Lighter Side (share your old photos)...

[DeanFHobart]

Sign

Really Cool.

In the sign..... Who is Howard S. Reed... "General Merchandise" ??

Grandfather and founder of the Fishers Landing Racing CLub in 1949 raced in the Presidents Cup

[MGallagher]

A few oldies...

[Slowboat510]

Oak Harbor, Washington

Here are 2 sequence photos taken in the late '70's at a Whidbey Roostertails race at Oak Harbor, Washington in the salt water! 6 boats started, only 2 came out of the first turn. Wish I had a picture of that first turn. It was wild!
Notice, there are no boat carts and no cutdown cockpit sides. The Yamato 80 had just came out.
I would like to see if any of these boats or drivers could be identified. I know that the blue/white/yellow picklefork was driven by a guy named Mumford. I don't know about the 2*US, but would like to know more. Looks like a Craig Craft or Demaray. There are some new Karelsen pickleforks too if you look close. These were the first picklefork outboard hydros I can remember seeing.

[Ron Hill]

Winternationals 1970

+Jimmy Dawe met up with some land swindlers and they wanted to put on a race. They were selling lots a Golden Shores, Arizona...about five miles from the river...

I suggested the name Winternationals. (They had like $50,000 to put on a boat race). So, when my brother, Russ Hill Jr. went to the APBA National Comvention and said we were having a Winternationals...everyone except the Californians went nuts.

They said we were making the NATIONALS a cheaper event...My brother explained that Clyde Winter and Fred Nationals didn't care about the Natioanls the just wanted a boat race named after them....

The Winternationals paid $45,000 in 20 DOLLAR BILLS and gave a way two $6,500 lots. I won one lot and Clark Maloof won the other...I later sold my lot for $12,000....

This is F Hydro.....19-C was the winner!

[Ron Hill]

1967 Bay City, Stock Marathon Nationals

Last ones for now...

That bottom picture was taken by me, at Bay City, 1967...The Wild Ones...

POST # 12....

[Ron Hill]

"TURTLE EXPRESS" 36 Runabout

25 HP Jonson, Cary two balde brass wheel...37 MPH...Hauling the mail....

[Dew1us]

This is a Drawing my Cousin did for me from the Youngstown Nationals for JSR.

Can you name the other drivers.

[jtower3941]

Paul tower

This is my brother in his j runabout.

[Dew1us]

I recognize, Kevin Daley kneeling, Leigh Furnal, Bill Stat far right

Hey Scott your incorrect as it is Jon Stone Kneeling.

[champhotrod]

Guess who

This is an easy one! Look Mom, no hands!

[John Schubert]

Flying Chips

This is an easy one! Look Mom, no hands!

Craid Dewald

[champhotrod]

Dayton 75

1975 Stock Nationals

[champhotrod]

Stock Outboard

Anybody know what this is?

Cooper

[champhotrod]

CDs

If you like the old 1955 and 1956 photos I have two CDs left for sale with shots of the 1955 and 1956 Winnebagoland Marathon boat race. Pit shots and action shots.
$20.00 each postage paid.

Cooper Jess
920-748-7661

[John Schubert]

Johnson PO15?

Anybody know what this is?

Cooper

Johnson PO15 used either in CU (Evinrudes were better as they had a smaller gear case) Or as used in CM class.