Automotive-Powered Hydroplanes
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.
Category: Boats
Miss U.S.
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 …
Hellzapoppin II
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.
Miss U.S.
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 …
….meanwhile, over on Facebook.
saw this pic of the motor being installed in Miss Canada IV. _________________________________________________ ……and those Californians have Scrappy looking like a new boat.
Merry Christmas from Guido Romani
Guido also sent me a neat pic of him and his Molinari-A.R. 1966 running on Lake Como:
Violator M-5
This is a photo of my father’s first F-service runabout VIOLATOR M-5. It was a modified 1947 Chris Craft racing runabout with a 392 Hemi and a V-drive. It raced in Buffalo, NY, St. Petersburg and Miami, FL in the early fifties. If you have any photos of this boat, …
Buccaneer
Buccaneer E-101 – Picton, Ontario 1979 Buccaneer E-101 – Tonawanda, New York One of Ron Jones best boats ever. Winning more races then just about any boat ever built by him. Brent Franklin