Category: Tidbits

Love it….. Must have been some zany boat shows like this too, I suspect.

Pardon me, but many of you regular visitors may be thinking to yourself that “I already saw many of these” as you read through them. Yes, you would be correct. This is when I had the short lived “We get mail” board a few years back. When I was cleaning …

Classic Hydro Fans, I have a new website, http://www.hydroartprints.com, that features highly detailed prints of Classic Unlimited Hydroplanes. If you like the old boats, take a look. There is always a new rendering in the works, so you might see one of your favorites appear. Thanks! Alan Ameel

Machinist’s Workshop MagT recently published some information on various penetrating oils that is very interesting. Some of you might appreciate this. The magazine reports they tested penetrates for break out torque on rusted nuts. They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional machinist. They arranged a subjective test …

New 2014 restyled & redesigned GM Sierra and Silverado pickups unveiled today. …and for the FORD lovers – here’s their new offering which appears like just some cosmetic changes for this year.   …….heck I’d be happy with either one.  

50′ cat with 2 Lycomings

From Jay Leno’s Garage. ……. Let us know if anyone has tried this method out.

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the video from the record run in England: http://www.daytonrcboatclub.org/unlimited-hydro-record-run/

My brother is a Powertrain Engineer at GM and forwarded me these pics of a rare 1960’s motor GMC made very few of. Not boat rrelated, but you gearheads might want to check out the spec sheet the owner posted and notice Torque to HP numbers. Interesting. Would of made …