This hull was built in the early 1970s from a GLEN L. frame kit by Dennis Goodenough of the Janesville, Wisconsin.
Original power was a full race 327 c.i. Corvette engine. 
The boat was only raced twice as the engine was not competitive against the 390, 392, & 396 engines of the top Chicago area drivers. 
The boat was then converted to ski towing and boat riding for the next 31 years.
This boat is significant as it is the catalog model for this design. See GLENL.com Tornado plans.
The boat is all mahogany frames and stringers, mahogany plywood planked, and then fiberglassed accept the varnished mahogany deck.
Length is 18’ 8” x 7’ width x 24” max depth.
Current engine is a Chev 355 c.i. V-8 with Casale V-Drive. Propeller is a steel Mascari (Italian) 12” x 14”.

I will be at several mid-west and eastern sites this summer.
I have been driving inboards since 1953 (that’s 52 years) and have owned 4 classes of runabouts and 3 classes of hydroplanes. 
Most were named Can’t Wait and numbered either 69 or 169.
I’m in my third childhood and owe this relapse to this disease to Hal Leduc because he restored my 1969 Hallett 266. 
It is now OPECHEE F-222. It appears that Tom D’eath really started something BIG. 
I hope to continue with Vintage as well as get my son and grandson involved. 
“FLATBOTTOMS FOREVER”

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