Dont ever recall seeing any wartime pics of a Butcher Bird all pimped out like that. Must've belonged to a general... a private purchase maybe.
Man, you got that right! Dietrich Mateschitz and the Red Bull Team don't do anything half-assed. Hangar 7 was an awesome stop, from the cars, planes, restaurant and the hangar, itself. I'm grateful I got to go, before covid panicdemic.Dont ever recall seeing any wartime pics of a Butcher Bird all pimped out like that. Must've belonged to a general... a private purchase maybe.
For the highlight of the day, this came from the Vietnam Veteran’s Page on Facebook. Too special too not share
As the proud owner of an International Scout for the past 26 years, I need this gun! It need to be my truck gun for my Scout.
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What's the lever gun?
Uberti = Cimarron or Taylor not sure. Just a good looking pair.
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Threaded for a silencer and has cylinder gap.
Wheelgun Wednesday: Heritage Rough Rider Tactical Cowboy -
New this year from Heritage is their Rough Rider Tactical Cowboy which features a 6.5" threaded barrel and frame mounted Picatinny rail.
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Wheelgun Wednesday: Heritage Rough Rider Tactical Cowboy -
New this year from Heritage is their Rough Rider Tactical Cowboy which features a 6.5" threaded barrel and frame mounted Picatinny rail.
Threaded for a silencer and has cylinder gap.
Naaaah, it's threaded for a tuner.
Something I built awhile ago.
632 cube aluminum donovan block, brodix heads, rayjay r5 turbos.
Velasco crank, oliver rods, venolia pistons, crower solid roller cam.
1850+ horse on the dyno.
Note it's backwards in the boat (24 foot Schiada hull) it turns a manually shifted turbo 400 to a v-drive.
Has been clocked over 190 mph on the water......pulling a skier (seriously).
632 cube aluminum donovan block, brodix heads, rayjay r5 turbos.
Velasco crank, oliver rods, venolia pistons, crower solid roller cam.
1850+ horse on the dyno.
Note it's backwards in the boat (24 foot Schiada hull) it turns a manually shifted turbo 400 to a v-drive.
Has been clocked over 190 mph on the water......pulling a skier (seriously).
must of been some smooth water; gives new meaning to the term glass
Holy shit! I wiped out water-skiing around 50mph, and skipped across the surface...losing my trunks in the process. Talk about emBARE-ASSing.
Lake Mojave ski race, always glassy in the morning.
Aussie Nat'l champ skier.
Should'a seen the time we were pulling him behind a 44 foot Fountain in the Catalina ski race and we broke down....and the sharks were pretty obvious in the water.
Takes time to pull in 50 foot of rope by hand with a 200 lb guy on the end of it.
I'll see if I can find some more boat pics.....the fountain or the skater cat.
Aussie Nat'l champ skier.
Should'a seen the time we were pulling him behind a 44 foot Fountain in the Catalina ski race and we broke down....and the sharks were pretty obvious in the water.
Takes time to pull in 50 foot of rope by hand with a 200 lb guy on the end of it.
I'll see if I can find some more boat pics.....the fountain or the skater cat.
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We played around on a short boat with a BBF when I was a kid. I thought that was fast, but this thing has to be wild. I went to HS with some of the Brothertons that own Brodix.
Here's a few shots of the 44 foot Skater Catamaran.
Dual big block Chevy's with all the toys, about 1400 horse each.
Been clocked at 155 mph in 10 foot swells (yea you have to wear a neck brace so you don't break your neck....literally from the weight of the helmet jouncing about).
Pic of said helmet included....note similarities to fighter jockey helmet with addition of oxygen supply incase you end up upside down in the water.
The things they don't tell you about racing boats eh ?
In the third pic....the guy in black jacket and black shorts ?
He's a race official watching like a hawk......even made me get back because I was interrupting him by taking pics.
Bastard.
Dual big block Chevy's with all the toys, about 1400 horse each.
Been clocked at 155 mph in 10 foot swells (yea you have to wear a neck brace so you don't break your neck....literally from the weight of the helmet jouncing about).
Pic of said helmet included....note similarities to fighter jockey helmet with addition of oxygen supply incase you end up upside down in the water.
The things they don't tell you about racing boats eh ?
In the third pic....the guy in black jacket and black shorts ?
He's a race official watching like a hawk......even made me get back because I was interrupting him by taking pics.
Bastard.
What year at lake mohave? I drank a SHIT TON of beer at the lake.
Custom handled pattern 1907 sword bayonet. Bring the zombies.
In 10 seasons of TWD I never understood why they didn't build pikes.
My bad...would have been lake Mead for that race and probably about 2007 when they clocked us at that speed.
Used to race at Havasu too, hard to keep those 3 apart.
Did lots more offshore racing because it paid a shit ton better.....like 10x better.
That little Schiada though, if you ever hung out at parker or down by blythe you've maybe seen it.
Big #199 on the side and it has a very distinctive scream to it. Used to race all the Sanger pickleforks for money and damn did we make a bunch.
Every kid with a mommy and daddy bought blown boat with a jet drive thought they were badass but didn't really understand that a jet tops out at maybe 120 no matter how much power you pour into it.
I guess not much in the way of water in the river anymore and w/o a doubt no more racing on those lakes or the river in general.
I drank a SHIT TON of beer on Mead too! What a shame to see it so low. We used to fish out of the las Vegas wash marina. Last I heard, it's high and dry.
The Brothertons have quite the business in Mena
They used to furnish heads and intakes for my Uncles Vette. They were really generous in exchange for advertising on the car. - Nov 3, 2010
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My brother built cars/motors for Mark Campbell(before Mark passed) over at Street and Performance. He still does a lot of GM tuning and tweaking for folks around Arkansas and many other statesThe Brothertons have quite the business in Mena
They (Brodix) ....go to a local drag strip for R&D work. They were hard to beat !
Heard of Mark , never knew him though.
