Quote Originally Posted by T2x View Post
In his time yes.... Today Hering and Dewald hold that title with Rolla still cranking out some nice stuff for yachts and things. Truth is in 1964, the best props came from people like Michigan Propeller, then came the Records and Cary's , then Dick Schneider pulled the "Elephant Ear" out of his head, then Hendricks came to the fore with the higher rake cleavers on OMC's new line of race motors, and it has gone round and round ever since (Don't forget Jon Culver and Papa Seebold's modified Mercury wheels). In the end it's all good...... except for that F**kin' Milesmaster...
Rolla does not own the factory any more-------'twas bought by Twin Disc who Bought out Arneson.
One of the reasons they paid big bucks is -----IT WAS A PROFIT MAKING COMPANY.
Reason------Rolla had moved on from the very limited competition market to wider fields---ie Super yachts , Military and big money stuff.
He still has a tickle now and again ----but my side of the pond he was top dog during the 60/s 70/s era.
You ever wonder how come the likes of Dieter Schultze, Renato Molinari, Ceasere Scotti, Cees Velden came over to the USA and were so successful ------------did you know ---they were all customers of Phil Rolla an American residing in Switzerland who just happened to be THE guru of props.