All 2015 monthly calendars now have photos.
Our best to all the teams heading to Wheeling!
L’Atomique
Paul Reid sent me a note that this hull was designed/built by Jerry Longtin who was famous for his CANADIANA hulls. Built circa 1946 and won Valleyfield in 1956 with Francois Lavinge at the helm. In looking at the L’Atomique you can see some of the same design DNA that would be later be applied to the future Canadiana designs, especially the rear cowl. Just looks way ahead of its time.
Cheers – Ross McCracken
Miss Heidelberg
Miss Heidelberg J-18
was originally The Redskin, built by Ron Jones, Sr.
16 photos added to the Wolbert family photo album
Sunshine Baby F-57, the 2nd and 3rd hydros
Both photos added to Ray Gassner’s Sunshine Baby webpage built and maintained by Brent McLean.
Barracuda F-77 & Lyndora F-36
This photo added to Tim Settle’s BARRACUDA page.
Thanks Keith Brayer for the photo.
(see below for more info on Lyndora)
Tomyann H-90
This is Joe Taggart’s 7 Liter hydro “Tomyann” that had 3 Mercury flathead engines.
It was reported that the front one was hooked direct and the rear two were connected via belt drives.
The belts kept burning up and the idea was scrapped and a Fageol bus engine was used instead.
Phil Kunz
Three V8-60’s
135 cu. in. x 3 = 405 cu. in. = seven liter
