"Letters from Heaven" Miami 1960's

[2us70]

I recall going in to work that morning. I was assigned a driver(the one and only time ever),3 suppression units and 2 police escorts. We were tasked with trying to attack a fire in the Liberty City post office. By the time we reached the scene every vehicle in the convoy had taken damage and one of my Lieutenants had been injured by broken glass from his truck's window. At that point I made the call to withdraw and we did not respond back into the zone for quite some time.

[wetsetmarine]

I was in my 30 Mirage coming back from Sand Key with Burt Reynolds filming the movie "Rough Cut" headed to Crandon Marina when we could see Miami on fire from Biscayne Bay!!

[Amberjack1234]

Charles I will see if dad remembers some of this as well, here was a picture of Burt Ross with my dad as a kid I remember him as he spent a lot of time at the shop.Attachment 503708

your dad was good to us when I had my Johnson dealership in Homestead Florida. Cycle Marine Suzuki. So tell him thank you very much. Your STV boat looks bad ass. All the best Charlie O

[Amberjack1234]

Yes we lost three of our liquor trucks In a two week period at the corner of 62ndStreet and seventh Avenue.

[Amberjack1234]

Caught a lot of juvenile Grouper and Goliath grouper out of holes in jewfish Creek Back in the 50s and early 60s. Offshore It was anything goes.

[GENE LANHAM]

Hi Mike: I do remember you, your family, and FiberCraft Boats. Didn't Al Martin work with Roland on the 'Hewes Bonefisher' and wasn't the boat built at FiberCraft? Mike Reguinti was a mentor, owner and patient friend, who threatened to paint the number on the bottom of the race boat, and always called me 'Flipper'. Mike and Bob Hewes made a deal with Paul Allison, and I got to race one of the first Allisons in S. Florida. Brook and Ronnie Russell raced a 15' with an 800 with some success. I even ran the 13' with a 1000 in the 'Sandy Shoes' with predictable results----My cousin, Bob Lanham, was the manager at 'Hewes' and I worked in the shop with Danny, Bruno, Shaffer, Oliver, and Bobby Ridgell. I saw Bobby for the first time in 46 years at the reunion in Jupiter!!!
Those were great times to be racing in South Florida
-----and Charlie Wolf was known as 'Leonard'----

Gene

LETTERS FROM HEAVEN?

Absolutely!!

[Lake X Kid]

[Ronster43]

By the way I was trying to get some advice from your dad about a propeller I’ve got a 20 foot action with a GT 200 Johnson on it. With a Bob’s lower unit on it. It is spinning a 14 x 24 pitch prop at 7000 RPM. I’m going to try A 14 1/2 28 on it to try and get your BMI down to about 6000. Ask your dad if He thinks that willHe thinks that will work period.Tell them I said hi

Well...I'll see what he says. Of course running it will give you the answer.

[Amberjack1234]

Well...I'll see what he says. Of course running it will give you the answer.

Thank you for replying my son wanted to test this weekend but was not able to. I talked with Monty at Montague At Monti racing he seem to think that the prop would work. What are you doing now I remember you as a young man but you must be in your 40s now. It’s fun running across people from years ago that you reconnect with. We had a lot of good times at the Miami Marine Stadium and it’s there other races around Florida. It’s a shame that the sport got so Expensive and it has kind of died out. All the best Charlies O’Neil

[Amberjack1234]

The Fountain blue Hotel what is the place to go in Miami Beach I remember going over there as a very young boy and watching a filming session for a TV show called Surfside six. They had a houseboat in Indian Creek right across from the fountain blue Hotel and it was a great detective show For kids to watch. This is back in the 50s so it goes back a while. By the way French country is drinking your French wine with your boots on

[wetsetmarine]

Shot "Police Academy 5" there and "Bodyguard" with Whitney and Kevin Costner

[Lake X Kid]

The Fountain blue Hotel what is the place to go in Miami Beach I remember going over there as a very young boy and watching a filming session for a TV show called Surfside six. They had a houseboat in Indian Creek right across from the fountain blue Hotel and it was a great detective show For kids to watch. This is back in the 50s so it goes back a while. By the way French country is drinking your French wine with your boots on

[Lake X Kid]

[Lake X Kid]

Shot "Police Academy 5" there and "Bodyguard" with Whitney and Kevin Costner

[wetsetmarine]