New QuincyLooperRacing.US Web Site is up

[John (Taylor) Gabrowski]

That is an interesting crankshaft, a Mark 25 with a steel reedblock where the rollers run direct between the inner surface of the reedblock and right on the center of the crankshaft. I always wondered why they didn't go that steel reedblock route itself instead of bronze and then aluminum? I have a 4 banger Merc crankshaft that uses the same system so its supported in 2 extra spots not found on regular Merc 4s. How much extra bearing drag comes with the extra support is a good question. The Alky Deflector Quincy Merc padded block engine was run considerably. Other old racers claimed it sealed and isolated crankcase sides better than standard labrinth groved reedblocks or the smooth face oil hole pressurized versions. I wonder how many Quincy Flatheads ever used this sort of bearing system?

[Original Looper 1]

Hi Everyone,

We've been very busy this weekend, adding more photos to the QuincyLooperRacing.us web site.

You might want to check out the following for new pictures:

Under Collections - Bob Dunlap, Frank Novotny & Dick Ollhoff all have additional photos. Bob sent us 10 pictures of what's in his basement. Wow! Is Bob ever blessed. Dick discovered another Looper - the Walgrave 6 cylinder, FX41. This engine won 5 hydro championships & 1 runabout championship. A Quincy Looper XF51 owned by David Acker has been newly discovered. It appears to be in mint condition. You've been reading about Frank's new acquisitions here - see what else he found recently. We've added a collections page for Artie Neadeck.

Also under collections, we finished adding the remainder of the Mt. Dora photos from this year's event.

There are also new pictures of a Nydahl C Looper with chambers and a Latta Z 350 engine on their pages under Race Legends.

Have fun checking them all out. We are also working on resizing and will be posting photos from the Muscatine, Iowa, boat show that were sent to us by David and Allen Van Weele. Stay tuned!

thanks,

Paul A Christner

[Original Looper 1]

Forgot to mention - there's also a couple of new photos on the Innovations and Christner Photo Album pages.

thanks again,

Paul

[Original Looper 1]

Hi Everyone,

We've been busy over at the Quincy site, adding a lot more photos for you to view.

Under Collections, we've added: Artie Neadeck & Dick Acker collections. There's additions to the Mark Suter, Bob Dunlap, Roger Hinsdale, Frank Novotny, Dick Ollhoff and the VanWeele brother collections.

Under Racing Legends, we've added Giuseppe Rossi with never before seen photos of the factory in Italy and Rossi water testing an experimental engine, courtesy of Mike Schmidt. Also under Racing Legends, we've added John Schuberts racing biography to his page plus more photos to the McKeans page.

The VanWeele's sent us a CD with lots of pictures from the Muscatine, Iowa, That Was Then This is Now boat show which we will be adding this week. We are also planning to scan and post more of the old Roostertales from the 1950's and 1960's so check back often.

Enjoy! www.QuincyLooperRacing.US

Paul A Christner

PS: Congratulations to Frank Novotny for taking a 1st and a 3rd place for your restored Loopers at this past weekend's antique outboard meet at St. Michael's. Good work Frank! You're setting a high standard for others to follow.

[Original Looper 1]

For those of you that have been asking, here's an update on what's new at the www.QuincyLooperRacing.us web site.

The legendary Gene East, one of Quincy Welding's most valuable employees, has sent us his autobiography & it is now posted under Legends. Also added to Legends recently are Artie Neadeck, Bob Murphy, Bobby Wilson & Louis Williams. We've also added more old photos to the Baldwin, Kirts & Kugler pages.

Under collections, we have more photos from the Van Weeles, Bob Dunlap & Roger Hinsdale plus added a new page for Todd Booth's rare Speedy-Bee. If you missed our earlier post, we also have lots of pictures from the Muscatine, Iowa, boat show that were sent to us by the Van Weeles.

Under the memorabilia section (page 9) we've added the Spring 1972 edition of Tim Chance's Hydroplane Quarterly.

Under race events, there's the 2008 Offshore Grand Prix from Sarasota, FL and lots of pictures of the big offshore superboats. Included in the group is the Bud Light boat driven by Bill Seebold's son, Mike.

Last but not least, under the Konig vs Quincy section, we just added photos of a very rare 1967 Konig B, originally owned by Floyd Hopkins of Hopkins propeller fame, that may have been one of the very 1st 4 cylinder B Konigs to have been imported into the US from Germany. We're thinking this is the Konig B that cost my father, Chris, many sleepless nights as it was reported to be 5 mph faster than the 2 cylinder Konigs it replaced.

We've got lots more items to scan and post, so keep checking back.

thanks,

Paul A Christner