Category: Tidbits
Johnny Cash & boat racing
In the new Vintage Hydroplane Plans section on TVH website, is an article with the plans for building a 280 cu in hydro by Wally Milosevich. That in itself is really interesting reading, but the cover photo is a blast too. Johnny Cash sitting on his bass player’s outboard racing …
HOT ROD magazine 97 Flathead Manifold Smackdown
Most days are pretty good here at Stromberg, but some are off the freakin’ scale. And today is one. We got the new HOT ROD Magazine 65th Anniversary issue today, and it’s crammed with new 97s. There are three on Dan Webb’s beautiful So-Cal Streamliner recreation (which we featured here …
World’s Smallest Production V8 Engine
Every so often, we hear about something like Gary Conley’s 1/4-scale V8 engine that catches our attention. Gary is a machinist and hot rodder from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and his latest endeavor, the supercharged “Stinger 609,” is the first-ever mass produced miniature V8 engine. You may remember our first …
1976 – talks about Hydroplane racing at an Olympic event
The heck with rowing boats…..GPs…Now that would have been crew. Olympiad GP-100 is a Jon Staudacher built hydro that is being restored by Harry Holst in Canada. We just posted a media sheet on her on the website in the boats section. What’s also interesting is a newspaper article which …
K&C Hopper Racing Team
Hi Motorheads, The initial stage of getting Gas-Hopper back in running order and possibly back on the water this year is under way. I have been noodling how to put the Raceboats that have been donated to Kids & Classics Boatshops Museum to highest and best use. The ACBS Toronto …