Cancun, Mexico for the New Years Eve celebrations :cheers:
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Cancun, Mexico for the New Years Eve celebrations :cheers:
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Thanks Erik Nordskog.
(Charlie Strang for people who don’t know)
This is an original drawing by the great Powerboat Magazine art director, John Whorral.
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Originally Posted by lars strom
Jim Nerstrom
That’s a great picture. Thanks to Charlie’s interest in racing I got to design the V6 and V8 outboards shown
#11 Bob Spalding and #12 Bertil Wik.
Hodges/Evinrude F1-V8 fuel injection 6 inch mid section.
The year is 1985
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This is my little office in my Evinrude dealership the first year I started (1975) You can see the OMC racing poster on the wall with my
Clerici-Evinrude 65 SS 1973.
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HaaHaa the Evinrude t-shirt did not protect me from getting wet..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e...5/16/1f603.png
Swimming in a pool is not my priority..
— at Ocean Maya Royale Pool Bar.
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Midnight Express 32'
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Tom Percival F1 Stockholm GP 1984.
Tom was using the ITC as his sponsor. I also drove for ITC (International Travel Card) in the race before Paris, but used my own Evinrude dealership as my sponsor in Stockholm GP 1984.
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How did the front spoiler work out?
-BL
@BLisBack!
I tried front spoilers on my UIM SE class Clerici, OE class Burgess and my F1-V8 Burgess but could never get any better lap time with the front spoiler.
Thats my experience no matter what someone else says..:)
The front spoiler was a got spot for sponsors..:cheers:
Tom was using the ITC as his sponsor. I also drove for ITC (International Travel Card) in the race before Paris, but used my own Evinrude dealership as my sponsor in Stockholm GP 1984.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
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Here is a poorly quality picture from my #8 boat in Paris with ITC sponsorship. Tom and I was driving for the same team..!!.
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Did Tom's boat have one of those early safety capsule boxes beneath the cowl?
Not many people know this but Charlie was heavily involved in NASCAR..Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
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Strang had hoped the NASCAR business model would be replicated on the F1 V8 program but the sponsorship did not line up like it did for NASCAR.
Well..Charlie got involved in NASCAR many years after he closed down the OMC F1-V8 racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
The F1-V8 started 1981 abd ended after the 1989 season.
"Strang was a very popular figure in both the marine and NASCAR industries and was National Commissioner for NASCAR from 1998-2008"
The start in Stockholm GP 1984.
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Aarno Häkkinen #17 UIM Formula 3000 Hodges/Johnson V6 3 liter in Jyväskylä GP, Finland 1990.
(White boat behind is a Kent Rohm)
Photo: Tiina Haavisto
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Australian Bullet 2100 (21 feet) imported to NZ by water ski racing Legend Greg (Fido) Dutton in the 90s
Limited Editions- about 275hp each- sounded ‘the business’ & went good….
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Lennart Ström in his red #3 UIM SE class Sjoberg/Evinrude 75.
Lennart was very successful with this Evinrude powered Sjoberg cat.
This is from the early eighties.
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See..my brother did have a great Evinrude dealer as sponsor..!!..:)
LASSE STRÖM MARIN
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In the summer of 1987 Sture Sjoberg built Lennart Ström one of the first UIM Formula 3 - OE class tunnel boats with a safety cell.
This extra strong cockpit made the boat a bit heavier in the front.
Lennart raced the boat in Stockholm 1987 and later in the Paris 6 hour race in the beginning of October 1987.
As always the river Seine was very rough and a few hours in the race Lennart nose dived bad and destroyed the boat. Lennart was also hurt pretty bad..but as a strong viking he recovered fast.
A few pictures of Lennarts boat with race number 1.
The picture from the start in Paris Lennart was using #26 for the race.
(The Paris race organization always told us what racing number to use for that race only)
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I always thought the playing field for those willing to develop safety cockpits should have been leveled by increasing the minimum weight limit for everybody.
The National Boat Show, 1956, Designed by Brooks Stevens.
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UIM SE class racing in Den Bosch, Holland.
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Not sure..but probably from down under and towing a water-skier..??
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One more pretty similar picture of my brother Lennart..Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Lennart Ström Formula 3. Stockholm GP 1987. Sture Sjöberg boat.
Photo: Tiina Haavisto
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Learn something new everyday. Never knew Evinrude offered a "flower power" engine. :)
From what I understand it was a 3 cylinder 15" shaft that was offered in 1970.
Dealers were limited to order only 1 in there stocking order.
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#191 Jimbo McConnell's Scotti-Craft/Evinrude Rotary at the test station in Stuart, FL.
Its Robert (Bob) N West Jr in the driver seat for the picture
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Bo West
Here’s a little collection of K&O toy outboards I inherited from my father. I’ve added a couple over the years. Have a pic somewhere of him in his office at Evinrude with the motors on a stand in the background. Will post when I find it…
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Mary Fice
Johnson Sea Horse hockey team in Peterborough Ontario from days gone by..
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Peterborough has always been a great hockey town. Judging by the equipment probably mid-to-late 1950's !!Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Back when enameled pins were a big deal.
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How much for the set? :D
-BL
Yeah.........the graphics were a big deal back in the day. With today's computers, software and vinyl printing available it's easy to replicate this graphics set.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
She even looks like she's been hit'n the magic dust. Maybe the graphics are stock and that's just what she sees? :p
-BL
I can imagine the debates the graphics and marketing departments had about the graphics. They had to be in theme with "surfin" (Beach Boys) and flower power, etc. Anything political (peace sign) was off limits.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLisBack!
Very cool picture of the U-19.
Clear Lake, Texas 1983
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Not mine..Belongs to Dale SargentQuote:
Originally Posted by BLisBack!