Covering the Cracker Box Racing boats and the Century Thunderbolt racers.
Correct and proper restorations and preservation of old Cracker Box boats.
PLEASE restore them properly and preserve history!!!
An old ad that I found in one my magazines. A Cracker with the Merc engine is RARE!!! From a 1959 magazine... * By 1955, most Crackers were running the small block chevy engine. Flathead boats were not usually very common after 1955 as they were not that competitive against the bigger motor.
Carl Maginn's Crackerbox was national champ two years in a row in competition with a Dodge V-8. For drags, Carl switched to an injected Chrysler and shares top boat drag time with Randy Ramos at 97.71 mph. Three shots above show boat starting off, accelerating, then flat out. Boat holds 13.10 e.t. Pics from my 1958 magazine