what she looked like when I bought her from Frank Hawk in 1981.
 

THESE PICTURES ARE MY FIRST REFINISH OF THE JERSEY LIGHTNING, TRYING TO KEEP HER IN THE ORIGINAL PAINT SCHEME. 
BUT, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD TO USE MY OLD FIVE LITRE NUMBER AND NOT F-50, 
I STRIPPED THE BOAT TO BARE WOOD  FOR THE NATURAL FINISH, WHICH WAS NOT TO EASY IN A ONE CAR GARAGE.
 

HEAT RACE GRAYSONVILLE, MD. 1983 
 

1984
 

JERSEY LIGHTNING'S POWER WAS A SMALL BLOCK 283 CHEVY, BORED OUT TO 302
CU.IN.,WITH HILLBORN FUEL INJECTION, FUEL WAS METHANOL.

 

FINISHING SECOND AT RED BANK,  IN THE GOVERNORS CUP, 1983
 

THE LINE UP FOR THE INVITATIONAL GRAN PRIX, AT RED BANK IN 1983.
  THE JERSEY LIGHTNING FINISHED SECOND.

DAVE GUETZLAFF DEEP IN THOUGHT  "I HOPE THE HELL THIS THING STARTS!"
 

GETTING INTO THE LIGHTNING AT MILLVILLE, N.J. 
THAT IS BILL McKIGHTS SON HELPING TAKE OFF THE SLINGS, HE IS THE ONE WITHOUT THE SHIRT.

DAVE AND HIS WIFE MARY, WHICH HIS 145 HYDRO WAS NAMED AFTER.
 PROUD MARY S-50
 

RUNNING OUT FRONT IN THE 5 LITRE / 225 CLASS AT RED BANK IN 1983

A PAGE FROM THE PROGRAM FOR THE 1983 NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES REGATTA, IN RED BANK, N.J.
 

START OF THE GRAN PRIX, THE WHITE BOAT IS THE SCORPIO, BLUE BOAT OUT FRONT IS THE SUPER-HUSHPUPPY, 
THE BLACK CABOVER IS TOMMYHINES' BAD BOY, THE JERSEY LIGHTNING IS BURIED IN THE ROOSTER TAILS

Earnings from GP race - Red Bank
 

NOTICE THE ADDITION OF GPR TO THE NUMBERS ON THE SPONSON,THIS INDICATED GRAN PRIX RESTRICTED.

MY TV INTERVIEW AFTER THE RACE.
NOTICE THE ADDITION OF THE STATE EMBLEM WITH A LIGHTNING BOLT ADDED IN BETWEEN JERSEY AND
 LIGHTNING. THE EMBLEM WAS ALSO ON THE TAILFIN.
 

Local newspaper picture from Montgomery, PA 1983
 

Partial listing of entered boats for Montgomery, PA

THE JERSEY LIGHTNING WAS ONE OF THE ELITE, JOINING THE GULF 100 MPH CLUB.

1984 APBA RACE CIRCULAR FOR MILLVILLE,N.J.,NOTICE THAT THE NAME OF THE REGATTA HAD BEEN
CHANGED FROM THE HOLLY CITY REGATTA, TO THE TILLMAN MORH MEMORIAL.
NAMED IN MEMORY OF THE DRIVER WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE PRIOR YEAR AT THIS RACE.
 

DAVID GUETZLAFF, SR.
OWNER AND DRIVER - JERSEY LIGHTNING F-717
 AND THE PROUD MARY S-50
 © 2008 Dave Guetzlaff, Sr.
 

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