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
PDQ II
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.
Miss Reno U-00
I love the vintage site! I’m just getting into it, mostly to try to locate some of my family’s old boats from Tahoe in the 50s-60s.
I’ve been digging around for info on Miss Reno U-00, because of an old photo I’ve got, and I can’t hardly find anything. Is there something I’m missing? Did her name change, or did she sink?
Thanks 🙂 Rocky Mullin
Early Cruiser race – Detroit?
My brother Rich is restoring one of these. It is a 40′ Liggett & gorgeous brass castings of the DYC club in the interior. His was called American Lady . That owner was CEO of a Brassier Mfg Co. The cruiser was also owned by commodores of the Detroit Yacht Club.
Note the racing #’s on the sides of the hulls.
Bill DeGlopper
