old Velocity's

Chummy

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What happened to all the i/o 22 Velocity's that were race boats in the 80's? Looking through a bunch of old photos here it seems to like there should be a bunch of them out there. I remember seeing one a while back called Hells Fire that had a #2 or #3 speedmaster on it.
 
Funny you mention "Hells Fire" It was owned by a buddy of mine and his Dad from Buffalo NY till a few years ago.
Your right, #2 Speedmaster and a BB Chevy with a Hi Rise manifold, over the transom headers, center steering and lots of other little tricky bits. Quite nasty when it wanted to be that boat.
They have a great wall mural picture of it running Lake Erie on a clam evening right on the step and the drive at about 85mph.
It was never very reliable and in the end they sold it to my brother in-law who sold the drive, gimble and transom plate and is going to be a project boat for him in the future.
 
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