Avenger
II A-14
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Whereabouts Unknown
THIS RACING HULL IS WANTED IN CONNECTION
FOR IT'S PAST HISTORY.
THIS HALLET 150 CU. IN. HYDROPLANE WAS OWNED
BY ONE, BUD WIGET.
WIDGET WAS HIDING OUT IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA.
CONFIRMED WITNESS HAS ONE, RANDY MEYER,
FROM CALIFORNIA CAMPAIGNING THIS 150 CUBIC INCH CLASS BEFORE OWNERSHIP
CHANGED TO ONE, BUD WIGET.
A CHEVY II, 4-CYLINDER MOTOR INSTALLATION
THEN PUTS THIS HYDROPLANE IN THE VERY FAST CATEGORY.
ABOVE PHOTO CAPTURED BY PHIL KUNZ AT MIAMI,
FLORIDA IN 1965
| Name: |
Avenger II, |
| Date of Birth: |
unknown |
| Builder: |
Richard Hallett |
| Length: |
unknown |
| Occupation: |
Raceboat 150 class |
| Scars & Marks: |
probably many |
REMARKS:
CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY FAST!
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
REGARDING THIS RACEBOAT,
PLEASE CONTACT THE US HISTORIAN,
PHIL KUNZ.
R'cd info 2010 Mar 28:
RANDY MYERS/ BUD WIGETS
AVENGER
BUD HAD BOUGHT THE BOAT
FROM MYERS IN THE 1960s AND RAN IT UNTIL HE BOUGHT A NEW LAUTERBACH IN
THE EARLY 1970s.
RAY MILLER FOUND OUT ABOUT
THE BOAT BEING RETIRED AND BOUGHT IT FROM BUD.
RAY RAN IT FOR SOME TIME
UNTIL IT JUST CAME APART AND HE HAD TO PARK IT.
HE BOUGHT ANOTHER BOAT FROM
BUD THAT ED HARVEY HAD BUILT AND NEVER FINISHED.
HE TOOK IT TO “BUNKY “ BOWERMANS’
SHOP AND THEY STRIPPED THE AVENGER AND PUT THE HARDWARE IN THE NEW HULL.
THE AVENGER REMAINED AT
BUNKY’S UNTIL THE OUTBOARDERS DECIDED TO USE IT TO ROAST HOTDOGS AND THEN
IT PASSED INTO HISTORY FEEDING A BUNCH OF OUTBOARDERS! LOL
BILL CLACK
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