This is me back in September 1973

[sd489]

Hi,...

1972
Don´t drive drunk,....
Beer in mid right, girl middle top, true racing accident in center picture.
Totally unprepared pictured only to show the boat damage, ...
Regards to every one,

Johnny

[sd489]

here is the picture,...

[wolfie]

up to now just been reading through all the topics and posts, sorry if this is unearthing a old thread, but this one is closest to my heart, i also am the proud owner of a thorough bred racing Tornado engine, will post pics if the thread resurfaces with others points of view

[Mark75H]

I would like to see it.

[wolfie]

At the moment it is in a few parts as i sort out the water pump etc, so here is the block at least, [IMG][/IMG]

[sd489]

Glad to hear about your Crescent Tornado.
The Tornado and AP-550x were identical.
I can´t fin an AP-550X, but I managed to got a Tornado which is original 99,00%.
I can offer my personal experience to make it run .
I have some technical info who may help you.

[wolfie]

hi SD489, any information you could provide would be great, hopefully you have a scanned or PDF copy of this info or a manual ? if you have drop me a pm and i will give you my email address to send to, looking forward to hearing from you ASAP

regards

Neal

[sd489]

I can send you by mail the photo copies of the spare parts book.
You can reach me at x7777dotono.com
Regards
Johnny

[stingray240cs]

Hi Johnny, your story is great! I´m facing something similar now. My father and his friends where racing Crescents 1966 - 1975 in Czechoslovakia in the classes SB,SC and SD. They used V-hulls first but later cats as well. As my fathers Crescent 55 in 1982 still existed (in a good condition) we decided with my brother to find a boat for it. We managed to find a old Molinati hull raced in SC and put the 55 on the boat. We took the rear bench of an old Renault 8 and the great plesureboat was done...
The shame is, we sold the boat after 5-6 years (without the engine). After many other boats I still remember the great old Molinari..
I´m trying to find it and have it back now.
I´ve got an Archimedes Penta 550X in a bad shape and I would like to restore it completely as well. As I have the partslist only from the regular 55 I´m looking for anything about the 600cc racing engines from Uppsala.
Could you help out with some details about the 500X and the Tornado?
Attached see the pictures from the boat how we got it 1982 and later used as plesureboat. I will add the 550X as well.
Any help would be apreciated!
Best Regards,
Roman

[stingray240cs]

Hello Johnny,
I have almost the same story. My dad and his friends have raced Crescents some 35 years ago. In the age of 16 we have got the old 55HP from our dad. We have found an old Molinari V hull as well. We have used it as pleasureboat for some 5-6 years. After that we sold the boat without engine - what a shame. Now I´m trying to get the boat back.
I have an Archimedes Penta in bad shape. I will try to get it running again and use it either with an old SD cat or the Molinari V-hull.
I have only a partlist of the regular Crescent 55 therefore my question to you - could you help me with any info, partlist etc. about the Tornado and 550X?
Attached some pics from the old boat - engine setup.
Thanks a lot,
br
Roman
Vienna