Jim and Al Retif’s Miss Nehi racing team also based out of New Orleans. All of the Nehi’s were first class and very competitive. The naming of the hydros was not random. The Retif family owned the RC Bottling Company in Baton Rouge and the Nehi brand was one of …
The latest Issue of the UNJ is available on our website. The May issue is packed with stories and news, starting with a shakeup within the U-1 Miss Homestreet Bank/ Madison race team, We remember H1 Historian Fred Farley, Part 2 of our exclusive visit with hydro broadcaster Steve Montgomery, …
Posted on Facebook’s Hydroplane History page by Mr. Pagel is the U-7 Miss Skyway which was launched with twin side by side 265 cu.in. Corvette motors. They were hooked up to a v-belt driven gear box and it just never worked. Following the 1957 season, owner Lyle Parks swapped out …
Dear Phil (Kunz), I am trying to locate (or at least learn the history and fate of) a 225ci hydroplane N-79, “Jezebel” built and raced by my father, Douglass C. Harvey, in the early 1950’s out of Rochester N.Y. I’ve attached 2 pictures of him in the boat, taken around …
My 1951 President’s Cup Regatta Program cover is autographed by Maj Horace Dodge and Guy Lombardo in upper left corner. Tom Alligood
The “new” March Issue of the UNJ is available to read on our website at www.unlimitednewsjournal.net/March_2016.php Going into 2016 we have a new look and some new features so be sure and check it out. This month the issue is packed with stories and news, starting with the new sponsorship …
Miss Merion Bluegrass Kirk Rogers had the famous hull replicated by Don Kelson. The original hull was designed and constructed by Ken Kimbrough and Dr. Ed Johnston. The original owner was the late Fred Rogers.The photo has both the current crew and most of the original crew, driver and builder. …
