Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

Cracked it---------late on Sunday afternoon--------the light came on and a path appeared, so I went down that road for a while-----success! Finished the wing mount, all I have to do now is construct the "Bird".
Stuck a red Molinari, number 7 on the wing mount as a tryout, I did it for Seebold a long time ago, but never got round to giving it to him, been on the shelf for a couple of years--------looks ok, can do it edge ways or flat.

Have to sort this camera problem out, it's driving me nuts !

We had five days of brilliant weather, sunshine all day with high temperature and no wind, suppose that's our summer--------been and gone, back to normal today, pissing down !!!

Off round to the local garage this morning, see if I can find an inner tube to cut a timing belt out of, then try and finish the steering wheel for "Windy"---------my skills in ETCHING leave a lot to be desired, but as my son pointed out----------if folk want a MODEL, THEY BUY A REVELL OR A DINKY/CORGI---------but if they just want a concept then they won't mind the crawly wiggly sign writing , you want me to have a bash at putting the name and numbers on her butt Roger ?
Give me a call on ---------0044-078-2626-7733. Or Skype or FaceTime ----I'm around most of the time, probably six hour time difference, but I'm deaf as a gatepost so you have to be patient.
Oh yes, I almost forgot, off to northern France a week tomorrow for five days to catch up on some crabs and lobsters and moulle mariniere. Life can be a stone bitch !

[GENE LANHAM]

Oh yes, I almost forgot, off to northern France a week tomorrow for five days to catch up on some crabs and lobsters and moulle mariniere. Life can be a stone bitch !

Trouville??--Honfleur??

[jackiewilson]

Trouville??--Honfleur??

CONCALE actually Gene, wee bit of Gaelic history attached to it, had the biggest and tastiest crab ever last time I was here.
Got some good old piccies of the REDBIRD and its stand------WING ON WING-------if you don't want it I'm sure I can work it into Ted Boyd. I'll get it to Tavares one way or another. Trying to remember where I stashed the memory card downloader.

[jackiewilson]

Second day day on the REDBIRD except it's a snowbird more later

[GENE LANHAM]

concale actually gene, wee bit of gaelic history attached to it, had the biggest and tastiest crab ever last time i was here.

CONCALE??--No comprende?? Und genau wo ist das?????In der Naehe von?????

[GENE LANHAM]

Got some good old piccies of the REDBIRD and its stand------WING ON WING-------if you don't want it I'm sure I can work it into Ted Boyd.

Jackie---You may have to do 'duplicates' of your 'CONCEPTS'!!! (DO YOU HAVE YOUR 'ORDER' BOOK READY)?

[jackiewilson]

Jackie---You may have to do 'duplicates' of your 'CONCEPTS'!!! (DO YOU HAVE YOUR 'ORDER' BOOK READY)?

Dont have order books Gene--------just friends----

Concale is down St. Malo way.

[jackiewilson]

Already have two full kits roughed out-------very rare I get the first one right------so I have "Standbys", and I had a funny feeling Ted might get a tad excited. See how I get on with the spray gun?--------I got a quart of red Hammerite and a gallon of thinners------just need a sunshiny day so I can do it outside and it dries instead of staying tacky for a week and gunking everything in the shop red.
Dont worry too much Gene, if it don't come up to muster, you don't get to have it-------I just try, try, and try again 'till it comes about right.
Being made of Douglas fir it comes out around one to 2 kilos with the motors, bit more if you want a trailer---------post is around $50, if you wait until Tavares and I haven't" popped my clogs"-------it's for free. Will make a few items for auction and use Stavros Sirois as front man, that covers all transport costs, and he loves to be the "Compère". Showman through and through and a genuine old fart--------one of us !
Wish I could have been there for the "REDBIRD" launch, family matters decreed otherwise-----if I'm ticking-------I'll be there.
Im just like an old Merc, keep it down to 5000 and we go on for ever !

[jackiewilson]

Things "Clicked" in the shop today, cracked on withe second REDBIRD -------course it went along a lot more smoothly than the prototype and is going to be the better of the two, make sure you get number two Gene. Got four gear cases and four power heads, twelve pipes and four props-----props alone come out over. $100.
Price will come out around $350 apiece, worth every REDBIRD cent though. , second one is Douglas fir and centre section is Piranha Pine with a beautiful flower in it ( do a couple of pics later to illustrate my meaning), if you want 'em left plain tell me before next week.

[jackiewilson]

Been chugging along like an express bullet train, got a red dusting coat on the pair, before I start filling to get some sort of finish---------amazing how difficult it is to get four identical sponsons-----back in the day, I wonder if the Switzerland boys had the same problem because I've never seen a pair of identical "Wings", each one has its own identity ! Closest I've seen are the 700 and the 7000, somebody else must surely have come across this---------Molinari's and Hodges were built on a jig, so unless some deliberate update was introduced, they remained pretty much the same?
This was no doubt a big problem for the likes of Bob Hammond at Glastron, updates and design change must have been a nightmare!
Must confess the D.A.C. Looks much the same as it did thirty years ago, but let's face it, it's still a bit like last man standing!
Will probably start on the motors tomorrow!

[2us70]

Jackie. What were you driving in 1966? I was fooling around on YouTube yesterday and I ran across a clip from a race in the UK. Mostly deep V-bottom boats and a few flat bottoms. All were Mercury powered. Looked like mostly 4cyl 50s and 6cyl 110s.

[jackiewilson]

Jackie. What were you driving in 1966? I was fooling around on YouTube yesterday and I ran across a clip from a race in the UK. Mostly deep V-bottom boats and a few flat bottoms. All were Mercury powered. Looked like mostly 4cyl 50s and 6cyl 110s.

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Won the British Champlonship in 1966 using a 50 HP Mercury and a 55 HP Carniti on Bristol boats---------Sexee------Sexy2------Far-2-sexy.
V bottoms were single seaters, flatties were two up. Moved up to tunnels after that season.

[Bob V]

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[jackiewilson]

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Bob, I have to be honest-------I read through this post and thought "who the hell is that, ? I certainly never came across him, must be out of California "!
Most impressive sales pitch I ever read, then I did a double take and thought, I've got a 301S Startrite bandsaw just like that,-------hang on a minute, the bugger's making Mercury watch towers, hope he sells 'em better than I did.
was 5:45 am and I was just opening my eyes so I wasn't at my bushy tailed best-------took a while before the penny dropped, SOMEBODY out there likes my stuff!
Suddenly the worlds a much brighter place, Thank you Bobby V ( didn't he used to be on the radio?) very much Appreciated.

Opened a couple of "Private messages"----one from Mike Butler, asked if I was going to OFF this year as he was thinking of going, now how nice is that ? Of course I'm going to Tavares in November----and Key West and the OFF golf tournament------with the .most amazing prizes of all time including a "Faberge" bejewelled egg and a "genuine solid gold Conquistadors helmet" and tons more-------better get signed in before long.

Another "Private" from Ted Boyd-------he took the second REDWING--------I tell ya, things are on the up--------Roger's taking the hydro and Gene and Ted a wing apiece-------MEAT AND TATTIES ON THE TABLE THIS WEEK MOTHER !

[Bob V]

Bob, I have to be honest-------I read through this post and thought "who the hell is that, ? I certainly never came across him, must be out of California "!
Most impressive sales pitch I ever read, then I did a double take and thought, I've got a 301S Startrite bandsaw just like that,-------hang on a minute, the bugger's making Mercury watch towers, hope he sells 'em better than I did.

Thank you, Jackie. You made my day..!! I can just imagine your gears spinning trying to figure out who is this impostor that is trying to infringe on your business and how did he get your band saw? Yes, I would say that your craftsmanship is appreciated by more people than you know. After all, only you can bring the dreams of past into the reality of the present...!!

Sounds like a "Back to the Future" Delorean may be in order for W.W.W. concepts LLC. I will keep my eyes out for a "flux capacitor" to power it up.