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Originally Posted by lars strom
Interesting sidebar on the jump. It was not made at a blistering chine-walking 70 mph but rather a precise 53 mph approaching the jump bunks. The OMC 135 hp engine choice was influenced by having a lower CG than an inline Merc with more power. Having owned a GT150 myself, the hull had an intense chine walk near 60 mph that only could be eliminated by adding a pad on the stern (Classic Mod VP fix at the time)
53MPH? Makes you wonder why the Henrich cleaver.........
I ran in the 1966 Orange Bowl 9 Hour race. The single engine outboard class was won by a boat powered by the first really competitive OMC motor I had seen. This motor was on a European import deep V hull driven by a pair of brothers who had an Evinrude store in West Palm Beach. The brothers usually ran Offshore stuff and I don't recall seeing them around the OPC races. Do any of you OMC guys know anything about this motor?
this jump took a lot of work and a number of boats to complete. after almost giving up. bob hammond of glastron, called my boss, tommy hagood, about this project as they were good buddies and we were glastron distributors. we had an employee who had a lot of experience with jumping boats at cypress gardens. he went to louisiana and finally got the project done. his name was buddy boyles. as far as the part about chine walk, i spent many a weekend in a gt150. never had a pad, and steering on starboard side. it ran straught as an arrow, no chine walk, into the 70's on a keller speedometer. i was so impressed with this rig, i was tempted to run it in the fj class. i was running in the fj class at the time with a allison and the glastron would not turn as good as the allison.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
I can't remember the name of the university but they science'd the daylights out of the stunt before a propeller even turned in the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99fxst99
Turn as good as an Allison? My opinion would be the GT150 would have been a world champion barrel roller!
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Originally Posted by OLEGATOR
Another sidebar: What ever happened to the famous Glastron Moli twin that Fountain ran?
Anyone going to comment on the two skids they added to to the bottom so it would leave the ramp level?
You can see it in a couple of the pixs.
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Originally Posted by Instigator
Yeah................I remember those too. I'm thinking they were added to keep the hull level during lift off? I bet they had a terrible time getting a vee bottom off any kind of ramp. The GT150 vee bottom profile isn't anything like jump boats used ay Cypress Gardens. The jump boats were nearly flat bottoms (example: GW Invader ten footers).
I ran a 16' Action in J class a few times. The hull on that boat was taken from a Glastron. Sometimes it was like trying to race an outboard powered oil drum.
Another picture from Mike Bunting
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...9&d=1730358575
That is correct.
You can clearly see them in the jump scene stills.
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Originally Posted by WaterZebra
Yrs ago I bought a motor off of Little Barney who’s father started Action boats and we went to a storage unit in Key Largo and there was a small OB vee bottom upside down in the unit and when quizzed about it, he told me it was a 16’ Checkmate that they splashed to build the first Action from.
Not to say they never splashed a Glastron but that’s what I was told of that particular hull.
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Originally Posted by 2us70
I knew Barney from before he started up Action. He was at my wedding almost 57 years ago. Action was spun off Banshee Boats. Banshees were basically Glastron hull bottoms with a SK boat deck. Banshees were made as both outboard and inboard jet drive boats. Action was started with the outboard version of the Banshee molds. This was the original Action 16. Barney then built or acquired molds for 13 and 15 foot Checkmates and later another 15 Checkmate with a custom deck mold. I raced the plug boat for the 13' in G class a couple of times. I worked for Action a couple of times. The first time we were building the 16,15 and 13 which we stretched out to a 14' just before I left. The second time Action had changed over to building pretty much Hydrostream based boats and I worked on a couple of those molds. I also got the chance to drive a few of those boats. I was amazed at how easy those boats were drive at speed.
Cleaning out my warehouse this is my dad's old prop box it used to hold 6 propsAttachment 537618
Very cool story and thx for the history lesson!
Do you know Bobby Pezos?
I think he was involved in Action at some point.
And yeah, Monty gave me his 18’ Action w/a hot rod JohnRude for a day.
Ran 94 and was very predictable at speed.
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Originally Posted by 2us70
There was a second Glastron with 2 bad guys chasing Bond. The movie footage showed the boat clearing the cop car and landing in the canal completely out of control. Were the 2 bad guys crash test dummies or 2 very brave stunt people?Quote:
Originally Posted by OLEGATOR
Jim NerstromQuote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Jerry Kashmerick,
Thanks for posting those pictures. I still remember our last outing and driving the lower boat, certainly fast, 82mph is what some of the best race boats were doing at the time. The end of our day was somewhat surprising! Take care my friend.
Reverse hydros could be fast in a straight line but would lose all of their speed in the turns on a course running laps. They work extremely well in radio control model racing. (with inboard engines)
Jack Aylsworth
Group expert / All-star contributor
1920’s Racing Champ Helen Hentschel ran Evinrude, Johnson & Lockwood
Helen, a New York native, was a serious competitor running the top performance engines from all three brands in various classes. She is shown here early in her racing career in Miss Circuit Rider powered by a Johnson (photo lower left) for the President's Cup on the Potomac River. She pilots her Evinrude Speeditwin powered Miss RC Century racer (upper right) on Lake Templiner in Germany where she won the Class “B” Outboard Races at an average speed of 28.7 mph. Helen is also shown at the USA International Motor Boat Race with a Johnson TR-40 Racer (photo center) in 1928 and with Lockwood Chief power (photo lower right), also that year.
Timeline – Lockwood was part of the merger of Evinrude and Elto in 1929. Johnson joined OMC in 1935 - so all of Hentschel’s featured racing photos were before the OMC founding. It’s unclear if Helen was sponsored by any of the engine brands, but certainly possible.
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...4&d=1730805666
John-Brenda Sheldon
OMC paying me after I left for a patent. Their patent assignment policy was
"$1.00 and other valuable considerations"
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...8&d=1730927028
I doubt you was the cause of em going broke!:)
22R
Interesting comment from OMC's Jim Nerstrom who was part of the deal..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY-Q4T1WEAMhttps://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...9&d=1731055734
Thanks Hot Boat Magazine.
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...8&d=1731143076
No surprise here. The people providing the $$$ get to make the decisions and determine the outcome. F1 boat racing was never going to be as big a show as F1 auto racing. Boat racing was always a novel summer side show for many people. Chances are that if the boat clearly won, the future of F1 boat racing would have been different?Quote:
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...Bond..James..!!
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...4&d=1731349542
Aside from the jump itself another neat trick they did with the Evinrude 135 was to rig a cooling discharge line thru the cowling to simulate a bullet hole. I wonder how many beach skid tries it took to get the 2 bad guys in the swimming pool?Quote:
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Johnson outboards 1977.
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More Johnson outboards 1977.https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e...1/16/1f44d.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e.../1/16/2764.png..even a few electric..!!
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...2&d=1731584446
Super Strangler V4 down under.
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...1&d=1731840091
Roger Hinsdale in his extremely nice Molinari/Johnson V6 RS 2.6 liter. My best guess is this boat was build 1977 or -78 by the Molinari factory based in Lago di Como, Italy. I have been there many times. A lake front factory and a five stories building.
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...4&d=1700226381
Argo Cat/Johnson V8 GT
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...1&d=1731920341
Great collection of Johnson motor applications including lots of Cypress Gardens skiing, kites, and racing boats and other boat related fun. Give it a look, maybe you'll see yourself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlllWxfGbQg
The Cypress criss cross using a single buoy gives me the willies! You sure can see where the 007 Bond jump guys went for technical experience. #196 - Johnnie Sanders?Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
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https://svera.se/blogg/the-pepsi-col...-arizona-1972/