Marcelle Bellville

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Great stories. Looking forward to hearing more about Marcel. I think it was from him that we bought a dyno back around 69 or 70. We should have hired him to tell us how to use it. Man, that thing walked us all over a hillside.

Guy had sent me an E mail a couple of months ago about some photos from San Antonio or Winona. I still haven't caught up, but here is one from San Antonio. More stories, please.

[Roy Conklin]

Hi Wayne,

That is a very interesting picture of a Pugh boat. I bought that boat from Gary at a race in Acworth Georgia. That boat is the very first hydro that Gary built. The boat was light, turned great but was flimsy, it didn't stay together. However, it proved that Gary had the talent to build hydros.

More about Marcel. Where Marcel lived was a sort of uppty area. Every christmas a familily up the street from him had a very large Christmas display outside their home. Animations, billions of lights, music, etc. This would bring hundreds of cars down Marcels street and block the street for the locals. This went on for 2 or 3 years. Marcel got fed up with fighting the traffic every year. He appealed the the people with the display to hire some people to control the traffic. They refused,this was a private gated community. Marcel felt that he had a right to free access to his property,without the problem of fighting all the traffic. Since it was a gated community with a private road he thought he would stop traffic from entering. He litterly stopped traffic at the gate and wouldn't let them proceed unless they were residents. They had him on the local TV station and called him the Grinch of New Port Richey. The guy has big ones when he thinks he is right. I thought it was really funny myself.
Recently I got an emai from Marcel. It was a picture of him on a Harley motorcycle. he told me he had bought a Harley Sportster. The picture was great. Marcel was sitting on his bike. He had on all his leathers, and a black leather hat. Sticking out from under the hat and hanging down about 2 feet, was long white hair. He was wearing a wig, what a great pic. I would send that pic but it is at my home comp and I am on the boat.

Anyway good to hear from you Wayne, I am in Norfolk, VA for the summer, will return to Ft Lauderrdale in mid Nov. If you get this way give me a call and I'll give you a tour of the yacht.

Roy Conklin F-7
954-816-5146

[Ron Hill]

Marcel just sent me these, I assume he wanted me to post them for him...

Thanks Marcel....Also known as "Clarence"...why I don't know...

Wish he'd send some of his REAL racing pictures...