Guess who won this heat of 500cc Hydro at Constantine circa 1986.
Guess who won this heat of 500cc Hydro at Constantine circa 1986.
Klassic Kirts !!
Man that Schu would fly !! A buddy of mine has that boat now up here in Canada.
Dan hangin' her high in 350ccH
Jeff/David;
Just saw this post. First pic I saw of the boat in its original blue.
As I found it in FL, it is now black, and I do not have the canopy.
If anyone has more pics of it in blue, I would like to see them,
as it should be redone as Kirts ran it.
I too have one that was used to run a Yamato 500 Alky, from Carl Laverenz from Moline, Ill, USA. He went on to Pugh hydros. Now its for developmental use. Very stable and very predictable. I heard that Schumaker was a disciple of Tim Butt's boat building fame? Interesting similarities. The next engine to be run on this one will be a rebuilt Quincy Flathead D presently in the works. Nice boat there. My compliments.
Brian, I wish it had bought that Eldredge lower unit while it was here in MD .... that was about 3 months before I broke my propshaft
Since 1925, about 150 different racing outboards have been made.
John, did you buy Carl's 500 yamato motor too? Those engines were fast. I think you are correct that Schumaker was a disciple of Butts. He built some good boats. Kirts sure kicked a lot of tail in them.
Lowell Schumacher. He was a disciple of Tim's. I don't know much about the history of his boats because I got out around the time he started building boats (I think). Is he still involved?
Wayne, I believe my father had told me he thought Schumaker was possibly still helping someone else build boats. I'll have to ask him again.
He helps Gary Pugh build boats.
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