boat going very fast.

[David Mason]

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.................................................. .................................................. ..................................IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT i SAID , LAST YEAR, that TERRY USED A....600 ROSSI . iN MY OWN WORDS. Yeh, who stole my memory ? Or did i lose it in a crap game .? anyways, even 36 cubes going THAT fast is mind boggling ! In a runabout . wotta yuh 'spect from an ole duffer 68 yrs. old ?

I knew it wasn't a 350...

And to boot, Terry is a pretty likable fella. Takes some large cahonies to run that fast in a runabout with two people in it !! All I know is that man works hard and earns his titles. He worked non stop on it to get it ready for his heat as he flew in and Rick Bird brought the boat and engine. Terry had to rig it, and all that.

[Roy Hodges]

Think about this . He drove , over 30 years ago, Mike Snell's "Midnight oil" . An
"R" hydro, ( a Ron Jones cab over ) with hopped up Merc 800 (4cyl.) it held the R kilo record at about 107 mph . This flat bottom , with 30 LESS cubes went 5 mph FASTER , with another (extra) guy on board ! Yes, Terry is a nice guy . I remember talking to him backin about 1975 at Stockton, and telling him about another driver who said he was gonna run over him , Terry just smiled and said " He's gotta catch me first !"

[Fast Fred]

ok, gots me a new camra , i wasn't gettin the shots we needed so ya can see it. so hang in

[Fast Fred]

workin the new camera, maybe a vid soon, see how that goes
gots this one on deck, made a new water cover for the head, so i could move the water dump, gots the bigger carbs on this one, this is what i'm startin the season with. hows my run on sentence?