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04-09-2019, 09:51 AM #4696
Funny..this is Bill Grannis answer to Ove asking about the Evinrude girl in the picture..
Bill Grannis
Ove,
Little miss Evinrude, as she was known as after the famous ad about her outrunning young men with their hard-charging Johnsons, had a long but sad life after becoming a model. She dabbled in the occult and became known as a Water Witch and ended up marrying a man named Scott McCulloch who claimed that he was a Wizard and a Viking in a past life and tried to convince everyone to call him Sea King. His job in the boating business caused them to move around often. Their favorite places were Muncie and West Bend. Over the years they had 4 sons, Fageol, Lockewood, Scott, and Atwater. Scott was a short and skinny guy nicknamed Mighty Mite but was a Champion in all sports that he participated in. Foegel died after only a few years but his mother called him her little Bear Cat. Little miss Evinrude was then blessed with a daughter in later years who she called Eska. She was kind of an airhead and very loud. Long after her mother was gone, she married an Elto Lauson, a self-proclaimed Buccaneer. Actually they eloped, packed up their Mercury and drove to Milwaukee during the strongest Gale on record before anyone knew they were gone. Her husband became known for inventing the burn-out proof lightbulb called the Homelite.
Not much is known about the now elderly woman, but she made her mark in the advertising industry when outboards were still a newfangled contraption. Her smile is second only to the Mona Lisa.
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04-09-2019, 05:42 PM #4697
That is hilarious...
Cheers,
Mugs
(Racing on the pavement these days...)
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04-09-2019, 05:54 PM #4698The Historic Photo Master
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well done...
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04-09-2019, 08:41 PM #4699
Gerard Brinkert I think 1977.
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04-09-2019, 10:28 PM #4702Screaming And Flying!
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04-10-2019, 08:31 AM #4703
Jack Aylsworth
Evinrude - Johnson outboards. Facts, history, racing and future.
CHARLIE STRANG CEO / OMC - YOUNG RACE DRIVER - Strang’s love of boating started at 10, when his mother took him to the 1931 New York Boat Show. He saw a Century Cyclone racing boat and fell in love with it. His mother finally bought one for him when he turned 15 in 1936. From then on, racing was his major passion. The next summer, he started racing and became a consistent winner. When World War II put an end to racing, he was the reigning New York state champion.
(PHOTO: Early in his competition days, a teenage Strang (in boat) prepares for a race.)
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04-10-2019, 03:34 PM #4704I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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04-10-2019, 07:34 PM #4705
N-2 means he was the amateur champion for New York state as mentioned. I believe he was also intercollegiate champion just prior to WWII as well.
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04-10-2019, 07:56 PM #4706
It is so cool to see that Charlie started racing like most of us..!!..
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04-10-2019, 08:12 PM #47075000 RPM
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04-10-2019, 09:56 PM #4708
Yes, I been out driving an Aloha Tri-Toon all day with a Mercury 150 outboard..
Lars Strom added 35 new photos.
Today was the first day at Lake of the Ozarks with a brand new Aloha Tri-toon powered by a 2019 Mercury 150 4 stroke.
I was surprised how good the 24 ft boat handled the strong wind.
The Merc 4 cylinder 3 liter engine was also very good.
We added 4 hours to the only “10 hour old” outboard.
Thanks Freedom Boat Club for a great day.
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04-11-2019, 07:33 AM #4710I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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