Vintage Dumas Slo-mo-shun IV U-27 Hydroplane Wood Model 14 built 1950 Ted Jones

VIintage Original Balsa Wood 14 Model Slo-mo-shun IV U-27 Hydroplane 178.497mph Champion, 1952. Hydroplane Boat Wood Model Kit Ted Jones (built). Awesome and well intact with rudder preserved. See pictures and let us know if you have any questions! We believe this comes from a model kit released by the American Junior Aircraft Company. In the years before the Mariners and other local big league sports teams, Seattle had the Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane - "Slo-mo" for short. This speedy vessel's designers, builders and racers, Anchor Jensen, Ted Jones, Stan Sayers and Lou Fageol became household names when they set the world water speed record on Lake Washington and won the coveteded Gold Cup in Detroit in 1950. As the centerpiece of Seafair - Seattle's annual civic celebration begun in 1950 - the "hydro" races on Lake Washington were the high point of every summer for more than 30 years. The races continue to draw huge crowds every August. Slo-mo's radical "flying" three-point hull design and unmatched speed refined boat racing, and inspired the design of every hydro that followed. After a devastating wreck in Detroit in 1956, Slo-mo was cosmetically restored for display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) beginning in 1959. In 1990, she left MOHAI for a complete structural and mechanical restoration, by the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum, and was ultimately put through her paces on Lake Washington one last time. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats & Ships". The seller is "flintandvander" and is located in this country: US.

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President's Cup Boat Racing: President's Cup Boat Racing
Material: Wood
Year Manufactured: 1960
Item Length: 14 in
Bill Muncey: Anchor Jensen
Subject: Hydroplane
Vintage: Yes
Brand: American Junior Aircraft Company
Type: Boat Kit
Ted Jones: Ted Jones
Model: Slo-mo-shun IV U-27
Gold Cup Boat Racing: Gold Cup Boat Racing
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Gold Cup Hydroplane: Gold Cup Hydroplane Boat Racing
Miss Thriftway of Washington State: 1950 Slo-mo-shun IV U-27