CAVALIER TOO E-35
Tonawanda, New York 1968 ©
Phil Kunz
This is only the second race for the boat.
Frank
Farmer driving his CAVALIER TOO E-35
Not sure of race/year this photo was taken, but those exhaust pipes were not installed until 1969.
©
Phil Kunz
BUILDING
CAVALIER TOO E-35
Built in 1966 by Frank Farmer (using Lauterbach plans)
I had built
2 of my Uncle Will Farmer's designed 280's E-93 LINDA DIANE and
E-202 CAVALIER
which ran fair but the two boats I ran against were the ROWDY & the WILDCAT, so I
thought I needed a Lauterbach but I could not afford to buy
one. I talked to Mr. Lauterbach and he helped me build my own
Lauterbach, which did not go over well with Uncle Will Farmer, Sr.
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| Back in the day, I did not have a lot of money
and could not afford to go to all of the races. Not having money is why
I had to do everything myself. Lucky
for me when I was 10 or 11 years old, Uncle Will would pick me up on
the weekends and I would help him on Saturdays and again on Sunday. I
would still go to help him until I was 18-19 years old, so he taught me
about building boats. |
Earl
Kelly had a board to build the ribs on. I believe he
built a 225 named the Wildcat.
I borrowed the board from him and then I went down to talk to Mr.
Lauterbach and bought the deck radius and the laminated bow. I
don't remember about the engine stringers..After that first trip down
to his shop I would go down every Sunday and Henry would sketch out on
a note pad what I was to do during the next week. Over time I bought
all of the hardware from him: strut / shaft log / foot brace / throttle
pedal / motor mounts / rudder / seat and he made me the exhaust stacks
and lifting slings so I had everything for my boat that he used on the
boats he built.
When
I took the hydro down to his shop for him to tape the spear on the
cowling he gave me two of his chrome Lauterbach custom built boats
emblems (that I did not ask for) which really made me feel good about
the job I had done building the boat. Henry called it a
Japanese
copy. |
| Larry
Lauterbach and me standing on the deck with the lifting slings at the
1968 President's Cup Regatta in Washington D.C. I ran
second in the first heat on Saturday and won the second heat and both
heats on Sunday. |
E-35 CAVALIER TOO
Delaware 1968
I placed the "Lauterbach" nameplate that Henry gave me in the blue stripe above the seat.
The boat setting next to the E-35 is the Farmer E-202 I had sold & repainted for the new owner.
photo taken in Hampton, Virginia 1968
OTHER HYDROS BUILT, OWNED and DRIVEN BY FRANK
FARMER
I towed
my S-396
(145 cu in class hydro) to Elizabeth City, North
Carolina in 1972 with my new Chevelle.
S-396 Cavalier Too
Maryland 1971
You will note this boat is also campaigning under the name Cavalier Too
(I couldn't think of another name)
Cambridge, Maryland 1972
President's Cup Regatta
Washington D.C. 1972
President's Cup Regatta
Washington D.C. 1972
S-396
Norristown, PA 1973
I
am looking for more pics of my S-396
hydro (or any of these other hydros).
Thanks.
©
Frank Farmer
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