Prop Question For The History Book
I listed a prop on E-Bay with one blade larger than the other....
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What does, one blade do and the longer and wider on that prop, mean?
Is this prop uneven or unbalanced somehow??? Please let me know! Thanks! Russ |
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Well, Ernie Dawe had this good prop. He was testing and hit his speedometer tube. The tube only hit one blade. My fear was, if I cut both blades down, the prop wold be too small. I only cut one blade, and balanced the prop. Ernie swore the prop gained speed and won at least two nationals with it. Dave Bryan, 1972 National Champion in C Runabout, liked to come to my shop and fool with props. He tried to copy Ernie's National Championship prop. When I write MY HISTORY of Racing Propellers... The original prop, which Ernie still has, will be a chapter...We often felt, a one blade would be fastest, but basically impossible to balance.... |
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Lee Morehouse... Morehouse Meteors...
Lee Morehouse built a lot of boats, my second, third and fourth AU's were all Morehouse boats...
When Lee left USC, he went into business with some men, named Hanna, another man named Barbarra, and a third man named Walt Disney. Lee could draw Mickey Mouse in his sleep. Every boat he ever built, he'd draw Mickey on the bottom before he glasses it...
When I was on the Mickey Mouse Newsreel, 1955, it was because of Lee's connection with Walt Disney.
I recently found, Lee and Ibby's only son, Dan, on the net. He has some pictures of some of the boats he raced that his dad built...Stay tuned, as this is the only picture I have of Lee...
If you look at my son's MOD VP, I guess the reason I like that 20 foot boat so much, is it looks, sort of like my old Morehouses....
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Hawthorne, Nevada 1947-48
Program says 1947, trophy says 1948...Must have been there twice. I know my brother won in 1948, that's why my dad got the Mechanic's Trophy...
$1,350 in prize money!!!!
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Mickey Thompson Speed Show, 1961
Mickey wasn't liked by some, but he was a PROMOTER and he saw the future...
This is my Morehouse runabout and my dad's Evinrude Six Stud, 6042 Engine....I am looking for this motor with the serial number of 0041.
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Long Beach, California 1968
My OLD MAN always added oil to my motors. OMC MAY HAVE OWNED THEM, BUT MY dad ADDED OIL WHEN THEY WEREN'T LOOKING...He didn't care what "THOSE ENGINEERS SAID, he wasn't going to run any two stroke at 50:1......later, OMC decided that 20:1 was a good idea...
My dad was 59 here, younger than I am now....and I always thought of my dad as OLD.....