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    Quote Originally Posted by Instigator View Post
    Couple more cool old ads from e-bay.

    Read the fine print to see the point where 25 hp was king!

    And first ad I’ve seen for 3 bangers actually explaining what a looper is.
    I saw the looper ad a couple of years ago...it caught my attention because its sitting on the back of one of our 15' Wildcats that my dad designed and we built from 1967 thru 1983.
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    Hustler 15' Wildcat / Merc 80
    Hustler 13' Wildcat / Merc 80
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    Hustler 15' Tunnel / Evinrude X115
    Hustler 17' Lark / Suzuki 140
    Hustler 16' Victor
    Hustler 16' Victor / JohnRude 135 (current and restored)
    Hustler 15' Family Tunnel / Johnson GT115 (current project)
    Hustler 16' Victor

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    Very cool!

    I thought it looked like the back of a Switzer.


    Quote Originally Posted by DanUmbarger View Post
    I saw the looper ad a couple of years ago...it caught my attention because its sitting on the back of one of our 15' Wildcats that my dad designed and we built from 1967 thru 1983.
    I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.


    I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.


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    24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
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    Quote Originally Posted by Instigator View Post
    Very cool!

    I thought it looked like the back of a Switzer.
    Switzers have a completely different look but here's a pic of a local Wildcat with a cool V4 Johnson on the back. Although that would be a cool motor for a 15' Wildcat tunnel im restoring i have a Johnson GT115 that I'm sticking on it.Click image for larger version. 

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    Hustler 15' Wildcat / Merc 80
    Hustler 13' Wildcat / Merc 80
    Hustler 13' Picklefork (Experimental) / Merc 80
    Hustler 16' Victor / Evinrude 85
    Hustler 15' Tunnel / Evinrude X115
    Hustler 17' Lark / Suzuki 140
    Hustler 16' Victor
    Hustler 16' Victor / JohnRude 135 (current and restored)
    Hustler 15' Family Tunnel / Johnson GT115 (current project)
    Hustler 16' Victor

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    Mouse from OMC to the right working on the powerful F1-V8

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    F1 V8 Assembly

    Quote Originally Posted by lars strom View Post
    Mouse from OMC to the right working on the powerful F1-V8

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    How were the F1 V8s assembled? Did one technician specialize in long block assembly? Somebody else for fuel systems and electricals? Or did the technicians do everything for one engine at a time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lars strom View Post
    PLEASE..this is a thread about OMC..!!!
    Thank you.

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    Evinrude AQUANAUT, Johnson AIR-BUOY & OMC SCUBUOY Diving Compressors


    These self-contained floating air stations delivered fresh, filtered air for two divers. The units weighed 40 pounds, complete with a 2-cycle engine driving two separate compressors with 2 hoses, masks & back packs, a 33-inch float ring and a 36” high exhaust mast with attachable “Divers Down” flag. The compressors delivered 2 ½ cfm to each diver at maximum depth of 25 feet. Depth was limited to guard against potential bends. Designed and produced by OMC’s Gale Division for all three brands, they were first released in 1966 and cost around $300. Properly functioning used units list online today for as much as $1200 to $1300.

    Available Parts - The model AH100 was produced from 1966-1967. It was basically a Lawn Boy 2hp D-model engine. (The cylinder head and crankshaft, however, are unique to the diving units.) The crankcase, rings, seals, gaskets, bearings, rod, piston, points, coil, condenser, carb components are all Lawn Boy D-engine. These parts are cheap and available on eBay - search “Lawn Boy parts”. The engine shroud and steel gas tank also are from C & D Lawn Boy engines.

    Safe When Used Correctly - The only danger in using one of these diving units is using it in a confined space. This is common sense. The story goes that back in the late 60's, a diver was using the unit inside a deep & narrow sinkhole in North Florida. The unit was floating on a water surface that was 30 feet below the surrounding terrain. The fumes displaced the oxygen and the diver died. This could happen with any diving compressor, but this event reportedly ended production at OMC.


    How did OMC acquire certification for this product to be sold? How did the design address separation between the engine exhaust and air compressor intake?

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    @WaterZebra

    Lots of great questions but I don't have the correct answers and hat to guess.
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    For sure this is a Velocity with a production Evinrude 300XP V8 looper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WaterZebra View Post
    How were the F1 V8s assembled? Did one technician specialize in long block assembly? Somebody else for fuel systems and electricals? Or did the technicians do everything for one engine at a time?
    When I was there in the '70's, Ward Cox was the gearcase specialist and that's pretty much all he did. Ziggy and Mouse did most of the porting work,, but the build up was shared with all of the team on who was available basis. Whitey Harris was the dyno man, but wasn't actually part of the race team. How the team progressed in the late '70's and '80's, I don't know. Jim Nerstrom is the expert then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rotary John View Post
    When I was there in the '70's, Ward Cox was the gearcase specialist and that's pretty much all he did. Ziggy and Mouse did most of the porting work,, but the build up was shared with all of the team on who was available basis. Whitey Harris was the dyno man, but wasn't actually part of the race team. How the team progressed in the late '70's and '80's, I don't know. Jim Nerstrom is the expert then.
    pretty much how I remembered it during the V-4 days, but each tech might have done their own porting & assembly & it always was a big deal which pulled the most HP on the dyno. Leek would assign motors to which drivers according to the dyno results. Yup, Jimbo got the best. Other techs were Ken Soller, Mike Kukla who after a snowmobile accident developed Lukemia, them Mike Gwaltney joined the team. In the Boat shop it was Bob “goat” Nagode, John Harvat & Jimbo. In the prop shop lead by Don Heinrich it was Harold Naus & John Gibbs
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Schubert View Post
    pretty much how I remembered it during the V-4 days, but each tech might have done their own porting & assembly & it always was a big deal which pulled the most HP on the dyno. Leek would assign motors to which drivers according to the dyno results. Yup, Jimbo got the best. Other techs were Ken Soller, Mike Kukla who after a snowmobile accident developed Lakemia, them Mike Gwaltney joined the team. In the Boat shop it was Bob “goat” Nagode, John Harvat & Jimbo. In the prop shop lead by Don Heinrich it was Harold Naus & John Gibbs
    One more; Ted Wright. Worked on the rotary race engine. Also died of cancer. Tragic story. He had brought his wife alone to Europe with a 3 week fare. Scotti was killed the first week and he was told to go home. They couldn't afford the additional fare for his wife so they hung around Paris unknown to others for the remainder of the 3 weeks. Also unknown, he was extremely sick and by the time he got home the cancer was too far along to save him. He died shortly after coming home.
    I don't know about the 2-stroke motor assignments but Jack Leek never saw the dyno sheets of the rotaries. Besides that, I don't recall ever seeing more that 5 HP difference for any of them for any given race, 5 out of 270/280 prop shaft HP didn't make much difference when they were running on 100HP V-4 boats.
    Last edited by Rotary John; 12-02-2024 at 06:59 PM.

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    Wow @Rotary John ,

    Very sad story about Ted Wright. I probably met him in Paris 1974.
    Still remember how upset everybody in the OMC team was when Scotti died in the tragic accident.
    I have pictures of Scotti laying stuck in the fence at the seawall and his boat floating upside down next to him.
    Terrible pictures I refuse to use.
    (Got it from a French friend)

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    Ward Cox

    Quote Originally Posted by Rotary John View Post
    When I was there in the '70's, Ward Cox was the gearcase specialist and that's pretty much all he did. Ziggy and Mouse did most of the porting work,, but the build up was shared with all of the team on who was available basis. Whitey Harris was the dyno man, but wasn't actually part of the race team. How the team progressed in the late '70's and '80's, I don't know. Jim Nerstrom is the expert then.
    I can remember some enjoyable times with Ward Cox at the PARIS 6hr race on a few occasions i think the Paris race was the only one he attended that i know of he always enjoyed himself with the racing crowd he was a very quiet person but new how to enjoy himself the only thing that i remember well was he told me he had a over a 1hr commute to work every morning to the OMC factory.

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    Cesare Scotti.

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    I can remember a post by Ron Hill about Scotti`s visit to the race at Havasu the race he went on to win and Ron was entertaining the Italian driver he took him to lunch a few times and Scotti had a small carry case with him and Ron asked why does the case go everywhere with you his answer was its got my props in it.

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    I can understand that. We all were always protective of our best propellers and also trying to find one better. I only had 2 really good props the whole time I raced.

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    At our age, time FLY’s! Sooo…
    Always Remember… Keep Your Beer Cold, Your Wine Fine & Life Will Be Good!

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