Category: Boats
Ed Karelson – story
The Ed Karelson Story by Rusty Rae. One of the greatest hydroplane builders of all time. (1988)
Joe Guess- boat builder
VINTAGE RACERS REDISCOVERED: “After many years of trying, I have been able to purchase the Z-Z-ZIP from Carl Schmidli of North Tonawanda, NY. Carl stored this 1955 Joe Guess raceboat in his pole barn for the last 20 years. He bought the Z-Z-ZIP from Gordie Reed, with the intentions of …
Keith Black article from Hot Rod Yearbook (guessing mid 60s)
Sorry, missing the last page(s). This article has lots of info on many of the boat engines Keith Black built.If you are on a desktop computer – the best way to view this book is to click the “toggle fullscreen” button, then use your arrow buttons on the keyboard to …
Robert Stack – skeet shooter, car & boat racer, actor
The flipbook starts out with an interesting 3-page interview from October 1998 with Robert Stack. Other info: From Wikipedia: By the time he was 20, Stack had achieved minor fame as a sportsman. He was an avid polo player and shooter. His brother and him won the International Outboard Motor …
Will Farmer, Sr. – Family Scrapbook
The Farmer family send me a copy of the scrapbook that Will, Jr. made as a X-Mas present for his father. This was right after they built their last hydro in 1974. It was updated last in 2000. I received it soon after. My apologies to the Farmer family for …
Discussing Propellers with George Lockhart
Neat interview over at the APBA Historical Society’s website with the man who finessed a lot of racing props in his day .
Ted Jones @ Stan Sayers Boathouse – SLOMOSHUN IV & V
Ted Jones in SLOMO. Photos by Leo Livingston 1951. Posted by Finn Livingston on Hydroplane History (facebook)