Hydro ID needed

Webmaster, Could you please post this on your site:  I am new to this whole thing and obtained  this relic and would like to know what direction to go in:  Thank you for your help.
I would like some help with any information on this hull.  I realize it is is rough shape but have very little to go on.  The hull I am told is from the New England area and the motor is a Ford 4 cyl. with the AUTOMOTIVE MACHINE from Revere, MA. painted on the value cover.  Ser. #70HM6015BA.
The hull is said to be a Sooy but the cowling that was with the boat has a distinctive little hump on the top edge as you can see in the picture.  The original color appears to be white.
Hope someone recognizes it and can provide some insight. Timothy S.

photo album updates

The photo albums on the website have all been “freshened up”. We are currently sitting at almost 1700 photos now in our archives. Please report any problems or broken links. I would also like to add — PLEASE don’t be taking ANY of these photos and placing them on your facebook pages. These pics are copyrighted by the owners! They have graciously spent their time scanning, filing, emailing them and are allowing us to host them. If you want to add them to facebook, PLEASE Email the photo’s owner and ask them first. It’s the right thing to do.

We also added 2 more photo albums. One from Gordy Gillmer and the other from Art McDougall (R.I.P.). Great photos in both photo albums!

Phil Spruit

Gordy Gillmer and Fred Leland having a talk before the heat.

Belle A-66

Brian Blazer has completed another beautiful reproduction of another famous hydroplanes in stunning detail for Richard Landaiche. Richard told me “You know, my dad has been battling some medical conditions the last few years but when he saw the boat, he lit up. It’s been 3 hrs now and I think he is still smiling”.

Richard Landaiche has been looking to find his father’s original Wickens built hull for years. If your not familiar with it’s history, click here.

Until that day arrives, I would think he’ll certainly enjoy running this Belle from ashore. Click here to visit his webpage which has more photos and a must watch short video clip as they fine tuned & conducted a few more shake down runs of the model since the video clip that was posted on the “Models” board a few weeks back.

Belle A-66

BABY JUNO II

BABY JUNO II in Italy.

Is this the same Juno I saw at Dora years ago? If it is…some hydros really get around! Also, I always wonder about the origin of boat names…….
Juno has many meanings but probably the most well known is the ancient Roman goddess. Anyone know if this was the meaning for this famous Ventnor?

WWII Packard 4M2500

This is the newly rebuilt Packard almost ready to go back in the Antique Boat Museums 48 foot “runabout” Pardon Me.  She simply purrs now at a 400 rpm idle.  About 1650 HP and burns 50 gallons of AVGAS at 2100 rpm.  Look at the camshafts.  Design on this monster engine started in 1934.  She weighs in about 3950 lbs including gearbox

Regards
Dave Richardson

Dixie

Dixie

Dixie photo from MotorBoating magazine Oct 1909 p4.
Thanks to Dave Richardson for sending in!

PDQ II

Pretty Damn Quick III (or IV)

1912…Pretty Dam Quick II owned by A. G. Miles testing at speed on the St. Lawrence River just off Alexandria Bay. Winner of the 1912 Gold Cup at 36.8 MPH.
I can see his former summer home from my office window.
Regards, Dave Richardson

hydro identification & builder name request

Hello,
My name is Pierre and I work for the Rights & Clearance department of Getty Images.
Could you please kindly help me with identifying two clips of speedboats referenced # 254-34 & 254-28 on Getty Images?

Please view the video footage here: They were filmed in 1997.

Ideally, I’d like to get in touch with the makers of both boats. Thanks in advance for your precious help.
Best,
Pierre-Antoine Trossat
Project Manager, Rights & Clearance
Getty Images

702 GMC cubic inch

My brother is a Powertrain Engineer at GM and forwarded me these pics of a rare 1960’s motor GMC made very few of. Not boat rrelated, but you gearheads might want to check out the spec sheet the owner posted and notice Torque to HP numbers. Interesting. Would of made a neat lil tugboat powerplant.