Wasn't that your folly Gene, with Doc and Jack Greenberg? crossing the Atlantic..Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
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Wasn't that your folly Gene, with Doc and Jack Greenberg? crossing the Atlantic..Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Not a folly, Butch. More like a 'wet dream'---:leaving:Quote:
Originally Posted by lilabner
Jack had the same opinion..You got a GPS mark where all the engines are?Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
I meant Loran...
No need tell me about above in bold! Had a 74 Switzer SS17 with the new XS 1500. Boat built Bob Switzer special, Ralph Kozan massaged the motor, rigged by (King of the cushion Outlaws Sprints cars, Jim Moulis ran Fox lake harbor), horizontal race rams, trim only no tilt. Ran a surface 2 B SS 14x28 cupped, and damn sure tore up the LU case! Simple needed more "meat" Tried then 4 sit screws (pinned) but cant fix that expanding case. Still ****house fun that boat, and damn! Sure got the girls asking "take me for a ride", and after.."got to ride them"! Speed, fun, "hold my beer", is COSTLY, but worth it!Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
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---and OMEGA----GPS hadn't been invented----Quote:
Originally Posted by lilabner
Not exactly:confused:----Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
These six engine boats did not appear until the 1971 season. At the end of the 1970 season, I had run out of SBP LU parts. Obviously the SBP lower unit would have been ideal. With it's choice of gear ratios. low water pickup, and props. But it was done! Kaput! Fini! And it had a predicted life of only 4 to 8 hours--
The MC-1 was a shot in the dark. No large props were available. Only 2 gear ratios were available. And it was not legal!!
The only choice was the fishing motor lower unit--and we had been running the left hand units since 1967---(with bronze carriers)---
But---I started all this looking for pictures of the Six Engine Transatlantic boat!!
Shouldn't be hard to find---it was 50' by 15' and had six V-6's on the transom!!
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