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Originally Posted by lars strom
This is Cees also 1984 at his raceboat factory in Boxtel, Holland. I did visit his shop a few times.
Fantastic place.
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Back ON TOPIC..!!Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
This is Cees also 1984 at his raceboat factory in Boxtel, Holland. I did visit his shop a few times.
Fantastic place.
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...3&d=1702216004
Amber (according to Jackie, Charlie I guess), thanks for your response. I always loved the 16’ Molis that were orange with light blue stripes. Several of my hydros from the pro/alky days were racing orange. The only Molinaris we at OMC were those that Renato built for his cousin Cesare whose Paris boat came to the U for Havasu. The boat Sanders & Posey won the 70 Paris race was one, the one that I was leading the 71 Paris race for 5 hours was 2 years old. It loved the rough Seine waters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amberjack1234
insofar as hiding behind web site handles is concerned I don’t, Jackie doesn’t nor does Lars. Ethen I post, and I believe it’s factual having BEEN THERE, and I might’ve wrong, I don’t mind a correction. However, it is nice to know who you are addressing to kind of determine if it’s FLUFF, PARIAL TRUTH JUST FROM MEMORY , Or unadulterated B S Sorry, but that’s how I feel.
Sorry I missed theOFF celebration, have attended several, but most of the attendees are offshore guys where I never ventured. I raced all Stock & pro/alky hydros setting 500 & 700 records the same day in Lakeland & a few nationals. Yup raced against Billy.
Cheers
There was a second airborne boat in the footage that captured the GT150 landing (boat ending up thru the police car?) Was that boat piloted by somebody and sent up the ramp with a dummy with the steering tied? This was (and still is!) the only movie that featured an outboard product in a role (Evinrude 135 V4). The Evinrude 135 V4 was a perfect fit for the jump. Not sure a Mercury inline six would have worked with a higher CG affecting roll behavior?:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
#11 Bob Spalding in his Molinari/ASM/Johnson V8. This is from 1984 and you can see #16 Andy Bullen in his Burgess behind Bob.
Thanks Sean Barnard
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...6&d=1702305694
Gellert Peter Sandor
Lars.. this is Strom prop give me OE-F3 wc 1 result 1999.
(Edit..prop turned around)
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...7&d=1702328468
I wonder if its like the car where it uses a fuel cell that converts the hydrogen to electricity and the motor is just an electric motor, batteries included?
-BL
For us fans of the sport, it totally changes the story for me, when I know whom I’m ready about/from.
As is, IMO, this thread is kinda the good ole boys club.
Half a dozen guys that all know each other, talking about the old days.
If Lars is presenting this as an informative/educational source for those of us who followed everything we could read in the magazines back in the day, then it should be open and accessible.
When he started this thread, I read it everyday.
When I noticed my (and all other non OMC/OPC racers) replies were completely ignored but we saw pcs of Lars RV, his friends houses and pleasure boats, his wife’s dance outfits, birthday parties, etc, I now log on every few wks to see if I missed anything….., racing related.
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Originally Posted by John Schubert
Agreed on that. IMO I love the stories and hope it continues, kinda like a fireside chat with the racers of the past. just sit back and enjoy. (Ignore the chest thumping)Quote:
Originally Posted by Instigator
I never raced boats back then but did a lot of car racing. I remember watching it on TV though and thinking “geez! Where’s the competition in this? It’s all Johnson/Evinrude!”:D:D:D
Love the pics of his wife. She is certainly defying age you have to admit!
-BL
If you don't like what Lars does on his site, go somewhere else. Afterall this is supposed to be Outboard racing History, not how many cylinders Merc can make.
Pretty bold statement John, even from you. Yes, Lars started out doing all of us OMC guys a huge favor telling about OMC racing, albeit tainted so much to his successes and not much about the early seventies. He also wandered a lot to personal activities & relationships that many of us don’t give hoot about. There is also a lot about Lars background that we as OMC former employees shouldn’t be happy about. But more importantly addressing to posts of unknown people who may or may not even know what they are posting is not what I & others prefer to do. To tell someone to go elsewhere is as I said earlier, rather bold. Yet, I enjoy how you seem to ruffle Jackie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Great find from the past. The date stamp indicates I would have been 11 months old when this was mailed. Artwork like this was the very heart of "nose art" on military aircraft during WWII. This is my last post to this website. I'm tired of all the bickering and fighting on this and many other threads (especially politics) on this website. You OMC guys need to get over it. OMC is dead and gone. Period. Get over it. Lars is NOT to blame for trying to keep the racing topic on track. Am sick and tired of hearing all the whining about the rotary as well. You want to do that, go do it on the Wankel Whining thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
To me this thread and Fujimos threads are like magazine editorials that never end. Fantastic experience, my thanks to all who contribute and especially you Lars. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Jealous are you? Whining, that was the sound of the rotaries at Parker as they lead the first lap. I know, they whined right past me!Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
I worked on a many of those old 5, 6, 9.5 and 10 horse motors. Ran like clocks. Every couple years tune them up with new points, carb needle and water pumps and they would keep running like new.