Jack Hines’ Miss Peg and Paul Poledink’s White Lightning vintage hydroplanes will wow the car buffs attending Detroit Autorama this weekend.
email address
Just a note for anyone who has a webpage on TVH’s website. I r’cd an email from someone who spotted a person who was incorrectly identified in a photo caption & wanted to correct the names on a historical photo posted on a boat’s webpage. This person tried contacting the person who now owns & restored the boat, by clicking the name of the person on the bottom of his webpage, but the email address is no longer valid. That person then sent me an email and I made the correction on the photo caption. He also had some other tidbits of info he wanted to get to the owner.
Folks – check your email address for accuracy on this website. Not a big deal at all for me to change out an email address on a webpage. I hate to see anybody missing out on making a connection or gaining more insight on your boat’s history, simply because of an old email address that is no longer valid.
Phil Spruit – webmaster
Where Are They Now?
Dennis Baxter is looking for his father’s old hydroplane from Canada.
This and other boats people are looking for — in TVH “Where are They Now? section.
Miss Nehi
Jim Retif’s Miss Nehi (1952 High Point champion) in the 135 cu. in. class. The driver is Bobby Bourcq. The news photographer Bobby is holding on to is unknown. Phil Kunz obtained the photo from Ennie Argence’s scrapbook. Ennie was the National Champion and kilo straight-a-way record holder in the 266 cu. in. class hydro Gun Shy in 1960.
Small Barn find hydro
Ray sends in these photos and he has been trying to estimate the age of this 9′ step hydroplane.
If any one has any ideas on this, please contact Ray Robbins @ rjr26pt2@yahoo.com
How to move a boat off it’s work dolly unto a road trailer?
Step One: Hire someone who has the correct equipment.
Step Two: You’re done.
Miss Laval
Hello Vintage Hydroplanes website,
I just came across your site as I was looking up information on older hydroplanes. My father (Réal Lavoie) had one for a couple of years and my sister in law just scanned this old pic of him with his boat, dating from 1968. We lived in Laval, QC, Canada and we would go the various regattas in the province (Valleyfield, St Felicien, Bauharnois, Pointe aux Trembles, etc).
The fashionable thing at the time was to name your boat “Miss (city name)” so ours was the Miss Laval, #41 with a Chevy 280 cu in engine, so he raced in the 280 class. I was 10 years old at the time but I have many memories of that boat and the races. There was a driver with the family name “Leboeuf” that would often win at that time… Just seeing your site brings back many more!
This is the only photo I have at this time.
Thanks!
Guy Lavoie