Cumon Baby 15-A
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Early 1950's
Photo credit - Mr. Charles Marshall
Cumon Baby 15-A
Salton Sea, California
1952
Cumon Baby 15-A
Salton Sea, California
1952
Notice the pointed bow and narrow transom with the wide flared out
non-trips.
The hydro on this webpage was the first
Cumon Baby
hull built by Frank Neely. That was in 1951. |
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This boat set the Mile Straightaway Speed Record on October 19, 1953
by Duane Allen @ 101.254 mph at Salton Sea, California.
Cumon Baby I was the second 135 ci hydro to break the 100
mph mark.
To read more history on that accomplishment, click here.
Thanks to Will Neely (Frank's son) for providing the document. |
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Mile Straightaway Speed Record
Cumon Baby
Cumon Baby I was sold to S.F. (Frank) Steed
of Tyler, Texas who renamed it Tex A-6 in 1955. |
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Tex A-6
Frank Neely immediately built his next hydroplane,
Cumon Baby ll,
incorporating many of the better features of the original.
Click here to view the the page on that
hydroplane.
Mr. Steed then sold Tex A-6 to Lt. Col. Warner Gardner and he
campaigned the hydro as Glo Gal A-3 and last seen in the Detroit
area in 1962.
Photo credit - Mr. Phil Kunz
(Click here
to see a the "Wanted Poster" on Mr. Kunz's website).
Any info on the whereabouts of this hydro would be appreciated. |
