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Roger J. Newton
12-01-2003, 12:03 AM
My project for the 1/8 scale electric class is going to be the Slo-mo-shun V. This is a boat that I fell in love with as a child in the '50's. I was there on the shoreline as it did its famous backwards flip while trying to qualify for the '55 Gold Cup in Seattle. Little did I know that I would be in charge of the restoration of the V years later. Then I got to drive the boat. What a thrill!! How many of you can say you are going to build an 1/8 scale of a boat you got to drive. I am attempting to send some pix of the 1/6 scale I built of the V back in 1996. It was powered by a Zenoah 23.
eddieh
12-01-2003, 06:18 AM
Rogers Picture of the Slo-Mo-Shun
AndyKunz
12-01-2003, 09:35 AM
Cool beans, Roger.

Andy
JimClark
12-01-2003, 01:48 PM
Oop's it would help if I read the post. Not sure if Roger was involved in this boat but he may have been. It belongs to Monte Steere of E-RCU and is a 1/8th scale nitro boat.
Jim
JimClark
12-01-2003, 01:50 PM
Picture #2
Roger J. Newton
12-01-2003, 02:31 PM
Thanks Jim. That is the V that Monte Steere and I built back in 1973. And it still runs. Monte must have put on 100,000 miles with the V.
Dan Chase
12-01-2003, 02:31 PM
That must have been a thrill and half to drive the Slo Mo!!!
Roger J. Newton
12-01-2003, 02:48 PM
You cant believe how thrilling it was. Just last month I got to drive the Hawaii Kai. The whole time I am thinking "these guys were nuts!" I dont know how they did it.
Sheltered
12-01-2003, 05:36 PM
A whole bunch of us at E-RCU put in hundreds of hours restoring the real V. The sheet metal coweling must have a couple of hundred hours between Monte, my brother Dave Lilly, and myself!
eddieh
12-01-2003, 08:23 PM
couple of more pics, here's the first
eddieh
12-01-2003, 08:25 PM
here's the second, this is sweet.........
Don Wollard
12-01-2003, 10:53 PM
Cool Roger. Thanks!
Sheltered
12-02-2003, 01:19 AM
here's a nice photo of Roger, Ted Jones, and the V.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/sheltered/hydrosite/vint4.htm
Roger J. Newton
12-02-2003, 01:18 PM
Thats the 12"=1'0" scale version of the Slo-mo V!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roger J. Newton
12-02-2003, 01:21 PM
One of the best days of my life was when Ted Jones came to the shop. He took several minutes to look over the boat and then said " Boys you are doing a fantastic job. It looks better than brand new!" Wow. Did that make us feel good to hear that from the Master.