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O. F. Christner at boat show, Cypress Gardens, FL - Nov 2001
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Our father, O. F. "Chris" Christner loved all outboard engines, not just racing engines. As many of you know, he was a Mercury Outboard dealer for over 40 years and also sold pleasure boats for many years. Click on the various "Collections" buttons to see more pictures.
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Mark Suter Collection
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Mark Suter is a member of the Antique Outboard Motor Club and has a collection of 325 outboard motors ranging in years from 1913 to 1984. His primary interest is in racing motors and has just under 100 of them. He began collecting in 1992 and is still looking to expand his racing motor collection today.
Mark was born in 1942 in Waukesha, Wisconsin and lived his teenage years about 4 miles from the original Kiekhaefer Mercury plant in Cedarburg, Wisconsin (where the “green tank” Mercury racers were manufactured). His Dad worked briefly for Mercury but quit primarily because of Carl Kiekhaefer’s over-bearing personality. Some of Mark’s more memorable early boating experiences were in an eight-foot hydro powered by a modified Mercury KG7H motor. Although, he aspired to participate in sanctioned racing, his Dad would not allow it. Mark did travel around the greater Milwaukee area and avidly follow the local APBA races as a spectator.
He later earned a BSME degree from the University of Wisconsin and spent his entire 34-year career with the Ford Motor Company working in Powertrain Engineering (30 years in engine design and development and the remainder in Transmission design). Toward the end of his career, he realized the need for a hobby to keep him occupied during retirement years and decided to resurrect his prior interest in outboard motors. Today, most of his time is spent in his “mini outboard museum” and shop where his entire collection is organized and on display and where his motor restorations are done. This essentially is a full-time job as many of the motors are yet to be restored. He enjoys showing his collection to any interested outboard motor enthusiasts and hosts one huge club swap meet each year. He also enjoys attending club “wet meets” where he can run some of the old motors on the water.
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2008 Antique Outboard Motor Club Swap Meet hosted by Mark Suter's
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Mark Suter hosted an Antique Outboard Motor Club Swap Meet at his place in Byron, Michigan, on November 1st, 2008. Mark is an avid collector of antique outboard motors and outboard race engines, including some very rare engines. We thank Mark and his wife, Elaine, for sending us these photos to share with you and to his twin daughters for taking them for us.
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Antique Outboard Motor Club Meet at Lake Shipp, FL - 2008
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Members of the Antique Outboard Motor Club meet November 14th and 15th at Lake Shipp in Winterhaven, FL. Not only were there a large number of displays of antique outboard motors and boats, this was a wet meet. Many of the members took their beautifully restored boats out on Lake Shipp to turn a few laps.
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Feb 2009 - AOMCI Meet at Tiger Lake, FL
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The Antique Outboard Motor Club held a wet meet at Tiger Lake near Lake Wales, FL, Feb. 21st and 2nd. The event also marked the 100 year anniversary of the Evinrude Outboards. (Photos courtesy of AOMCI member & collector, Bob Dunlap.)
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2009 - AOMCI & Suter Meet
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The AOMCI meet was held at the Suter home in spite of uncooperative weather. According to Mark, "The fields were unusable for parking as they have a lot of clay in the soil and they were very 'greasy' from all of the rain. So we had to get real creative about parking the 125 or so vehicles and trailers (it rained the whole day before the meet but not all that much during the meet). I was worried about the attendance but we topped 200 and that is a new record for the meet. Alan Van Weele had a great display of a dozen Merc motors and Tim Kurcz brought in two Formula E motors to showcase some of his creative efforts. The crowd loved both displays. Everyone seemed to have a great time." A special thanks to Mark Suter for sharing his photos of the event with all of us.
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2009 - AOMCI Meet at Lake Shipp, FL
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A Florida chapter of The Antique Outboard Motor Club Inc (AOMCI) held a meet November 13 & 14, 2009, at Lake Shipp near Winterhaven, FL. This was a wet meet, where members could also run their classic boats on the lake as well as display their boats and motors throughout the park grounds. The following information was taken from the aomci.org web site: Outboard motors have been manufactured for the better part of 90 years. Therefore, it is no surprise that a number of people should become interested in collecting antique outboards. The interest became so widespread that by 1960, antique outboard collectors began to correspond with one another. In October 1965, five collectors planned and organized "The Antique Outboard Motor Club". In January of 1966, the first issue of "The Antique Outboarder" was printed. Thirty copies were mailed to members. By October of 1966, membership had increased to more than 200 people in several countries. Our growth continues with membership now in the area of 3,000 dedicated members from (currently) 14 countries. A number of antique outboarders are "old-timers" who are motor and boating enthusiasts of long standing, or who have been involved in the manufacture of outboards. Other members just collect old outboards - a few members owning several hundred! Collecting is fun and exciting; some of these outboards are 5-cylinder, radial engine, tractor lower units, underwater engine, air drive units and folding motors - all typical forerunners of modern outboards.
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David Acker - XF51
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David Acker has a Quincy Looper that he has acquired and we would like to share with you on the Collections page. It is #XF-51, originally owned (according to the Quincy Welding records) by Jim Nichols. Jim Nichols was a racer from Kansas City, Missouri, that owned a successful KC restaurant known for it's home cooking. Thanks David for sharing your Looper with us. To see other motors in David's collection, please click on the link.
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Dick Austin's Looper Collection
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Dick Austin has 2 6-cylinder "F" Quincy Loopers in his collection, both were originally purchased from Quincy Welding by Dick. Dick entertained the crowds at the reunion in DePue, Illinois, in July of 2007 by running one of the F Loopers. The sound of a screaming 6 cylinder Looper is something you don't soon forget!
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Todd Booth collection
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Todd Booth has a wide variety of engines in his collection - including some very rare, one of a kind engines. His diverse collection includes early Honda drag bikes, a 1971 4 cylinder racing snowmobile and 1910 prototype twin cylinder diesel engine.
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Cypress Gardens Boat Show - Nov. 2001
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Photos of gorgeous restored wood boats on display at Cypress Gardens, Florida, in November of 2001.
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Bob Dunlap Collection
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Bob is a long time collector and can be found at many of the antique outboard meets around the southest part of the US. Bob's collection includes many Quincy Loopers and a mint, in the crate, Konig race engine.
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A Florida Collection
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This diverse collection contains many older race engines - Konigs, Anzani, OMC Midgets, Quincy Mods, Quincy Loopers and a rare Quincy Z engine. The collection also contains a wide variety of old outboard engines, including - Johnsons, Evinrudes, Mercs, Eltos and Lockwood Chiefs. The owner of the collection also has a variety of vintage race boats, both hydroplanes and runabouts. We thank the owner of the collection for sharing this rich heritage of outboard history with us.
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Joe Garrick
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Joe Garrick is an outboard collector and a former outboard boat racer. Joe raced both Quincy Loopers and Z engines. This photo from February of 2009 is of Joe holding the first Quincy Looper cylinder and the first Quincy Z cylinder ever made. When we can talk Joe into doing his racing biography for us, we will add it to our Racing Legends page.
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Roger Hinsdale Collection
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I have always been interested in boats and motors. My family has always had a cottage on a lake in NY's Finger Lake area. As for APBA racing, it was Riggs Smith (Comet, 12-N) who got me started just before I graduated from high school. I built a Hal Kelly "C" hydro and raced it in C-stock for just a short period. Before the short racing stint I started by building a minimax and had a 5hp SeaKing on it. That wasn't fast enough so I built a bunch of Kg7's and eventually got a KG7H. Then I built the Hal Kelly and the 30H. Wish I had that outfit today. About that time my friend bought an A-B Swift and a 20H Conversion. That was a hand full, and we blew it over a couple of times. It wasn't long before I bought a D hydro and built a 55H. The C & D hydros were my main rides until the time our kids were old enough to water ski. I bought a Stevens SK and rigged a Merc1125 on it. I'm trying to find that boat to restore it now. Was over on Keuka Lake last I knew. When my son got old enough we got back into race boats for a while. We ended up with a C&D hydro and a B-utility that I eventually sold to a collector in Endicott NY. Sure wish I had kept all this equipment!!!
I'm retired after 30 years with IBM as a development engineer. Funny how my education and work were electronics oriented, but all of my hobbies are mechanical in nature. I restored Corvettes for years and owned a 65 Fuel Injected Coupe for 21 years. I must have rebuilt around 30 Rochester FI units for friends over the years. I finished that hobby by building a 32 Pontiac Sedan street rod from scratch. Quite a ride! Boats and boating has always been a huge part of my life. My wife (Margo) has put up with me all these years. She knows right where I am - in the garage. We retired to Tennessee in 2001 and found comfortable place on the Tennessee River on Watts Bar Lake. I started buying and restoring race boats and motors soon after we retired. I sold the street rod to purchase a Bryant deck boat. After that came a D SpeedLiner from Bob Dunlap. Followed by the C-7 TerrilCraft F-runabout and a 17' Molinari. As for motors, I've finished or am restoring the following: Quincy "C" Deflector C202, Quincy "D" Looper FD-67, 30H, C-Mod Merc, Mk58H-Mod motor, 20H w/conversion, 650X, Merc1000 w/Quincy LU and SpeedMaster, Mark55E, Lee Kurcz 4-carb 44 cu.in Mod motor, 55H, 150HP Chrysler Stacker, 135HP Chrysler w/racing LU (no pipes). I'll soon be needing a Johnson RS or Evinrude CCC for the Molinari. Will probably build a 2.5L Mercury for it as well. I'll be running the TerrilCraft in Vintage events this year and hope to have the Molinari ready for next year.
I found out early that I wasn't going to be the best racer in the world. I really like building the equipment, but didn't have the killer competitiveness it takes to drive. Basically my job and family took up too much time for me to continue racing. Thus I became a river racer at heart, and still am today. See you at the races and meets - whatever floats your boat! I would welcome communication with fellow racers - restorers Roger Hinsdale 845 Dreamland Road, Spring City, TN 37381 eMail: hinsdale@bellsouth.net phone: 423-452-0428.
Regards,
Roger
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David Liebetreu Collection
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The beautifully restored Mercury with Quincy Welding pipes on the front page of this web site is owned by David Liebetreu, who lives in Florida. David said: "I have been interested in boating ever since I was small growing up and spending the summers on a lake in Michigan. At this young age, I stood on shore in amazement watching Dick Austin, Ken Pangborn, David Hahn, test and run their high performance race boats across the lake. The images are burned into my memory."
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Marty's Rare Motorcycle Collection
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O. F. Christner had a passion for all things with engines (especially racing engines), including motorcycles. O. F. owned, in the mid 1960's, one of the first Bultaco street bikes in Illinois. He also had the first 450cc Honda in Quincy, IL. He would have appreciated Marty's unique collection of rare racing and street motorcycles, especially the British bikes. Thank you Marty for contributing your photos to the Quincy web site for all to enjoy.
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2008 Mt. Dora Antique & Classic Boat Show
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The 26th annual Mr. Dora, Florida, Antique & Classic Boat Show took place the same weekend as the US Title Series Boat Races at Inverness, Florida. The Mr. Dora boat & outboard motor show was actually held in Wooten Park at nearby Tavares and hosted over 220 antique & classic boats, numerous outboard motor collections and a nautical flea market. The collection of antique boats was outstanding and the collection of outboard motors fantastic. We look forward to next year's show.
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Muscatine, Iowa - 2008
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"That was Then, This is Now" Wooden, Fiberglassics, and
Classic and Modern Racing Boat Show and Racing Exhibition was held May 16-18th, 2008, at Muscatine, Iowa. The City of Muscatine, Iowa, and the Clear Lake Chapter of the ACBS, held the "Best of Both Worlds" boat show and racing boat exhibition of mahogany wooden boats of the past, fiberglassics of the 50's and 60's, and racing boats from yesterday and today at the Mississippi Riverfront park. According to those that attended, it was a perfect place to see your favorite mahogany classics from Chris Crafts to Century, Hackercraft, Aristocraft, Speedliner, and others. Then stroll down to the early years of fiberglass boat construction with fiberglassics that will include early Correct Craft inboards to a Herter's Flying Fish or Beeline Outboard. Then jump ahead in time to the evolution in boating with racing boats of yesterday and today. There were open and closed cockpit boats in all categories from the Vintage Hydroplane Association to some of today's top boats in all of the classes of the American Drag Boat Association (ADBA) and American Power Boat Association (APBA) classes of competition. A special thanks to David and Allen Van Weele for taking the photos seen here. The Van Weeles have their own page under Collections as they too are avid collectors and there's a link to their web site on the Links page.
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Artie Neadeck
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Artie Neadeck of Quincy, IL, was a long time Quincy Welding customer and successful boat racer that now owns and displays a traveling Quincy Welding Museum. Artie takes his museum & collection on the road to various antique outboard meets and outboard racing events. Artie not only has an outstanding collection of Quincy Welding engines and priceless original memorabilia, Artie also owns and shows a rare restored boat, the Ring of Fire. The boat was originally owned by Marshall Grant, band member of the Johnny Cash band, and was raced by the famous Dickie Pond and Billy Seebold. Artie was also responsible for putting together the inaugural O. F. Christner Memorial Meet in 2003 at Quincy, IL, held at Twin Oaks Boat Club on Quincy bay, where Quincy Welding water tested their racing outboards. The Christner family truly appreciates Artie Neadeck's continuing support and his mobile Quincy Welding museum.
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Frank Novotny's Looper Collection
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Frank Novotny was an outboard racer in the 1970's as 52-E. Now Frank likes to collect and restore old race engines. Frank purchased several Quincy Loopers in the spring of 2007 and spent the next few months restoring one of them. We follow Frank through the restoration process so you can see the dedication and skill Frank used to bring this aged Looper back to life.
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Richard (Dick) Ollhoff Collection
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Dick Ollhoff is well known and respected for his restorations of vintage motorcycles. Dick is known by Quincy Welding fans for his reproduction Quincy 60 ci XF Loopers. He also collects Quincy Loopers and other Quincy Welding race engines. Dick's collection includes a rare 44F Quincy Looper engine (XF-14) owned and raced by Jerry Waldman.
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Bob Rusnak Looper Collection
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Bob Rusnak not only successfully raced outboards under the number N-96 for many years, he has also collected a couple of Quincy Looper engines that he has sent us photos of to share with you here.
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Saint Michaels, Maryland Boat Show - 2008
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Looper collector, Frank Novotny participated in and took photos of the St. Michaels Boat Show held in June of 2008. According to Frank: "I got some good pictures of some real nice boats. I got 3rd for FC-52 in the outboard division, got a 93 out of 100 points. The winner was a very early Johnson outboard(non racing) with 95 points. The judge told me he took points off for not having the side plate at the bottom on the tower. I explained to him that Quincy Welding did not use them. Oh well, he'll know next year. That's the way the ball bounces. However, I did get first for the top racing outbooard set up. I had FA-10 on the 1974 Bezoat hydro. It was a great weekend!!!! PS:I met a gentleman in his late 70's who came over and began to talk to me about when he started racing in '48. The kicker was that he brought a folder full of old pictures of outboards and inboards from that era and the 50's and 60's. We spoke for over an hour. His name is Alvin and said he knew your dad (O. F. Christner). Frank
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A Southern Collection
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Click on the Link to see a private collection (the owner does not want us to use his name) who lives in the southeast part of the country. This is a very diverse collection, which includes Mercurys, modified Merc, Konigs, Evinrudes & others.
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2010 Tavares Antique Boat Festival
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The Sunnyland Annual Antique Boat Festival is one of the largest show of its kind in the US. March 26-28th of 2010 marked the 23rd year of the event. Wooton Park's water front on Lake Dora provided a spectacular setting for the 300+ boats, motor displays and numerous vendors of everything from outboard motor parts to weather vanes. SunnyLand is one of the largest Antique and Classic Boat Society chapters in the country. The park has undergone renovations and the city was putting the finishing touches on the landscaping around the marina, which included a new launch ramp and two new docks.
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Alan & David Van Weele Collection
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Aeroliner Race Boats was started in the mid 1960's by brothers Alan and David Van Weele. Alan started boat racing in 1955 with the purchase of a new Mercury Mark 20H and a new Speedliner Corsair Model 510. David originally crewed for his brother but by 1959 he had his first boat, a used Bathtub Sid Craft with a KG4H. They both raced in the Northeast with APBA and locally on Long Island with the Eastern Outboard Racing Club. Mainly racing AU, BU, ASH and BSH and occasionally running a MOD class. In 1965 a trip to St Joseph, MO resulted in the purchase of one of the last Speedliner A/B boats constructed by General Marine. While loading the boat on the roof of their Dad's car, they were asked if we were interested in purchasing the plans and patterns for the boat. They started AEROLINER after that trip. Unfortunately, their careers took them in different directions for many years. While visiting the Mount Dora antique boat show in 2006, the brothers were bitten by the boat building bug. They still had a number of engines left, some old Keller hardware and most importantly the plans and patterns for the old Speedliner. It took a while to find suppliers for the mahogany wood, to build them just like in the 1960's but the original supplier of mahogany plywood could still supply them. The first continuation boat was completed in early 2007. The brothers look forward to building these classic boats for as long as there is interest. You can find a link to their company, Aeroline Race Boats LLC on our LINKS page.
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Miniature Engine Collection
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Imagine working engines so tiny you can hold them in the palm of your hands. These are very rare engines, some could cost you more than the price of an outboard race engine.
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