hot damn hondo 006 back on the water

10659 Views 28 Replies 16 Participants Last post by Ripple Rider, 21 d ago

Mouzer

Discussion Starter · Aug 25, 2013 (Edited)

saw this in the open water section and moved it over here hope thats ok with neverfastenough69
http://www.performanceboats.com/pb-...ot-damn-hondo-006-back-water.html#post2512738

posted by

Neverfastenough69

Junior MemberJoin DateJan 2012Posts4

1974 hot damn hondo 006 back in the water!

My dad and uncle have owned this boat since fall of 1975. They are the third owners of the boat and it is still in their possession today. My dad raced it for years until he had my brother and I. The 006 is under the 703 number, you can still see it but not in the pictures. The "hot damn" is still visible in the right light. My dad wanted me to post these pictures on here so here it goes.

See less See more

Save

21 - 29 of 29 Posts

Neverfastenough69

· #21 · Aug 27, 2013

540mikey said:
When we were redoing "Panic Mouse" I was wondering about the old NDBA records and where they were located. What I was told that none of the NDBA records were archived. They have apparently been discarded. What a shame. If that is not the case someone please correct me because I would like to see them too.

That would be a shame

Save

hootiguy

· #22 · Mar 29, 2015 (Edited)

my first ski ride

Lake nacimiento I believe Erv pulled me with Nick and Roberta Nichols coaching great weekend.
And yes it was the ugfb record holder.

Save

dave29

· #23 · Mar 29, 2015

I still have an original "Hot Damn Hondo" t-shirt from back in the day.

Save

BIGCHRIS

· #24 · Mar 29, 2015

A period correct straight deck are hard to beat to me good looking ride

Save

edieraney

· #25 · 2 mo ago

Neverfastenough69 said:
View attachment 362890
My dads first race in Dayton Ohio against Rodger Williams. The class was comp flat

View attachment 362882
When they first got the boat. Revco was Rip Smiths speed shop in Litchfrield
View attachment 362898
The boat had NDBA high point champion on it when my dad and uncle got it, in the same spot where the world record holder had been. HE said if anybody can check the NDBA records. The boat went from 006 when Brendel drove it, to 589 which was rip smiths number. They had to put a 1 in front of the number at Dayton to race, and then my dad was given the number 703.

Rip Smith was my dad. I’ve got pics of Hot Damn Hondo from the 70s.

Save

Reactions: 2

edieraney

· #26 · 22 d ago

Neverfastenough69 said:
View attachment 362890 My dads first race in Dayton Ohio against Rodger Williams. The class was comp flat View attachment 362882 When they first got the boat. Revco was Rip Smiths speed shop in Litchfrield View attachment 362898 The boat had NDBA high point champion on it when my dad and uncle got it, in the same spot where the world record holder had been. HE said if anybody can check the NDBA records. The boat went from 006 when Brendel drove it, to 589 which was rip smiths number. They had to put a 1 in front of the number at Dayton to race, and then my dad was given the number 703.

Rip Smith was my dad. I found these old pics of Hot Damn Hondo 1972/1973

Save

Reactions: 1

edieraney

· #27 · 22 d ago

Neverfastenough69 said:
Same boat different motor. Mike brendel owned it first and sold it to rip smith which is who my dad and his brother bought it from. Dave Wayt is my dad and bob is his brother. It's the real deal, there's no reason for me to bs here. My dad was 99% sure the record was set in UBGF but I didn't post that because it wasn't 100%. If anybody has a way to get ahold of mike or rip, send them in here please, my dad would be thrilled.

Rip Smith was my dad. He passed away in 1999