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:evilb: :evilb: :evilb: mine coming out soon real soon

jr Mike

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We are assembling a whole section, just for the many Don Aronow photos we have to show, on our website.

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Charlie I thought that Don only raced with a number 4 or with numbers that add up to number that were used by 4 like 8, 12,16 and so on. I don't know where I got this 411 from... I could be wrong... am I.

Jr Mike

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Jr Mike

You are correct....he considered the number 4 lucky, so he registered his boats with that number or some combination of that number like 16, whenever he could.....BUT....When he was World Champion, he used the number that signified that position....# 1.

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4 divided by 4 is 1 so it worked :evilb:

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Does Anybody Remember The Boat Named The Swap Shop,,,,,,,,i See A Lot Of Bertrams On Here But Not That One......please Help My Dad Restored It To Perfect Cond But I Cant Find Pics Of It...

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you had to bust my chops didn't you. Good luck this week Scotty and be safe.

Jr Mike

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That boat was owned and raced by Preston Henn. It was a Bertram that was sponsored by Bernie Little as Natural Light.

After Preston retired, he brought the boat back out to compete in the Bacardi race and just painted Swap Shop over the old Natural Light colors.

We have a photo of it running with the deck split wide open. It will be posted to our Bertram section on the website, but it won't be up for a couple of weeks.

Preston stopped racing offshore so he could concentrate on his sportscar racing. He and a co-driver by the name of AJ Foyt won the 24 hours of Daytona drivng a 962 Porsche named........yup, Swap Shop!

That is the name of the business that Preston owns in South Florida.

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The first pic in post 445, is being restored to original. It is in Seattle and should be done by next year.

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Thanks for the color pic of Daddy Cool...I agree....it should be repainted to original...It would not be hard....never had a nice color pic before....I will tow her home soon and have a nice myco float on for her now...