Buffalo Launch Club
 
 
 

F-31
Isle View Park
Tonawnada, New York
 

E-Z-Duzit E-8
Owned by W S Pratt. Driven by Harold Sauterfield, rider was Bill's son, Billie.
Buffalo Launch Club
photo credit - Charlie Miller
 
 
 
 
 
 

Waterbug F-37
Sam Guarino's Dodge 246 Hemi V-8 with Hilborn injection - 1954 or '55
photo credit - Charlie Miller
 
 
 

E-78
Dick Sooy drove & built hull and sold it to Arnold Boyance and ran it as the Mr Neon
Millville, New Jersey
photo credit - Ted Koopman
 
 
 

E-65 Miss Havana?
Skeeter Johnson driving Jose Acebo's 280 at Elizabeth City in 1959.
Acebo managed to get his 2 boats to Miami before Castro took power in Cuba. 
Acebo was a Batisto man, escaped to the US leaving his property and business behind.
 
 

Miss Jenny GP-56 & Miss B&H J-72
Miss B&H stood for co-owners/drivers Jim Burnham and Jim Helsel
Niagara River at Isle View Park
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Apache
Mike Thomas' 280 hydro
Saint Petersburg, Florida
print - Ed Trayford collection of Tonawanda, New York, provided by Ken
 
 

Sally Ann, Jr. F-10
W. E. John - Owner/Driver
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mama's Mink F-22
Less family - owner/driver
 
 
 
 
 

Gambler II, E-288
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

VOODOO F-15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sea Biscuit F-5
 

1200 cu in class action at Tonawanda, New York
 

Kat-N-Nan Y-216
Paul Bauer from Cincinnati in one of his famous "Kat-N-Nan" hydros that he built himself.

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© 2006 Bill DeGlopper

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