Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

A modified Cougar Cat with 2 X Johnson V8 production engines..

[olboatman]

A modified Cougar Cat with 2 X Johnson V8 production engines..

Not sure I would want to get close to this with a bow like that ...reminds me of a heron's bill and ya know what thats used for!
Gary

[lars strom]

Magnum (copy) with 3 X Evinrude 235 V6 cross-flow production engines from Norway.

[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

F1-V8 racing from 1982.
#171 Luigi Valdano, #15 Allan Nimmo and #11 Bob Spalding all racing the first generation V8 3.5 liter 2 stroke, looper with carburetors.

[2us70]

What were they thinking?

A modified Cougar Cat with 2 X Johnson V8 production engines..

[lars strom]

Are you living the mobile snowbird life here in the US full time?

Our South Florida hide out.. Motorcoach Resort.

http://www.motorcoachresortstluciewest.com/

[lars strom]

This picture is from 1996 and our second American Eagle. We are parked outside Billy Seebolds race shop in Fenton, Missouri. We stayed a few weeks during the St. Louis race.
Next stop was Basalt, Colorado to visit Scott Gillman and stayed there a few weeks. Left with Scott and Troy Wood for the race in Las Vegas (Lake Mead)
21 years ago..Times fly.

Carina in a F1 ChampBoat with Mr. Bill..1996
Jepp..We visited the Seebold´s in Fenton, Missouri for the yearly big boat race and Mr. Bill asked me to go for a spin..I said No thanks but my wife Carina stepped aboard..
I took Carina to the “paint shop”..did not have a picture with her and Mr. Bill..good memories..Mr. Bill is the very best.
http://svera.se/blogg/carina-in-a-f1...-mr-bill-1996/

[lars strom]

A Molinari with Johnson V6 RS power. Probably a 2.448 cc and for sure a cross-flow.
Picture credit unknown.
I think the #484 boat is owned by a dealer in Texas..??

[lars strom]

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Tom Percival and me drove for the same sponsor in the F1-V8 race in Paris 1984. International Travel Card. (ITC)
Still looking for a picture of my #8 boat in the same paint design.

[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

Fred Steinberg in his red #14 Velden Racing/Johnson V8 3.5 liter 2 stroke looper, carb with 12 inch mid section.The 1984 model of V8 with new exhaust manifold and rounded engine cowling. (Fred raced this boat 1985)

[lars strom]

More Fred Steinberg..from 1985.

[Instigator]

That's a late era, as in late '90's or newer looper fish motor block on the floor between the the motors in the one shot.

A Molinari with Johnson V6 RS power. Probably a 2.448 cc and for sure a cross-flow.
Picture credit unknown.
I think the #484 boat is owned by a dealer in Texas..??

[lars strom]

Yes you right Instigator. It is a 2.7 or 3.0 looper production block on the floor and the new smaller Evinrude E-TEC is I think model year 2014..
Still the Johnson RS V6 race engine on the Molinari transom was introduced 1976 by OMC and was sold up to maybe 1979.