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02-09-2013, 09:42 PM #1067000 RPM
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02-10-2013, 01:29 PM #108It looks like that motor has the old style cowlings with the recoil starter in the top cowl. If so was the last of the recoil starter equiped inline 6s?
Both of my 66 and 67 1100's as well as my 1965 900 do not have pull ropes. I think 1964 was the last of the pull ropes. In 1965 the L6's had a fairly big re-design and I believe the pull cord was dropped in the makeover.
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02-10-2013, 06:30 PM #1097000 RPM
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[QUOTE=Old fiberglass;2428939]I thought I would start this thread because there seems to be very little actual infomation about Molinari's of the 1960's and 1970's.
So, I was hoping with this thread folks could help piece together the history and different types of hull designs built. Sooo if folks have pictures or information please chime in. QUOTE]
Here's my 2-cents regarding Molinaris from the late 60's thru early 1980's.
My contribution here is primarily from Powerboat Magazine, Powerboat & Waterskiing, Canadian Boating, Better Boating (Canadian magazine), Scream & Fly Hot Singles and from going to several races throughout the 70's.
This may take several posts as I want to post a few pictures.
Let's start with what I consider the Molinaris that really changed the landscape - the rocker bottoms. The Molinari factory must have been pretty busy in the late 60's and early 70's as these were readily available to both Merc & OMC in both single and duals. What's notable about the dual picture below is 998 Bill Sirois winning boat in the 1970 Outboard World Championship is a rocker bottom and 187 Jim Merton's is I believe the next generation "sprint" bottom - and of course the boat Sirois drove to victory in 1971.
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02-15-2013, 10:51 PM #1115000 RPM
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The next Molinaris were 17 and 18 "sprints" plus a small number of 16's. The "sprints" obviously did not fly bow high like the rocker bottoms, but with the extra horsepower of the first Twisters over the BP's they flew flatter and faster. OMC did use the "sprints" to start but shortly after went to Scottis so most "sprints" were Merc powered.
What I liked about the "sprints" were in 1971 & 1972 they made great U and S class boats, then with the oncoming C6's and Twister II's they were turned over to some SJ drivers like Mark Rotharmel - SJ 11 who in 1973 had some good results with the same boat Spencer Dunn S-73 drove in S class in 1972 (Canadian National Champion).
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02-15-2013, 11:03 PM #1125000 RPM
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With the more powerfull Twister II's, the next generation Molinaris were again "sprint" in style with a full front but I belive (I'm very open to correction here) that the deck shape and tunnel width and depth were changed quite a bit as now the factory engines were approaching 180+ horsepower. By now OMC were primarily Scotti and Merc were primarily Molinari. If I'm not mistaken, the 17 footers were considered the sprint hulls and the 18's were considered the marathon hulls - Willabee would know for sure.
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02-15-2013, 11:13 PM #1135000 RPM
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02-15-2013, 11:38 PM #1155000 RPM
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Here's my final submission...Molinari goes OMC and by now Merc has gone mostly Seebold in North America and Velden in Europe.
Hering/ Molinari win 1977 Parker with an Evinrude CCC and Jimbo had plenty of wins with his 191 Molinaris in the late 70's and early 80's.
The next generation were the V8's and that's when my interest in Molinars wained as I was not a big fan of V8 racing - but for different reasons than Jackie's !!!
And of course I just had to sneak in one last Merc-Molinari picture - one of my favourites as the shape/colour/style just looked soooo good !!
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02-16-2013, 07:30 AM #116
By far the most informative and interesting reading on the site ---- THANKS again and PLEASE keep it up! Now I have to plow snow--Again -Gary
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02-16-2013, 10:39 AM #1186000 RPM
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A very well written, chronicled and illustrated time line of the Molinari. Very informative and fascinating to read. Great Job
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02-16-2013, 08:22 PM #119
Well done Peter
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02-18-2013, 02:22 PM #120
I heartily concur. Mercury also collaborated with Miles, Schultz, and a few US builders, but Molinari and then Seebold carried the day and,, quite frankly, produced the best boats. The fibreglass copies and variants did not work well in the U, and S classes but held their own in Sport J and earlier iin the multi engine era.
T2x20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
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