Here’s a neat video showing the tear down and prep work for the rebirth of Scrappy by members of the California Speedboat Association. After a minute or 2 of the photo slide show that starts off, a time-lapse video takes over as the CSA members kick into gear, tear her …
Completely restored from the ground up… Phil Kunz’s vintage 280 hydro, Helter Skelter and Jack Hines’ vintage 266, Miss Peg sparkle and gleam under the lights at the Toys For Kid’s Charity Race Car Show at Lang’s Chevrolet on Sat 16 Mar and Sun 17 Mar 2013. They drew a lot …
Phil Kunz & Bill Holder had a recently published article in Engine Builder magazine. Click on each page to read the article. Reprinted with permission from Engine Builder magazine, Babcox Media Inc. Copyright 2012.
George, JJ and I have been busy working on U 36 since our last outing at Buffalo last September. In the past four months we have made numerous changes and modifications to the boat to improve the performance of the old girl in general, particularly performance on the one mile …
Now here’s an interesting Gold Cup boat that has been stored for 50 years & recently acquired by Mike Michaud. Powered by a Ranger 12 cylinder air cooled airplane motor. We put a page together. Read more about this unique boat here.
First test run of Miss U.S. at the Pepsi Racing Power Cup Challenge in South Dakota on June 16, 2012. Built in 1958, the Lauterbach Unlimited hydro has been fully restored by owner Jay Armstrong. The video shows the pre-race drivers meeting, the launching of Miss U.S., the initial test …
saw this pic of the motor being installed in Miss Canada IV. _________________________________________________ ……and those Californians have Scrappy looking like a new boat.
