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Funny to see old Log Style manifolds on a racing engine.How many horse were they like 425 and were they 482 or 496s?

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Funny to see old Log Style manifolds on a racing engine.How many horse were they like 425 and were they 482 or 496s?

I am pretty sure they are 482. This photo would have been taken in circa 1969, I don't think the 496 were seen until about 75.

Here are some photos of my Dads 482s in Magnum Tornado. I have been told that these were some of the only 482s in existence at the time the boat sank at the end of Aug 68. They use the same carbs and exhaust manifolds. They made about 450-500hp.

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It was in a old Motorboating and Sailing my older brother had from new and handed down to me it also had that closeup pic of the Cigarette from the bow you see 2 pics under it on the cover .

Same issue had a article called Miami Glamour boats that I posted way back.

Here is a link http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...our-boats.html

There's some cool stuff here, thanks!

Does anyone know why he called it "The Cigarette"?

After an old rum runner boat from the prohibition times

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Great photos Ratman. I was at the memorial service for Mike Fiore that was held in Rhode Island and Steve Curtis was there too. I walked up on his blind side and said....Excuse me aren't you Clyde's boy? Totally caught him off guard. Nice to see Clyde in the photos as navigator for the Cowes race.

Bottom photos are from HORBA we put them up a while back. Those show The Cigarette crew celebrating the Bahamas 500 win. We have the full color film of that race and it shows Don starting the race with his helmet on and later it's off for good.

The Cigarette was the name of the famous Brooklyn rum runner during prohibition. He was from Brooklyn and knew of the fame of the boat. He called three of his race boats by that name. The first was a Formula 233 with a single engine sterndrive. The second was a 28 foot Magnum with another single engine sterndrive. And the last is the most famous of all, the boat pictured here, a 32 foot Cary with twin sterndrives.

The hand shake photo is priceless :D