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Wow!!!!, Mike, she is gorgeous!Velasco hull fresh out of paint. Still need to add the cockpit details and stacks.
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Hi Rob,Wow!!!!, Mike, she is gorgeous!Velasco hull fresh out of paint. Still need to add the cockpit details and stacks.
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Did that boat run with the full cowl?
I always liked that hull as it became the Captran Resorts after, which I ran back in the 80's and 90's as a model. Red engine block in the Captran (old bud engines).
Thinkin' I might have to see about a Brian Buas hull with that cowl and do the Captran again.
That's where it's a little fuzzy. This boat ran in 1980 in Seattle ( I have photos of it in the water in Seattle with the nose graphics), two years before Dean's death in TC. According to the master hull roster it definitely started as the 72 Notre Dame.It says "this race is for DEAN" he wasn't the driver...it was in memory of him because of his unfortunate death at the 1982 Columbia cup in the Griffon Bud.
There was a similar hull prior to the Griffon Bud...it was originally the Pay-N-Pak. It did run with an exposed engine.
I wonder if the pictures you have were in early testing in Seattle after Dean's crash of the 79 Griffon Bud while going for the 1 mile record in Seattle in 1979? That first Griffon Bud was destroyed and a new hull built for 1980. Possibly the graphics were applied to the backup 1980-108 hull after the crash and remained untill early 1980. The backup boat was later sold to Keith Trowbridge ( driven by Bobbie Howard and Steve Reynolds) who ran it as the Captran Resorts in 1981.That's where it's a little fuzzy. This boat ran in 1980 in Seattle ( I have photos of it in the water in Seattle with the nose graphics), two years before Dean's death in TC. According to the master hull roster it definitely started as the 72 Notre Dame.It says "this race is for DEAN" he wasn't the driver...it was in memory of him because of his unfortunate death at the 1982 Columbia cup in the Griffon Bud.
There was a similar hull prior to the Griffon Bud...it was originally the Pay-N-Pak. It did run with an exposed engine.
Henry- Come see it run at the NW Scale Championship Race in October..WOW Mike you have done a fantastic job with the hull -- would really like to see it run -- maybe this year at the NAMBA Nats or (wish full thinking) Hobart) 2014
You never know Marty -- could happenHenry- Come see it run at the NW Scale Championship Race in October..WOW Mike you have done a fantastic job with the hull -- would really like to see it run -- maybe this year at the NAMBA Nats or (wish full thinking) Hobart) 2014
Marty
mike,Velasco hull fresh out of paint. Still need to add the cockpit details and stacks.
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That boat was the 7025 hull that Bernie Little purchased from the Pay'N Pak team after the 1972 season and later sold after the 1975 season. The new owner then shipped it to Australia after the 1978 season where it won multiple season championships. It's successor, the 7612 hull ran as the Budweiser from 1976 through the 1978 season only to be sold and replaced by the first Griffon boat, nicknamed "The Juggernaut", prior to the 1979 season. Both of the pre-Griffon boats ran an exposed engine due to the cowl design usedIt says "this race is for DEAN" he wasn't the driver...it was in memory of him because of his unfortunate death at the 1982 Columbia cup in the Griffon Bud.
There was a similar hull prior to the Griffon Bud...it was originally the Pay-N-Pak. It did run with an exposed engine.
I wonder if the pictures you have were in early testing in Seattle after Dean's crash of the 79 Griffon Bud while going for the 1 mile record in Seattle in 1979? That first Griffon Bud was destroyed and a new hull built for 1980. Possibly the graphics were applied to the backup 1980-108 hull after the crash and remained untill early 1980. The backup boat was later sold to Keith Trowbridge ( driven by Bobbie Howard and Steve Reynolds) who ran it as the Captran Resorts in 1981.That's where it's a little fuzzy. This boat ran in 1980 in Seattle ( I have photos of it in the water in Seattle with the nose graphics), two years before Dean's death in TC. According to the master hull roster it definitely started as the 72 Notre Dame.It says "this race is for DEAN" he wasn't the driver...it was in memory of him because of his unfortunate death at the 1982 Columbia cup in the Griffon Bud.
There was a similar hull prior to the Griffon Bud...it was originally the Pay-N-Pak. It did run with an exposed engine.
Could be Rob,
Marty has a book showing the boat as W/D for the Seattle race in 1980, but scoring 4th Place in San Diego that same year. For my purposes the hull was previously registered by Mick Shutt in RCU (there is or was a photo of it on the RCU website) and Mark Auker in UNW. Somewhere along the line it was considered a legal registration.
Wow, that's awesome!!!Hey Guys:
Just for fun. This is the actual back up motor for Captran Resorts. I'm installing it in the 1969
NOTRE DAME replica. So far, the entire engine has it's original paint. See attached photo.
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