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09-29-2020, 02:44 PM #75616000 RPM
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Loose In Paris
I would assume that the cowl had to be lifted free to get to the carbs, correct? Why weren't all of these race engines "sealed" during inspection before the race?
We used to apply blobs of women's fingernail paint (hundreds of color choices) to critical interfaces (head bolts, carb nuts, etc) for pre and post race inspection.
Actually, for what OMC had at stake for R&D investment, I'm surprised nobody was given the assignment to sleep / stand guard over these boats?Last edited by WaterZebra; 09-29-2020 at 02:49 PM.
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09-29-2020, 07:07 PM #7562
All three pictures are from Saturday (the day before) Paris 6 Hours 1974. The race was always run on Sunday. Start 11:00 AM and ended 05:00 PM firm.
You can see the two OMC rotary boats in the first picture. The pit was downtown Paris next to the Eiffel-tower and all boats must be covered up at sunset.
The pit was heavily secured with overnight armed Police officers.
I don't think it was possible for anyone to get in.
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09-29-2020, 11:09 PM #75636000 RPM
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I don't think it happened in the pits. Somewhere after setup testing in Brugge and before Sat. night in the pits. And that's all I have to say about it.
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09-30-2020, 10:22 AM #7564
This picture is from the Paris pit 1974. You can see how close the race location was to the famous tower.
Three hundred thousand spectators was watching the race Sunday and the train stopped at the bridge a few minutes so passenger onboard could see the race.
In my opinion by far the best boat race ever..!!
Well..I know some are saying Havasu was better..maybe the race itself was, but a race in the dessert cant compare with a race in the center of the most romantic city in the world..
I loved the Paris 6 hour race and won the OE class three times.
(1980, 1982 and 1986)
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09-30-2020, 12:14 PM #75655000 RPM
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09-30-2020, 12:15 PM #7566
Here it is..the nearly 3 mile long race course for the Paris 6 hour race seen from the Eiffel tower in yellow. The two red turning buoys was made out of steel and concrete.
The race was not stopped for anything..!!
If you hit the buoy you where done for the day..the buoy always won.
The pit and refueling area in blue.
Best race ever..way better than Bristol..
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09-30-2020, 01:34 PM #7567
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10-01-2020, 07:57 PM #7568
Swedish Eva Britt Axdal is a great friend of mine. She use to race the UIM SD class with a Chrysler 45 Sport 1972. A very good fun/charmy race driver on top of that good looking.
Media loved her and she also raced the Offshore E class 1972 with an Evinrude 65. I have no picture of her E class boat but I remember I felt bad passing her with my faster Piraya in the same class..
In the second picture Eva Britt is eating a hot dog..!!..I guess she forgot to not eat when someone is taking a picture..
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10-02-2020, 11:05 AM #7569
WOW..it took close to two month for the t-shirts to reach Sweden but here they are.
Arne Jansson is the old school E -Class pro-motor with help of Lars Ruthman
..Arne to the left. Thanks a lot for the support and keeping the OMC E-class engines alive..
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10-03-2020, 07:58 PM #7573
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10-03-2020, 09:35 PM #7574
Paris 6 Hours 1974
PARIS 1974
Two ScottiCraft boats where lost for hitting the solid turning buoy..sadly one was the 02 Johnson powered rotary boat.
The other was was the Briggs brothers #30 ON class ScottiCraft Évinrude V6 Super Strangler
You can see I am turning with my 48 Clerici inside the 30 ScottiCraft earlier in the race,
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