Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Page 8 of 9 FirstFirst 123456789 LastLast
Results 71 to 80 of 86

Thread: ?? About Wings.

  1. #71
    Team Member Rick Connolly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    0
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Powercat View Post
    Like this one?
    Thanks for the picture. That color combo doesn't look right. It's tough to think Mercury made them that way.

  2. #72
    Able to break anything T2x's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Wyckoff, NJ
    Posts
    104
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Connolly View Post
    Thanks for the picture. That color combo doesn't look right. It's tough to think Mercury made them that way.
    They didn't........ Check Willabee's post. They came in Black...or you could order another color....and get Black.

    One guy paints his center sections and lowers and it becomes an urban legend. What a waste of bandwidth.
    OBSOLETE AND PROUD OF IT

  3. #73
    Sam Cullis Mark75H's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Annapolis, MD USA
    Posts
    1,795
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by T2x View Post
    They didn't........ Check Willabee's post. They came in Black...or you could order another color....and get Black.

    One guy paints his center sections and lowers and it becomes an urban legend. What a waste of bandwidth.

    Agreed

    Ted did and said a lot of things that served Ted more then posterity
    Since 1925, about 150 different racing outboards have been made.


  4. #74
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Posts
    39
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default Switzer Craft in Power Boat Magazine article August 1967, to be at Havasu Race.

    Name:  Switzer Craft 1967.jpg
Views: 840
Size:  202.3 KB

  5. #75
    Team Member Powercat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Austin, Texas
    Posts
    53
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Attachment 54533
    Miss Diablo is once again back on the water !!

  6. #76
    Team Member Gene East's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Quincy, IL
    Posts
    593
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    I just read this thread for the first time. It's such a shame to see a once beautiful boat with weeds and brush growing through the hull.

    The first "wing" I ever saw was a "woodie") belonging to a man named Ray Block. No not the band leader! Of course it was painted black!

    We (Quincy Welding) ported, balanced and piped his engines. They sounded great and his boat was one of the fastest around the Tri- states (IL, MO & IA) but I don't remember the racing number.

    Ray had to give up racing due to cancer. He offered to let me drive it for him. I don't know if he was serious or not, but I was smart enough to turn him down. I knew that was "Out of my league."

    Ray told me his boat was the "plug" for the first fiberglass Switzer.

    Does anyone remember Ray or his boat number??

  7. #77
    Team Member Rick Connolly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    0
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gene East View Post
    I just read this thread for the first time. It's such a shame to see a once beautiful boat with weeds and brush growing through the hull.

    The first "wing" I ever saw was a "woodie") belonging to a man named Ray Block. No not the band leader! Of course it was painted black!

    We (Quincy Welding) ported, balanced and piped his engines. They sounded great and his boat was one of the fastest around the Tri- states (IL, MO & IA) but I don't remember the racing number.

    Ray had to give up racing due to cancer. He offered to let me drive it for him. I don't know if he was serious or not, but I was smart enough to turn him down. I knew that was "Out of my league."

    Ray told me his boat was the "plug" for the first fiberglass Switzer.

    Does anyone remember Ray or his boat number??
    Never seen a picture of a black wood wing. All the ones surfacing on film or pictures are mostly white. Like the one pictured.
    Attached Images Attached Images  

  8. #78
    Team Member Gene East's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Quincy, IL
    Posts
    593
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Thanks Rick for your response. Over the past 40-50 years I've forgotten a few things, but I'm 99.44% sure Ray's boat was black. The thread is very interesting. Wish I had checked it out long ago.

  9. #79
    Team Member Willabee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Ohio
    Posts
    44
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default Ray Block .....

    Quote Originally Posted by Gene East View Post
    ....The first "wing" I ever saw was a "woodie") belonging to a man named Ray Block. No not the band leader! Of course it was painted black!

    We (Quincy Welding) ported, balanced and piped his engines. They sounded great and his boat was one of the fastest around the Tri- states (IL, MO & IA) but I don't remember the racing number.

    Ray told me his boat was the "plug" for the first fiberglass Switzer.

    Does anyone remember Ray or his boat number??
    Were the engines 6 piper's? Was Ray a good friend of Earl Welch? Earl drove a gold/white Wing with 6 piper's. Thought his engine work was also done at Quincy? ..... #T-111 I think for Earl's Wing.

  10. #80
    Team Member Rick Connolly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    0
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gene East View Post
    Thanks Rick for your response. Over the past 40-50 years I've forgotten a few things, but I'm 99.44% sure Ray's boat was black. The thread is very interesting. Wish I had checked it out long ago.
    This is the one that I believe was the plug for the fiberglass wings. This picture was taken late in it's racing career and is a lot darker than most.
    Attached Images Attached Images  

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 4 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 4 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Switzer Wing
    By Ron Hill in forum Boat Racing Encyclopedia
    Replies: 37
    Last Post: 08-24-2010, 02:49 PM
  2. Wings
    By Fast Fred in forum Outboard Racing History
    Replies: 41
    Last Post: 05-28-2010, 06:06 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •