The really "Old School" boating thread

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11-19-2013, 08:35 PM
Wheeler

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Nice Thread Sharp Shooter!

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11-19-2013, 08:51 PM
Sharp shooter

Holy shit Wheeler! Those pictures are priceless!!! I've been looking for pics of Harlan's home wrecker forever and might I add without luck and Bam there it is! Where did these come from?
11-19-2013, 08:57 PM
2manymustangs

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Originally Posted by Sharp shooter

Holy shit Wheeler! Those pictures are priceless!!! I've been looking for pics of Harlan's home wrecker forever and might I add without luck and Bam there it is! Where did these come from?

Which one of those shots is Harlan's deal SS?
11-19-2013, 09:10 PM
Wheeler

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Originally Posted by Sharp shooter

Holy shit Wheeler! Those pictures are priceless!!! I've been looking for pics of Harlan's home wrecker forever and might I add without luck and Bam there it is! Where did these come from?

Vintage Hydroplanes .....http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/al...ley/foley.html

Bob Foley shot the pix at Ski Land. I sure wish that he would post some more of his pix! :thumb:
11-19-2013, 09:13 PM
2manymustangs

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Originally Posted by Wheeler

Vintage Hydroplanes .....http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/al...ley/foley.html

Bob Foley shot the pix at Ski Land. I sure wish that he would post some more of his pix! :thumb:

He is a VERY nice man... :action-smiley-035:
11-19-2013, 09:19 PM
Wheeler

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Originally Posted by 2manymustangs

Which one of those shots is Harlan's deal SS?

Avenger 99-F
Hey, what’s that circle boat doing at Ski-Land? One of Bud Meyer’s 266 cubic inch hydros. Harlan Orrin designed, built and drove the boat as a 150 with a Bud Meyers Chevy Nova engine, then as a 266 with a sbc., then at the drags with a injected gas 327. After Bud Meyer and Harlan split partnership, he formed a partnership with Pete Altman & Wayne Rexwinkle. At the first meet at Long Beach Marine Stadium, Harlan set the APBA UGH record @ 107.14 as 99-F HOMEWRECKER. breaking the APBA UNBLOWN GAS, HYDRO, AUTO ENGINE, DRAG record at the Long Beach Marine Stadium, on July 18, 1965. Also, NDBA 100 mph club. We ran for several years undefeated. Harlan Orrin
11-19-2013, 09:22 PM
Wheeler

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Originally Posted by Sharp shooter

Those pictures are priceless!!!

just think, if you keep posting all these cool threads HB might need to start a V-Drive section. :wink2:
11-19-2013, 09:28 PM
2manymustangs

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Originally Posted by Wheeler

Avenger 99-F
Hey, what’s that circle boat doing at Ski-Land? One of Bud Meyer’s 266 cubic inch hydros. Harlan Orrin designed, built and drove the boat as a 150 with a Bud Meyers Chevy Nova engine, then as a 266 with a sbc., then at the drags with a injected gas 327. After Bud Meyer and Harlan split partnership, he formed a partnership with Pete Altman & Wayne Rexwinkle. At the first meet at Long Beach Marine Stadium, Harlan set the APBA UGH record @ 107.14 as 99-F HOMEWRECKER. breaking the APBA UNBLOWN GAS, HYDRO, AUTO ENGINE, DRAG record at the Long Beach Marine Stadium, on July 18, 1965. Also, NDBA 100 mph club. We ran for several years undefeated. Harlan Orrin

Looks like an old Hilborn strait stack injection on 99-F... AND dig those pipes!!! :action-smiley-035:
11-19-2013, 09:28 PM
Sharp shooter

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Ok I gotta ask, where do you find this stuff? It is in your garage? Pretty cool classic stuff for sure.

My dad had acquired a small stack of race boat magazines when I was young and I loved to look through them. I grew up around Hot Rod cars and Boats and my heros were Julian Pettingill, Gordon Jennings Sr, Paul Grichar, Ray Caselli, Schwabby, Don Garlits, Tom McEwen, Bob Hannah etc. I also thought many traditional ball sports athletes were cool too, but the "2 ball" motorsports were just more exciting to me.

As I've gotten older I turned a photo/video hobby into a (very small) business and was rewarded by having many of my "heros" become my friends. The more videos I shot the more friends I made and It got to where some of the older guys would ask me if I wanted their old collections knowing they would be well kept, appreciated and utilized and that everyone would benefit from.

Along the way, I've spent some money on ebay grabbing up what I can, but it's rare when anything pops up at all and especially for rags I don't already have.

I have a lot of stuff, but I also know of 2 people with fairly large collections that I hope to end up with someday. I guess I've become a raceboat magazine "hoarder". lol

This is about 2/3rds of my stash. So as you can see, I can keep this thread going a while. :D
http://www.v-drivevideo.net/pictures...s/DSC01902.JPG
11-19-2013, 09:32 PM
Sharp shooter

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Originally Posted by Wheeler

just think, if you keep posting all these cool threads HB might need to start a V-Drive section. :wink2:

Lets not get carried away now. lol!! Actually, Joe M has pumped a lot of life into HB's v-drive section. We'll see what the future holds. :D

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