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.

Hydrocart

I HAVE LOOKED AND LOOKED ALL OVER FOR INFO OR ANYTHING ON THIS THING AND HAVE FOUND NOTHING.
THE TITLE SAYS IT IS A 1966 8FT. PLEASURE CRAFT
POWERED BY A KICKASS 2 STROKE MCCULLOCH MC75 RECREATIONAL ENGINE WITH A GLASSPACK EXHAUST AND FULE CELL BEHIND WHERE YOU SIT

I HAVE THE TITLE AND EVERYTHING BUT STILL NO LUCK FINDING INFO

ITS VERY FAST AND PRETTY STABLE IN THE WATER
ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE A HUGE HELP THANKS–  BRETT  GILROY CALIFORNIA

Scripps V-12 in a Riva

Dear Friends,
Here is our latest and perhaps the last article in our series following the journey of Perlita Too. But please stay tuned as we may have an interesting piece of news.
A special Thank you to all the wonderful friends we made at Riva days ~ please lets keep the conversation going.
And be sure and watch what Woody Boater will be saying about Perlita Too.
Cheers to all.
James Ferris & Caroline Di Diego
Perlita Too ~  BarnFindRiva.com

Heavy Hauler

Three very poor pictures of the Heavy Hauler as I found it in Seattle .

Bill Smart,  Boise, ID

I r’cd this pic June 3, 2011 — I wonder how it has progressed…anybody know?

Franny Conenny’s online photo album

Dave Wagoneer forwarded the following:

Fran Coneeny raced in nearly all the limited classes.  He started in the 48s and worked his way to the J class.  Many of his boats carried the name Ulua Kai.  Fran is one of those drivers who doesn’t get the recognition he justly deserves.  A very competitive driver, Fran kept his boats in pristine condition.

The photo album is here.

webmasters note: I highly recommend everyone checking out these pics / news articles in detail. There is much history here. I especially enjoyed seeing all the different tow vehicles he had over the years. Awesome equipment. Sure would be great to add most of these pics to our database so the search engines can find it better. If someone can get the family’s permission, would like to do that. Anyways, for now – I placed a link on our LINKS page to get to this photo album under the vintage boats & folks, under Mr. Conenny’s name.