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Check this out, they actually built a production boat with an outboard motor installed...

From the memorabilia archives.....still seeking a photo of the building with the hydroplanes on the roof.

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Bernie Little, the hydro owner, sure had deep pockets from Budweiser to win at any cost....ironic you post that photo, that tow truck was actually posted on eBay within the last year. I thought I...

Thanks for posting the link - very cool photos!

Jack Schafer Jr. is a really neat person with numerous hilarious boat racing stories....he drove the last V-8 automotive piston powered hydroplane...

Engine Technology has changed for many of us.....instead of running small & temperamental "nitro" motors, I now run larger boats with highly-modified "weed-wacker" gas motors that produce 8.25 HP @...

Unfortunately no, been many-many years since.....lagoon is also severely
choked with underwater & surface weeds, cannot run boats to setup or practice either [[city liability). Even the guys with...

^ Thanks -- nice photo!

Do you remember when the Detroit News included the weekly pictorial in the Sunday news & the writers, authors, journalists, etc. elaborated on all of the positive events &...

The year for that photo was 1976.....when the hydro's raced in Detroit [[6/27) that year, the race was postponed until after 7:00PM due to whitecaps coming out of the west. Miss U.S. driven by local...

Here's the boat in 1971 w/o the cool paint job....

The '68 Gale's Roostertail took paint jobs to a new level....candy colors as shown included red, yellow, green, & blue that changed shades in the sun! :cool:

Sure would have liked to seen those photos.....never had the opportunity to watch from the Boat or Yacht Club. Sat & viewed from the Belle Isle Bridge in 1974, excellent view, especially when they...

Ok, prize won, you guessed the reason behind my name.....every time the Miss Smirnoff passed the crowd in Watersworks Park, I remember the fan's yelling & raising their drink. Back then, I thought...

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Rolls-Royce - Totally Agree!!!!! :cool:

1968 shot in the Detroit Pits with Dave Diles.....

Anyone have photos they can post or share with the racing boats or Unlimited Hydroplanes [[Such Crust, Miss Wayne) they had mounted on the roof back in the 1960's.....[[Dewey's Lumberville on Schaefer...