Quote Originally Posted by gn7 View Post
Dave Miller and Irv Brendell for sure. I am sure theres one or two more we are missing. I talked to Nick about this at the last Hot Boat Reunion they held at the NHRA museum in Pomona. As I remember it, he didn't build many wood boats if any. He was little like Rudy in he bought bare wood boats, mainly from Hallett, and glassed them in his dads drive way, and rigged them. But he got into the boat game pretty late compared to the others, and he was into the glass thing pretty quick using plug tooling from Hallett.

I drove Rudy to the Reunion that year, and we had lunch with Nick and his wife. That was interesting to say the least.
I spent the entire lunch talking to Nick, and Rudy spent the entire lunch talking with Nick's wife. Very interesting lunch to say the least.

Nicks dad owned a sheetmetal shop not to far from Brummett's in Pasadena. His dad wanted him to take over the biz, but Nick was having none of it. I guess Rudy's dad thought the same way before they started making money with the boats.

If you ever see a Brummett ad during that period, he is a Chris Craft dealer, and there is a ad with him driving a Chris Craft Racer.
If you click on my video from the 1st ever Boat racers reunion (I know you've seen it) you'll hear Nick say he's been full time in the biz since 1958 and as a hobby since 1948. He actually says 42 years ago and 52 years ago and the video was shot in 2000.

I'll keep my eyes open for a Brummett ad.