Driver in water watches on as safety crew puts out fire. The photo shows only damage only to the linen wrap on the engine cowling. photo courtesy on the Don MacDonald collection. Thanks to Ross McCracken for scanning and forwarding this…..and the next 2 great photos!
photo courtesy on the Don MacDonald collection Editor’s Note: I really like how they incorporated the bumper / step off around the entire perimeter of the hydro. Even had rudder protection.
Paul Reid sent me a note that this hull was designed/built by Jerry Longtin who was famous for his CANADIANA hulls. Built circa 1946 and won Valleyfield in 1956 with Francois Lavinge at the helm. In looking at the L’Atomique you can see some of the same design DNA that …
Miss Heidelberg J-18 was originally The Redskin, built by Ron Jones, Sr. 16 photos added to the Wolbert family photo album
Both photos added to Ray Gassner’s Sunshine Baby webpage built and maintained by Brent McLean.
This photo added to Tim Settle’s BARRACUDA page.
Thanks Keith Brayer for the photo.
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This is Joe Taggart’s 7 Liter hydro “Tomyann” that had 3 Mercury flathead engines. It was reported that the front one was hooked direct and the rear two were connected via belt drives. The belts kept burning up and the idea was scrapped and a Fageol bus engine was used …
