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How are you doing with all the rough weather up there?
Thanks for asking. Well..Friday night around 7PM we got some bad weather. Heavy rain/wind and tornado warning around the lake area.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
No damage and the storm traveled east and did heavy damage in western Illinois, Kentucky and TN.
Yesterday we went to a Christmas party and had some fun..:):cheers:
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That mid section does not look like a Mod 50? It looks like a SST45 or 45SS mid?Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerH
Can a Mod 50 powerhead be bolted to a SST45 mid? I wouldn't think a SST45 gearcase would last too long powered by a Mod 50 engine? Maybe a kilo but not lap racing.
The mid was a one off I was told.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
2cyl and 3 cyl powerhead bolt surfaces are completely different
It was a modified short shaft 3 cyl. mid section used 1975..(The 45 SS mid section came many years later)
I used a similar 3 cyl. powerhead in a factory OE class boat 1975.
More about that here:..https://svera.se/blogg/racing-histor...-factory-1975/
Yes..it's Jimbo..he told me the record story.
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Roger Jenkins won the 1975 UIM OE class World title with a similar power-head on a racing mid section. He drove a Johnson and I drove the Evinrude.
The World Championship race was run in Aix-les-Bains, France.
I was still struggling after my big crash..Roger won pretty easy over Renato and Bob Hering racing the Merc 3 cylinders.
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OMC did have a APBA Mod 50/UIM OE class racing mid section/gearcase 1975.
Roger Jenkins raced a Johnson and I the Evinrude..here is a link for more:..https://svera.se/blogg/uim-oe-class-racing-1975/
Regarding the success for the UIM SE class Merc 650 XS in Europe...I get to that later...
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Isn’t that an Eldredge lower on the mod 50?
Damn Lars, I wish I was as good looking as you then all them perty girls would hang on my arm..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
@ron54 Well..Thanks..some days are better than others..all friends of mine and Carina was keeping an eye on me..:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by V pads
I dont know what lower unit Fred Hauenstein used for the little hydro/Mod 50 record.
We used a different mid section and a V4 racing gear-case for tunnel boat racing in the OE class 1975..
Later 1976 the completely new OMC CC came for APBA Mod 50/UIM OE class.
Didn’t catch that but looks right to me.
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Originally Posted by V pads
I did read somewhere else about the Merc 650 XS was successful in Europe..Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Well..in Europe the 650 XS was raced in the UIM SE class and the Offshore E class..the two classes I raced in at that time.
The answer is the 650 XS could not compete with the production OMC 3 cyl short shaft and even less against the FT-19S.
In all the SE/E class races 1975 and 1976 no win for the Merc..
Here is the first meeting..
Beating the new SE Class Merc 650 XS was easy 1975…but a long story the first time..!!
The Scandinavian UIM SE Championship 1975 took place in Forsaa, Finland.
Around 25 boats were in place at this beautiful Lake, and Mercury had just released the new 650 XS UIM SE class race engine and lots of people was hoping the new Merc could give the OMC drivers a run for the money.
Driver Bo Nilson (6) was backed up by AGB, the Swedish distributor for Johnson and I by Huzells, the Swedish distributor for Evinrude. (1)
The strongest Finn was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and a few more drivers from Denmark
and Norway with the new Merc.
The rest was using OMC 3 Cyl. 75 Hp. Four heat and three counts as normally and a clock start.
I did not know how strong the new Merc was, but I was very well prepared and after
the first heat the good news was that the new Merc was no match (sorry
Mercury) and the fight was as usually between Bo (6) and me (1) and some other OMC
drivers.
In the second heat Bimbo Aminoff took the lead but after a few laps I past him and so did Bo but I made a mistake in one turn and Bo past me
for the win.
Well, I do not remember exactly but it came down to the last
heat and the winner of that heat was the overall winner of the race and I was
the lucky one again with only to tens of a second over Bo Nilsson, and I was now
the Scandinavian Champion for the third consecutive year.
Well not yet, because third was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and he filed a protest.
Bo and I did not have any spray paint on our gear cases.
You where allowed to sharpen the skeg, and sand on the gear case if you still was within the template.
We pass that test easy, but the Chief technical inspector said that you must spray paint the gear case, and ours was just polished aluminum
so he disqualified Bo and me.
Bimbo Aminoff was now declared the winner and Bo Nilsson went nuts.
I know how angry he can get, and it turned ugly. After a major argument we left for Sweden and straight to Roland Rosenholtz, the Swedish Power Boat Federations chairman to tell him the
story, but he was already informed.
Mr. Rosenholtz made a few phone calls to Finland and UIM.
“There was nothing in the UIM rule book saying the gear-case must be painted/or not painted”
After a few days I received the Trophy and the price money
from Finland and I was officially the Scandinavian Champion 1975.
Thank you Roland Rosenholtz
Next story here….https://svera.se/blogg/racing-histor...secutive-year/
The Swedish Daily News Paper-Dagens Nyheter July 7 1975..(first picture)
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So, did the UIM update the rules for gearcase paint?Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
An old stock outboard racer taught me a trick to do with any running surface that had contact with water. Spray paint with flat black primer and wet sand with 400 grit.
The fine sanding scratches kind of form a "film" of bubbles with the water. Very similar to the slime fish have on their scales. Always did this with Merc Phantom Black and nobody noticed (LOL). :rolleyes:
The Mercury inline motors all shared the same basic design. By the mid 1970s that design was pretty much maxed out. I found out that trying to keep up with those fresh designs was hard. In 72 and 73 the 650s were not competitive in the production class but still ok in the sport class. after 73 not so much.
No need for that..it was legal without paint.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
OMC's spare part gear-cases came without paint..but the gear-case must meet the UIM homologation template.
Wow
My first visit to Lake of the Ozarks was 1993.
I did not know they run the Unlimited Hydro Planes here already 1983.
Got this from a friend of mine tonight
Attachment 498576
This is a OMC Sweden / Lasse Ström Marin ad from 1980 using my racing success to sell more new outboards.
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The last line above (PS) in my Swedish ad 1980 is pretty special..
Translation:...Evinrude World Champion 1980 in the
UIM OE class John Hill / Evinrude CC
UIM ON class Renato Molinari / Evinrude V6 CCC 2 liter
UIM OZ class Renato Molinari / Evinrude V6 CCC 3 liter.
All three major UIM classes World Titles was won by Evinrude 1980..:cheers:
Just another fact..
Love to have a comment from Sir Jackie Wilson about that..:)
Pretty cool picture of Charlie Strang..
Not so sure he enjoy the moment..:)
Thanks Chris Jost.
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Funny
Like the 7.5HPQuote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Well yes but a thinner mid section and a smaller cc power-head.Quote:
Originally Posted by FMP
Must be a New Years party. Barb seems to be enjoying it.
Another Charlie Strang picture.
This one includes Mr. Bill.
Not sure who is in the center.
Thanks Chris Jost.
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More Charlie Strang.
My guess is from a boat show.
Thanks Chris Jost.
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A Christmas card from OMC racing Europe 1989.
Leo Molendiik (to the right) was running OMC racing in Europe.
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Micheal Jenkins to the left is still involved in outboard racing. Freddy above him is a very good outboard technician.
Regine organized the OMC racing department in Brugge.
Yes..:thumbsup:
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
This decal was made by Evinrude/Huzells Sweden 1975/76. I got license #1 from the Swedish Powerboat Federation at the same time.. You can clerly see Evinrude/Huzells Sweden used my 1974 Clerici with the Paris race # 48 as a template for the decal.
Great memories.
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Beating the two 6 cylinders Königs with my 3 cyl. Evinrude CC was no problems in the World Championship race Drammen, Norway 1982...
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After Drammen, Norway 1982 it was time for the British/John Player Special GP in Nottingham UK.
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Time to take off..!!
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Me and #5 Tom-Erik Braaten in Nottingham 1982.
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Me and #5 Tom-Erik Braaten in Nottingham 1982.
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Lars: Wishing you and your wife a Merry Christmas.
Those had to be the most beautiful boats of tunnel hull era. I just love those linesQuote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Thanks @sharpeye Mike
The row boat stadium in Nottingham was perfect for boat racing. (1982)
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Merry Christmas Carina & Lars.
It was a real pleasure meeting you two in Havasu.
Really hope we get to meet again sometime.
Peter Wilson