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http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnew....jpg?ve=1&tl=1Jackie: just for you. A rotary engine (made in England) drone.
Hiya JohnnoQuote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Knew there had to be a use for them somewhere-------tried 'em on dustcarts, steam rollers, dumper trucks, but nothing worked, so I suppose this is the last chance saloon?
Jackie: This engine is the remains of the Norton engine and actually is the largest number of drones produced world wide. Its been flying for many years now; like 10 or 15. It's produced in England and must help your tax situation immensely if the drone costs $1.5m. You forgot the Merc beater OMC 4 rotor.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Good morning Johnno------they don't call you you "Rotary" John for nothing do they-------talk about letting sleeping dogs lie ?
Mercury beater------or did you mean egg beater ?
Shoulda been called the "NEARLY MOTOR"-------- claim to fame ? One fast lap at Parker before it turned its toes up and died ( Along with its running mate )-------if it had kept going for another eight hours and fifty two minutes it might have won !
Six wins--------two by default-------by my estimation ,that works out at around two million dollars a win---------not a lot of companies could afford that, meanwhile around the world where hundreds of guys were racing the black beasts you could buy off the peg ( and winning) life went on!
Just how many "Wankels" did you make in total Johnno ?
I know you never even managed to actually sell one to a member of the public!
Wonder what the price tag would have been?
Was the Norton engine derived from the Suzuki ?
Twas always said that when modern technology could make a rotor that would stand a bit of wear and tear, the rotary would prove itself------are we far enough down that road yet ? I mean to say, it's coming up fifty years since the valiant but failed rotary experiment!
I think the price tag of 1:3 million for a drone says it all !
The Suzuki engine was actually done with the help of Mazda. The Norton engine was the remains of the Fictel & Sachs engines of the '70's. We actually sold a bunch of rotaries in 1973 & '74. Many of which are still running 40+ yrs latter.
I did get to ride the Suzuki Rotory, was surprised how smooth and quiet it was, but again Johnno like all the other efforts at "Rotorization"------ it died.
At that time, I was impressed enough to think there might have been a future for rotaries ------but I was wrong!
Dont know if I'm ever going to get that bottle of malt----- medical insurance is prohibitive, in spite of the fact I never had a claim. No way can I justify being insured!
Workshop is up and running and I just started on a GP Laudabach or a Staudacher, not sure which, see if I can get away with it again.
Been snowing on and off all day, temperature hardly went above freezing, just turned up the heat in the shop and got on with it.
New shop turned out well, bit more compact but everything is in place. Don't waste time looking for things any more.
We got a houseful of people staying the weekend-------Ivan's wife Kate and the three kids, Olivia, Scarlet and Lucas. It's Lizzie's second birthday today --------- so it's great to have them all for a while.
Went to the Black Horse at Binstead for dinner last night------ kids behaved impeccably !
wont get much done today, teaching Lucas the intricacies of the Bow and Arrow, whilst I'm no Robin Hood, I am a tolerant teacher.
Finally stopped snowing, maybe that's our winter been and gone, one days snow should be enough for anyone !
Sound of kids, shouting, arguing ( discussing ) Pushing, shoving------where's my breakfast ?----bloody long time since I last heard that kind of noise--------no peace for the wicked------time I was out from between the sheets.
Lizzies second birthday so definately had to put in an appearance------that meant I didn't get much time in the shop. Did make a few inroads into the Lauderbach, got a couple of ideas on how to mount it. Finishing the concepts will be left in the very capable hands of JOHN Schubert-------I just don't have the patience or the capability as him.
Have four of them almost ready for shipping.
Having a spot of bother with the new Leica -------every time I try to download the pickies to the iPad Pro, , I get the same result-------not possible to download, as it is a RAW file This means basically-----the piccy is too good------too many pixels for a poor iPad pro . Maybe somebody out there can put me right.
Finally ----Craig's wife Jessica gave birth to a 9 lb baby boy, last night , just after 11 pm !
I now have 11 great grandchildren to match the 11 grandchildren' from the five children of my own !
Lets give a warm welcome to Broderick Valdez Wilson -------Maybe carry on the fifth generation of the Wilson boat racing family.
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If if you have one of these, then you're an original and qualify !
Unfortunatle I was late to the party, but got there as soon as I could. So glad I got to run my boat at Cadillac's, tour the Geico garage, visit Wilson Custom Marine, and hang with a great bunch of ole farts. (2011)
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Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Not far off ready to ship to JOHN Schubert for the finishing touches .
Tail lights disappeared just before 10 am-----by ten I was beavering away like a long dog in the shop.
Trying to get all the concepts finished and out of the way before I start the next commission
Jackie: Is this your correct new address?
16 longmead
Walberton
bn18 0qg. UK
yes it is Johnno-------but please remember the old adage------receiving never quite lives up to the joy of expectancy ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Besides, I'm much happier knowing I have a great present safely in the bank, waiting for the day we can share it together.
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Must have had a mad fit of depression when I started this------one thing for sure, there won't ever be another !
Finally cleared the backlog of half finished projects---- really must buckle down and do one at a time, all the way through to the finish.
Very first commission I ever had was from Jim Hauser for the old farts trophy. Had one or two since then ,
Rich Luhrs and Roger Hinsdale amongst them.
Decks are cleared for the new commission.
I made such a pigs ear of the stacks on the three motors originally that I decided new ones that were within a gnats cod of each other had to be bloody good this time round.
Any damn fool can spin up a megaphone------takes a lot of care and practice to make nine identical------but I managed it !
Had put off finishing the Triple for damn near a year------was a foolish undertaking, but I doubted anyone had been stupid enough to try, so I built the Jones.
Mark reckons he would like to finish it off ------says it's worth a little time and effort !
I just don't have the time , energy or inclination to fanny about with it any more.
We're up to double figures from here on in, (10 degrees c = 42/3 degrees F), looks like we've seen the last of the winter--------was light until nearly 5:30 pm last night. Another five weeks and the clocks go forward, a sure sign that spring is in the air !?
Im full of no confidence about this new commission------I can normally pick holes in what I do. That's mainly because I'm always in a hurry and I need to get on to the next piece.
Been offered not just a big bag of gold------but a sackful, and an opportunity to make a whole bunch more, (providing they like the first one).
What I do and how I do it , is left to me, choice of materials-----size and subject is also open. Herein lies the problem ! Can I do it ? Am I good enough ? Will the finished article be acceptable ? Pondered long and hard last night--------mind was leaping about like a demented grasshopper .
Will pick a chunk of something up and play about and see what transpires-----I have three months to do it, should be interesting !
Hey Jackie- just touching base. I spoke with one of the donators for props and they should go out to me Friday .
If all goes well they will ship out towards the end of next week. I think I have at least 8-10 in the first batch from 29mm to 45/49mm range and one big ass prop about 70mm. :cheers:
Andy
Tripple - Nice :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Im damn near thinking if you unbolted all that other stuff , I could make that Tunnel run with a single OS -
Start hollowing that thing out Jackie, we can call it the Chissler- if
someone gets run over with that center deck
, they are getting cut in half........ :D
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Andy, I don't have the slightest idea about R/Cs ! I know they go like sh-t off a teflon coated shovel and the detail in the boat itself is beautiful.
Dont know how they build those things to scale and to perfection------far superior to anything I ever cobbled together.
Im one of those retired old gits who's not quite ready for the knackers yard, so I dream up the raceboats I remember and work a bit of wood and a chunk of metal, play with it, shape it and with a bit of "artistic license" and a sprinkling of luck, maybe something recognisable will come out of it.
I know I once saw a triple engined tunnel, can't remember if it had stacks, it was Havasu 1969 so I doubt it was a pickle, saw Seebold and Kennedy riding Jones hulls------the paint jobs were awesome.
Art Kennedy was running a green job and Billy was running "Old Blue"--- so with a bit of artists license the "TRIPLE, STACKED, JONES PICKLE" came forth and was created.
There was no such thing as a Mercury V6 back in those days, so the whole concept is a nonsense---but------ITS WHAT I DO.
Was just kidding with ya Jackie- ;)
I got my RC Tunnels covered. Got some props headed your way next week.
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Our old friend Don always dazzled in this 22' "TRIPLE, STACKED, JONES PICKLE"Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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So I wasn't dreaming Gene ! -----had totally forgotten it was the FBI that ran that particular rig !
Always wondered who designed the first Pickle ?
Molinari didn't fabricate a pickle until the fall of 1972, that was long after Seebold and Kennedy ran Jones Pickles in '69. Pretty sure the maestro "Willabee" will put us straight on that one! Maybe the unlimited s tried it first,
Small hydro's have tried the design, but I think that was much later !
Met Ron Jones when Pruett took me to see him------first time I ever saw a small block V8 that later powered all the Rover V8's made in England.
"You can forget the shop today"-------I want you to put in all the hooks for my paintings ! When my beloved gives an order, believe me, you better sit up and take notice ( that's if you want to continue living, eating like a king and even breathing) -------23 pictures later -----with two hooks per picture( (so they hang straight) I had the job licked.
Now you have to understand that the kitchen goddess is a superb artist with a vast range of ability in the noble art of paint spreading------she follows in the footsteps of Dega, Whistler, van Dyke, Rembrandt and Gainsborough -------so it's important that her efforts hang about right ! She must have been well pleased, she treated me to lunch at the "Crab and Lobster"
Good Morning Jackie!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
The Rover V-8 was a Buick!! Strange bedfellows?
When I was young (and brave) I drove a Kurtis powered by Buick--all aluminum--3.5 liters--running on fuel:eek:
You did know that Ron Jones passed away a few weeks ago?
Gene, what the hell will the rest of the world do when we're not there to show ' em how ?
Ron Jones had "loaned" the engine from Kiekhafer to make a KT boat, to this day, I am amazed at the number of prominent people Pruett knew.
Startedthe new "Concept"-----doing a dummy run for a start, just to give me some sort of idea which way is up!
Was bloody Thursday again today ------life's helter skelter just shifted up a gear!
I got a 'VIP Pit Pass' from Roger Penske--walked in to the pits feeling like Hot Sh-- There, talking to Mark Donahue was !!! !!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Really--he was on a first name basis with everyone!!!
I had to Edit--include this--I took this at Ft. Myers--84/85--
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Pruett could pull birds in a way George Clooney wished he could, didn't matter whether it was London -Paris--Berlin or Baltimore , Vegas or a deserted island--------he was a pussy magnet. What really used to piss me right off was the fact he was the ugliest SOB in the world-----his lop sided grin made him look like he just suffered a stroke. He had more wrinkles than my old granny, but the ladies used to throw their knickers at him everywhere.
Once walked into a bar in Tucumcari New Mexico with him, sat down with a Coors, I look up to watch the dancing and Pruett is chatting up this beautiful blonde with the Stetson, long legs, short skirt and sh-t kickers and coming on to the lady real strong, husband lands a fist on the side of the FBI's head, takes that black Navaho hat he was always wearing clean off------THATS WHEN THE TROUBLE STARTED .
Gene,Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
I didn't know that Ron Jones had died. Another boating legend gone-----I dare not look back at all the people I once knew and loved from the world of powerboats-------seems to me there are far more gone than there are left------
Garbrecht----Sirois-----Pruett-----Kabasta------Shooter ------Beard------Levi------Spalding------Percival
I could probably pull fifty names off'n the top of my head of people who were my friends at one time.
Make the most of 'em while there's still time-------pick up the phone and say hi-------internet is easy to use these days. Reminds me, I ought to give Seebold, Serra, Sirois and a whole bunch of folks a call, just to make sure their all alive and kicking (and to let them know I'm still around !
Pruett always had his head at pussy hieght-------(just checking out the architecture). He was one of a kind.Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Got a free weekend, no visitors . Already had a brilliant Friday----beavered away, made big inroads into the latest commission . As I usually do on something that I'm actually paid for, I do a "dummy run". On this occasion I am doing four or five------testing the water so to speak----this has to be the dogs cajones, it's a bit close to family to make a pigs ear out of..
looking for some sort of box so I can send some of the fresh built, but unfinished stuff to JOHN Schubert------very remiss of me.
Had another of my mad fits of depression at the scrapyard this morning, spent barrow loads of money
bought ten ingots of alloy to fabricate some of the new style outboard motors-----lets face it, none of them are pretty, not Even if you're Darth Vader !
Old motors had " character"-------new ones are like actors------they all look alike, just different colours, see what I can cobble together!
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New shape of outboard configuration------- maybe it's the shape of things to come-----modern outboards do not have the panache and flair of the last century outboards------even Jonrudes had a certain charm. Today's motors are completely characterless.
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Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Sort of like a--?
Pregnant Guppy??
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Guppy---------great universal provider y'all ?
Been there, done that, got the lousy T shirt------have to confess Gene, I never was pregnant !
A plum duff (pudding) is a thing of beauty compared to a latter day outboard----------so are assholes on a mud fence as our friend Pruett would say !
Not sure it's quite PC to say the damn things are FAT,UGLY AND HEAVY----probably very thirsty too at anything approaching WOT-----manufacturers have always lied about outboard fuel consumption anyway,
Bet you a pound to a pincha---next years ads will claim "more mpg than before"? Any takers ?
Jackie, what do you think of this old boat?
I was there at both events----Aix - Was the first time I ever saw the Torriggia run, first time I met the Rasini brothers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark75H
There was supposed to be three drivers per boat -----I was supposed to drive with Shakey Bill and AN other--------which turned out to be Bernard Michael . Uim then changed it to two drivers per boat, Bernard's father just happened to be OOTD and in charge of the whole event.
After the first practice session it was obvious to everyone that these new catamarans were head and shoulders above everything else, so the UIM would not allow them to run. This was then changed------they were allowed to run in the EXPERIMENTAL class ! But we're not eligable for prizes.
Shakey had two boats there, both the latest Avon Specials------Arthur Brown and my young brother (Nipper) drive one and Shakey and Bernard drove the other.
At the start, the two cats pissed off into the long distance and were never seen again until they crossed the line 24 hours later -------winners by a country mile------but of course, not recognised!
Nipper and Arthur were leading for the first ten hours with Shakey and Bernard second until well into the night when Arthur fell asleep and ran into a pylon.He was badly injured and the boat was a write off.
Shakey and Bernard won the race officially and I never did get a ride.
But I knew I had to have one of those boats--------in January 65. I went out to Italy and came back with that same boat that you see in the picture.
Attachment 367522I'm sure you will have heard of the "big easy !"------- Well, we now have the "Big Ugly"------ spent three hours Sunday morning cobbling this thing.
Got a full six hours in today--------workshop coming into its own---got one hell of a wriggle on today, life in the old dog yet.
Blade on the bandsaw was dull as ditchwater so I pulled a new one out of the box, folded the old one and then fitted it back on the bandsaw--------had to laugh at myself-------all bandsaw blades look alike, so it wasn't as bad as I thought and easily remedied ---------her indoors had just told me I was getting more and more stupid-----told her I was just testing her !
Was a time when I saved the blades and had them sharpened------nowadays I can buy blades that are cheaper than the sharpening. Just like a hand saw--------cheaper to chuck 'em and buy a new one than have them sharpened-------we live in a throw away society.
Mark and Craig have had all their jabs for the trip to Mumbai--------still awaiting the visas !
As always happens in racing, this one could not have come at a worse time, Jess just gave birth to her third son--------Craig just left Gieco for pastures new--------Mark moving house after seventeen years----Holy shamoly, can you imagine the junk and clutter that needs to be dumped after that length of time ?
Another day of hanging pictures and fitting soft close toilet seats, rubber stops on all the doors and cupboards------last of the curtain rails and new shelves in the utility! One thing for sure--------life don't EVER get "Tedious" in this neck of the woods ! Especially under the iron fist of "Her who shall be obeyed at all times"
Ah well, this won't buy the baby a new pair of shoes as the old saying goes------nearly seven and the sheets are hanging----haven't got that get up and go feeling today, the one that I Attachment 367588 get when it's a workshop day.Attachment 367587
thats what I've been working on the last week-----a case of getting it right. I know what I want-------it's a case of the ability not living up to the expectation-------the hands not creating what's in the mind.--------I will get it right !
Jackie, Your pictures make me think you are looking for a runabout style similar to the SpeedLiner or PennYan Swift. Great boats in their day. Alan and David VanWheele are still doing the SpeedLiners http://aeroliner-boats.com/5.html
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