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06-23-2009, 06:44 PM
Bruce Washburn

Whatever the year (73, 74,75 or 76) it looks like a pretty wild ride. It is the only twin v-6 tunnel race boat that I have seen . I wonder how it ran? Would it run with the singles?

Other wild one off creations that I am aware of are the merc two powerhead wizard that Hauenstein put together and the twin v-8 engine Moly that Renato tried to run un Unlimited.
06-23-2009, 06:55 PM
Mark Poole ModVP

Molinari built a 20 footer and put twin ccc's on it in an attempt to win his home (Italian) race in Milan. Dang thing was fast on the straights but Seebold, with the help of all of his teammates running Molinari all over the course, prevailed!

As the story goes he parked his boat after the race tossed his helmut and jumped in his car and sped away. All of the Italians booed him for that one!
06-23-2009, 08:01 PM
stever

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Dave Packer

Here are a couple of photo's of Dave. I remember co driving with him at Parker in the early 80's and had a great time. Always a gentleman.
06-24-2009, 10:21 AM
willabee

Havasu.....

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Originally Posted by Mark Poole ModVP

I was young then but kept up with racing in that era better than the most die hard Nascar fan ever thought about. No Havasu in '73. If memory serves me right the race was revived in '76 under the title of "The Havasu Classic." Went on for a number of years. Raced about a dozen of the APBA classes all together (tunnels and vees) and I believe shortened to 2 hours on Sat. and 2 hours on Sunday.

Thank you, that's what I was trying to figure out.
06-24-2009, 10:31 AM
willabee

Lift off.....

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Originally Posted by T2x

.....If history has taught us anything the twin engine Jones hulls could not take much more power than a pair of stackers without "lift off". (That wonderful "snap flip" that only Jones and Ken Miles could design a boat around...T2x

Amen.....For me to get in that twin V6 Jones, it would have required the aid of a 2 x 4...... wedged firmly behind the foot throttle! :eek:
06-25-2009, 04:23 AM
jackie wilson

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Originally Posted by willabee

Amen.....For me to get in that twin V6 Jones, it would have required the aid of a 2 x 4...... wedged firmly behind the foot throttle! :eek:

And a head restraint, Shin and shoulder pads, fanny warmer, pillow, Water bottle and tube [ with a hint of orange juice ], Vari tint Biggles type goggles and a blonde cheerleader to wipe the sweaty brow-------that's before you climbed in. That's my boy Willabee the Brave. !!!!!!!
06-25-2009, 11:00 AM
T2x

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Originally Posted by J. Sherlock

Dave Packer showed up as an independent with a twin... I WAS THERE !!

YEAR, I simply don't remember !!

John:

Based on your pictures, I'm gonna guess 1979...or so.
06-27-2009, 03:20 AM
jackie wilson

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Originally Posted by Mark Poole ModVP

Molinari built a 20 footer and put twin ccc's on it in an attempt to win his home (Italian) race in Milan. Dang thing was fast on the straights but Seebold, with the help of all of his teammates running Molinari all over the course, prevailed!

As the story goes he parked his boat after the race tossed his helmut and jumped in his car and sped away. All of the Italians booed him for that one!

Have to jump in here and tell you, Renato did not want to run that boat and was very unhappy about it, but the OMC top brass insisted. Molinari was hero worshipped in Italy and was mortally wounded when the fans turned against him.
This is what i always complained about in OMC's F1 series, it was open ended and did not have a formula. If some clown wanted to put 10 V8's across the transom------it was OK to do so. Wrong way to go, but no one was listening especially the UIM and Herr Fraulin. Took a while to repair the damage done by that series.
06-27-2009, 08:42 AM
BrianSmith

Any Pics of the Boat?

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Originally Posted by Mark Poole ModVP

Molinari built a 20 footer and put twin ccc's on it in an attempt to win his home (Italian) race in Milan. Dang thing was fast on the straights but Seebold, with the help of all of his teammates running Molinari all over the course, prevailed!

As the story goes he parked his boat after the race tossed his helmut and jumped in his car and sped away. All of the Italians booed him for that one!

Does anyone have any pics of this boat? Must have had some pretty awesome acceleration!
06-27-2009, 08:53 AM
jackie wilson

Mike butler must have some. Or david parkinson or freddie h.
06-27-2009, 08:55 AM
BrianSmith

How's the blinkers Jackie?
06-27-2009, 10:51 AM
jackie wilson

Eat your heart out lee majors, you couldn't get these for $6,000,000
06-27-2009, 10:12 PM
Mark Poole ModVP

I have only seen two pics of Molinari's twin CCC rig. One is in Kevin Desmond's book, "Powerboat-The Quest for Speed Over Water". The other was a pic of it hanging on the crane, it was here on another thread.

I have that book, found it in a wholesale book store about 10 years after it went out of circulation. Lots of old pics and behind the scenes stories.
06-27-2009, 11:29 PM
Powercat

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Found the photo on the multi thread

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Originally Posted by Mark Poole ModVP

I have only seen two pics of Molinari's twin CCC rig. One is in Kevin Desmond's book, "Powerboat-The Quest for Speed Over Water". The other was a pic of it hanging on the crane, it was here on another thread.

I have that book, found it in a wholesale book store about 10 years after it went out of circulation. Lots of old pics and behind the scenes stories.
06-28-2009, 11:35 AM
BrianSmith

Moly twin

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Originally Posted by Powercat

Found the photo on the multi thread

That musta been a "Ride & 1/2"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like Renato didn't run it vey much..........

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