F-31
Isle View Park
Tonawnada, New York
 

E-Z-Duzit E-8
Owned by W S Pratt. Driven by Harold Sauterfield, rider was Bill's son, Billie.
Buffalo Launch Club
photo credit - Charlie Miller 
 
 
 
 

Waterbug F-37
Sam Guarino's Dodge 246 Hemi V-8 with Hilborn injection - 1954 or '55
photo credit - Charlie Miller
 
 
 

E-78
Dick Sooy drove & built hull and sold it to Arnold Boyance and ran it as the Mr Neon
Millville, New Jersey
photo credit - Ted Koopman
 
 
 

E-65 Miss Havana?
Skeeter Johnson driving Jose Acebo's 280 at Elizabeth City in 1959.
Acebo managed to get his 2 boats to Miami before Castro took power in Cuba. 
Acebo was a Batisto man, escaped to the US leaving his property and business behind.
 
 

Miss Jenny GP-56 & Miss B&H J-72
Miss B&H stood for co-owners/drivers Jim Burnham and Jim Helsel
Niagara River at Isle View Park 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Apache
Mike Thomas' 280 hydro
Saint Petersburg, Florida
print - Ed Trayford collection of Tonawanda, New York, provided by Ken
 
 

Sally Ann, Jr. F-10
W. E. John - Owner/Driver
 
 
 
 
 

Mama's Mink F-22
Less family - owner/driver
 
 
 
 
 

Gambler II, E-288
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

VOODOO F-15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sea Biscuit F-5
 

1200 cu in class action at Tonawanda, New York
 

Kat-N-Nan Y-216
Paul Bauer from Cincinnati in one of his famous "Kat-N-Nan" hydros that he built himself.

Tempo U-13
This is an undated photo from the collection of 'Bullet' Bob Schroeder. A youthful Bob is in the driver's seat of the U-13 TEMPO.
The cowl lettering indicates the unlimited was owned by Bernie Little and driven by Guy Lombardo. 
An Anheiser Busch logo is visable by the seatback. TEMPO is painted on the valve cover. 

Guy Lombardo's Tempo
The world famous four-seater Beer Wagon was the boat that introduced Bernie Little and Anheuser-Busch to Unlimited racing.
 
 

Bob Schroder is third from the left in the front row with the white shirt.
 
 

Stormalong
Gordie Reed in one of his early conventional Schroeder hydroplanes at Grand Island, NY.
Photo - Ted Koopman
 
 

Top pic - Shorty's Lauterbach Special E-46
Miss Peaches E-15 Ronnie Hearn | Bottom pic - Bo Bo Too E-45 Al Baker







L to R: Don James, Ed Schroeder, & Dave Norton
Photo by Norman McKay
 
 

Sho' Is Y-8
 

Alter Ego F-1
Italian photo studio in Torino, Italy (according to the stamp on back)
 

Yankee Doodle V A-62

It's A Wonder G-88

G-88
Note on back of photo
 
 

Third Generation N-23
I shot this photo in the 1970's at Tonawanda, NY's Isle View Park Race course. 
A 225 Buick powered  Jones that went on the become a prolific winner in the Canadian 360 class when powered by  a 350 Chevy. 
Look at the super re deck job installed by Joe Gimbrone. 
Who is it?  It was eventually sold to a fellow in NJ and vanished.
Anyone know what became of it? Original owner looking for it. 
 

© 2006 Bill DeGlopper

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