Picture from it looks like Hinton

[roperz111]

I don't think it's Hinton, or in 1969. Isn't that motor the Hot Rod 15SS? If so, that motor was not around in 1969, it came out around 1974 or so. I remember all the mess with trying to make that motor legal in ASH with its different 16:21 gear ratio and larger carb. That was all around '74-'75.

Also, that bank simply doesn't look like the Hinton shore used to look. It had a very rocky shoreline all the way into the water. The mountains in the background are close, but they just don't look like the Hinton mountains.

[modracer7b]

I don't think that is Hinton. The beach is too smooth. I remember the Hinton rocky shoreline well.

[MARK JOHNSON]

I was thinking Rainbow City also.

[G Stillwill]

That motor has a Carter Carb so its not a 15SS as they had a Tilly pumper carb so most likely its a 20 cu in B motor which had the Carter Carb.

[bethann]

Hinton

In the background on the right side of the photo is a Converted 20-H. Did the Hot Rods and 20-H'S run together ?

[A/B Speedliner]

20h

Yes they did

[Ron Hill]

Yes and No are Both Correct

Yes they did

Not knowing if you can tell, but when Swensen (The company Tom Moulder worked with) built the Hot Rod, many or maybe most were 15's. They ran by themselves as 15 SS R and 15 SS Hydro.

The 20-H kit came out in '59. By 1960 most of the Hot Rods were parked or made into MODS. Roger Steerman ran the last Hot Rod, at the 1960 Beloit Nationals in qualifying with an open stack.......to show the Mercs the hot rod could beat the 20-H if the stacks were open. Paul Kalb, cranked Roger's motor as I recall!

[A/B Speedliner]

Hot Rod

Ron
I think we established these were 20CI Hot Rods, therefore they would run with the converted 20H which is why Mercury built the conversion. Before that the HR could beat the unconverted 20H. Now we run against the 15CI modified HR with our 20H's in what was called AMod and I guess is now call 250Mod? So this probalbly is 1959 or 1960?
David

[G Stillwill]

Actually when Swanson took over the company they cast new 20 cu in blocks, different pistons and a new style carb which APBA approved. No body took notice as everyone was running converted 20H's. Bob Austin build one and showed up at Cooper River N.J with it and ran second to some of the best 20H's in the country. Of course the motor was protested and found to be leagle with the new block, pistons and carb. Word got out then and there was alot more hotrods running with the 20H' then. This was 1976 I was at that race and my Dad was the ref.

[Ron Hill]

Thanks, george....

So, this is a picture of????????

[A/B Speedliner]

Narrowing the time frame

So we have narrowed the window that this picture could have been taken from between 1959, the year of the conversion to at least 1976 or possiblle beyond?
David

[A/B Speedliner]

Looking at picture again

I looked back at the pictue again and it appears the boats are all single cockpit boats. I think it was sometime around 1960 or 1961 APBA changed the rules eliminating the front cockpit?
David

[G Stillwill]

Ron if I was to guess I would say its early 60's

[Graham]

Contact ebay seller for further info???

[5-A]

George - I like the Bob Austin reference, I believe I may know that motor and even where the block is sitting right now

- anyone have a hot rod crank they want to sell?