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02-12-2014, 07:03 AM #915000 RPM
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Rich: I will pass it on to Slick. Jackie!!! He still ceases to amaze me on his command of the English language. As for Bill I sure don't want to minimize his contributions to MPP and Team Mercury. He was there during the best of times.
I had nice long chat with Dick Snyder last week and he shared a buch of memos, about racing, from the late 60's and early 70's between he, Mr. Kiekhaefer and Alex.
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02-12-2014, 07:13 AM #925000 RPM
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Mike, Not ready yet. I guess I need a project like Red.
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02-12-2014, 09:24 AM #94
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02-12-2014, 10:55 AM #95Screaming And Flying!
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Soooooo----your going blind or wearing rose coloured pincers William-------back in the day , if I had turned up at any meeting with my Molinari/Mercury rig on a set of wheels like those under little red, you would have thrown a wobbly and taken the rig back.
You of all people Know that, your just prissy 'cos it was me wot suggested it.
Take a gander at the artistic piece of workmanship under Mark's RIVA, now that's a trailer, or as you lot have mutilated the English lingo TRAILOR.
As for " forgetting about you " don't we wish,!!!!!!!
Trouble is! WE CAN'T, your just as much part of the set up as that old bastard with the beard and the 'orrible fierce look----always in the ads. Somebody once told me it was one of the gods, probably Mercury-------looks more like BACCHUS to me, and we all know who that chappie was.
Keep taking the tablets Willa and tilting the right elbow, cheers, hope the old firm include you in their 75th celebrations, but probably won't-----they always overlooked the meat and gravy and took the backbone as being sound, reliable, and "as expected".
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02-12-2014, 02:42 PM #9620 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)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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02-18-2014, 02:57 PM #976000 RPM
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Hey Mike, did you ever get new wheels for "LITTLE RED"?
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02-19-2014, 06:16 AM #985000 RPM
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02-19-2014, 06:22 AM #995000 RPM
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Jackie: The president of the company saw what you had to say about the "wheels" and was so distraught he sent me a note and said get it off that trailer!!! So, the exhibits department made a special stand, with wheels, for it to be displayed on. Boy, you still carry some clout!!!!!
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02-19-2014, 09:22 AM #100Screaming And Flying!
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Mike, it's simple, just call Mercury "cheapskate" and mountains will be moved, call 'em "class" and they sit back and rest on their laurels, chest puffed up and dreaming of past glories.
Glad to be of assistance, tell the boss man I said hi.
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02-20-2014, 08:42 AM #101Member
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Hi Mike, Didn't Jim Merten build lil Red. I remember Jim Jr. racing a sister at St. Louis back in the 80,s.
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02-20-2014, 09:43 AM #1025000 RPM
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It's ironic you write this now. I'm putting items/information together for the display and came back in here looking for additional info and noticed I didn't really have much on Jack Ferris, the builder, along with Carl Stippich and Jim Merten. Little Red was sold to Dave Packer in 1976 and by the 80's was obsolete. All the other Twistercrafts we gone by then too so Jim Jr. could not have been in Little Red.
Jack was a great guy and was great with wood. He also carved ducks. He had a stroke in 83, I belive it was, and hasn't worked since. I think he is 86 now.
Here is a picture of Jack from last April. That is Jim Schuenke behind Jack.
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02-20-2014, 10:01 AM #103Member
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Hi Mike . I didn't think it was lil red but Jim jr. said it was a copy or got inspiration from lil red.
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02-20-2014, 10:04 AM #104Member
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I think I remember meeting both Jack and Carl back in St. Louis back in the 80's
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02-20-2014, 12:23 PM #105