Pep Hubbell

[Skoontz]

Looking through some of dads old stuff, I see Pep Hubbell made a set of reed plates to fit OMC 36 cubic inch 25/30 HP engines. He took the standard factory casting for the port cover, then adapted a two finger style reed. The factory carb hole was plugged with a plate and dual carbs, one for each cylinder were used.
Seeing several versions of 36 cubic inch rat motors out there, one being my dad's who welded side by side carb mounts on the stack manifold, this set up claims to give 7-10% more punch than stock and looks like it made a whole lot more sense.

Now the question....Does anyone remember those in action, or harder question, does anyone have a set of them collecting dust?

Rumor had it someone bought most of Peps stuff for the 4-60's when the became obsolete and I often wondered how much is still floating around.....

[sam]

I'm pretty sure it was Jim Parker of CA that bought Hubbell's stuff

[oldracer]

Pep Hubbell

Skoontz= You might want to check with Steve Mulhollen of Santa Maria,CA. Steve had purchased the parts that were being sent to the scrap yard by Pep's widow. He had shipped most to MI when he moved and offered them for sale at AOMC meets he held in Port Huron, MI once a year. He has since moved back to CA and do not know what he had left.
Good Luck.
Ye Olde Desert Geezer
P.S. He is still an AOMC member.

[Skoontz]

Al:

Thanks, I know you had mentioned that to me a while back, so, I'll look him up and see if there is anything left. 4-60 megaphones or those bolt on cast aluminum exhaust dumps would be fun to get a hold of. I saw a set on a 4-60 powered midget race car from the 50's, but never saw them on a 4-60 boat motor.