Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

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Originally Posted by Rotary John

I adjusted all the carbs on every rotary race engine after Parker, There were studs in the manifold and star nuts holding the carbs on. Having physically adjusting the carbs on this engine, I can factually say the nuts were tight when It came off the dyno, After the race not one, but all 8 carb nuts were loose and the carburetors were just hanging. Not ever before or after the Paris race was even 1 carb nut loose, which let me to believe someone loosen the nuts after testing in Brugge and before the race. Posey's engine had all of it's carb nuts tight, though he hit a turn boey and didn't finish the race. As I recall Woods had trouble getting the engine to start at the beginning of the race which would further indicate the carbs were loose at the start of the race. With the carbs loose, the engine would have sucked excess air causing the lean running and bearing failure.

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I would assume that the cowl had to be lifted free to get to the carbs, correct? Why weren't all of these race engines "sealed" during inspection before the race?
We used to apply blobs of women's fingernail paint (hundreds of color choices) to critical interfaces (head bolts, carb nuts, etc) for pre and post race inspection. ;)
Actually, for what OMC had at stake for R&D investment, I'm surprised nobody was given the assignment to sleep / stand guard over these boats?

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Originally Posted by WaterZebra

Actually, for what OMC had at stake for R&D investment, I'm surprised nobody was given the assignment to sleep / stand guard over these boats?

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All three pictures are from Saturday (the day before) Paris 6 Hours 1974. The race was always run on Sunday. Start 11:00 AM and ended 05:00 PM firm.
You can see the two OMC rotary boats in the first picture. The pit was downtown Paris next to the Eiffel-tower and all boats must be covered up at sunset.
The pit was heavily secured with overnight armed Police officers.
I don't think it was possible for anyone to get in.


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I don't think it happened in the pits. Somewhere after setup testing in Brugge and before Sat. night in the pits. And that's all I have to say about it.

This picture is from the Paris pit 1974. You can see how close the race location was to the famous tower.
Three hundred thousand spectators was watching the race Sunday and the train stopped at the bridge a few minutes so passenger onboard could see the race.
In my opinion by far the best boat race ever..!!
Well..I know some are saying Havasu was better..maybe the race itself was, but a race in the dessert cant compare with a race in the center of the most romantic city in the world..:)
I loved the Paris 6 hour race and won the OE class three times.
(1980, 1982 and 1986)

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Originally Posted by Rotary John

Question for Kathy McConnell ? Is this Jimbo or Barry driving the Evinrude and Bill or Tom driving the Merc?Attachment 474189

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My guess would be that's Jimbo.
Jimbo often wore an elbow pad on his left elbow and I remember him using an open face helmet with 'bubble' shield around this time.

Bill OR Tom driving the Merc - the answer is on the back of the helmet if only my eyes were better.

Here it is..the nearly 3 mile long race course for the Paris 6 hour race seen from the Eiffel tower in yellow. The two red turning buoys was made out of steel and concrete.
The race was not stopped for anything..!!
If you hit the buoy you where done for the day..the buoy always won.
The pit and refueling area in blue.
Best race ever..way better than Bristol..:cheers:

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At the end of the island in the beginning of the race course you can see the Statue of Liberty.
Here is a better picture..
I have looked at this very beautiful statue pretty close every October Sunday for eleven years.

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Swedish Eva Britt Axdal is a great friend of mine. She use to race the UIM SD class with a Chrysler 45 Sport 1972. A very good fun/charmy race driver on top of that good looking.
Media loved her and she also raced the Offshore E class 1972 with an Evinrude 65. I have no picture of her E class boat but I remember I felt bad passing her with my faster Piraya in the same class..:icon_bs:
In the second picture Eva Britt is eating a hot dog..!!..I guess she forgot to not eat when someone is taking a picture..:)

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WOW..it took close to two month for the t-shirts to reach Sweden but here they are.
Arne Jansson is the old school E -Class pro-motor with help of Lars Ruthman

..Arne to the left. Thanks a lot for the support and keeping the OMC E-class engines alive..

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A stop at the Offshore race at Lake of the Ozarks today.
Replacing the canceled one in Key West.
Steve Curtis is one of the very best.
He told me Cougar Boats are now going to be built in
Florida. Fishing and race boats.

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Lars at the prestigious Paris 6 Hour race 1974.

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Originally Posted by lars strom

More from Yachting & Boating Weekly and Paris 1974. (first picture is from a Swedish news paper)

The #48 OE class Clerici/Evinrude did a great start (red dot). Run all the 6 hours without any problems and finished third in a field of 39 OE class boats.


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Originally Posted by Lake X Kid

Lars at the prestigious Paris 6 Hour race 1974.

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Thanks Lake X Kid,

Two more maybe better pictures of the start in Paris 1974..(the yellow #48 is my boat)

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Originally Posted by lars strom

Here it is..the nearly 3 mile long race course for the Paris 6 hour race seen from the Eiffel tower in yellow. The two red turning buoys was made out of steel and concrete.
The race was not stopped for anything..!!
If you hit the buoy you where done for the day..the buoy always won.
The pit and refueling area in blue.
Best race ever..way better than Bristol..:cheers:

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PARIS 1974

Two ScottiCraft boats where lost for hitting the solid turning buoy..sadly one was the 02 Johnson powered rotary boat.
The other was was the Briggs brothers #30 ON class ScottiCraft Évinrude V6 Super Strangler
You can see I am turning with my 48 Clerici inside the 30 ScottiCraft earlier in the race,

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The Paris 6 hours 1975.

I have no picture from the start but this year my race # was 69

YMCF - (Yacht Moteur Club de France) & Jean-Noël Bladinaire the Club's President always told you the race number to use for this unique race.
You could never use your own number.



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