Bill Holder and Phil Kunz contribute an article to Engine Builders magazine
Monthly Calendars
They are back for 2015. Please note – as soon as I get the 2015 APBA V&H Event Calendar from the APBA VH folks, I will add the dates to these monthly calendars.
Andiamo
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The start of a new year signals that all the old vintage hydroplanes and owners, like a very fine wine, are just getting better with age. (Hmm….that sounds good, so I’ll go with that).
Every year new year also brings forth a few more vintage hydroplanes that will be reincarnated back to it’s former glory.
The latest project seen at John Jenkins shop is a blunt nose Jones 145 ci hydroplane vintage (1970?).
The boat is the former TOR-GRE for which is was built for & campaigned by the Barker Family out of western New York state.
The hydro then moved on and became the ANDIAMO campaigned by Tony Lamontia in the 1980s (dictionary tells me this boat name is Italian for – “Let’s Go; Hurry Up“) .
From there, it moved on and was campaigned by Jeff Corrigan as WONDERFUL SENSATION and was last raced up into the early 90s when mandatory cell rules were implemented.
The Lamontia Bros. have acquired this hydroplane and commissioned John Jenkins to restore her as campaigned by their father — ANDIAMO.
Thanks to Phil Kunz for the story and photos!
Mom’s Worry A-55
Mom’s Worry A-55 has 24 photos posted to their webpage. This is the boat built by “Pops” Weber for his son Ray in 1962. They raced the boat for 5 years then sold it. It was located by Ray’s son, Mark in 2007 and restored by Scott Liddycoat.
Berlin VI
Berlin VI was constructed and built by Kurt Gersch of Wiesbaden, Germany.
The boat won every race in its class in 1956 including the 1956 World Championship in Cannes.
Rolf Gersch found his father’s old boat (that his father originally built) and restored her back to life.
Click here to read more of the story on this beautiful boat.
….let’s try another one using monthly calendars.
This one made from all the photos used to make the monthly vintage event’s calendars from 2005 – 2014.
Photo from a Moment
All the pics that have graced the home page of TVH from the last 14 years put into a slideshow, accompanied by a some rhythmic music. It’s 11-1/2 minutes long as you work your way through the 170 great photos…so you might want to get comfortable, sit back and I hope you enjoy it.
If you have a larger computer monitor, the slideshow is best viewed by clicking the icon share button on top of You Tube screen, which is next to the “I” [info] button. After that, click the “more” button after it appears. This will surf you over to You Tube, which will let you view/select the slideshow in “Theater” mode, which is the best “sized format” to view this montage of great old photographs.
Notre Dame
