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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Combat => Topic started by: Lyle Spiegel on July 17, 2018, 08:16:06 AM

Title: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Lyle Spiegel on July 17, 2018, 08:16:06 AM

Found this while going through my files. Regret I didn't order one of these back in the day. Don't know if any of these modified CS still survive but if so, please post a picture.

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Paul Smith on July 17, 2018, 11:49:13 AM

Such a deal !!!  $22.50 for a hopped-up  JCS.

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: john e. holliday on July 17, 2018, 11:58:22 AM

I missed that one back then   Maybe that was one of the engines that Gene Dunham sold me that I put on a Big Iron for the 64 NATS.  It was a screamer until putting up a flight at Swope Park before the contest when the rod gave way and blew the bottom mount off the Big Iron.  I still have my book that Hi Johnson put out on how to improve his engines. D>K

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Paul Smith on July 18, 2018, 09:54:13 AM

There is a story that one of the Detroit combat flyers spent the big bucks for one of these.  Even then, $22.50 wasn't all that much of a leap from the usual $11 to $16 for a combat engine.

He ruined it by over-tightening the NVA before he ever got it run. The venturi had been opened-up to where the metal was paper-thin.

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Bob Mears on July 25, 2018, 07:16:19 AM

Quote from: john e. holliday on July 17, 2018, 11:58:22 AM

I missed that one back then   Maybe that was one of the engines that Gene Dunham sold me that I put on a Big Iron for the 64 NATS.  It was a screamer until putting up a flight at Swope Park before the contest when the rod gave way and blew the bottom mount off the Big Iron.  I still have my book that Hi Johnson put out on how to improve his engines. D>K

Sure would like a book like that for the museum. Would you like to sell it?

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Lyle Spiegel on July 31, 2018, 06:38:06 PM

I have some correspondence from Hi Johnson that he wrote to me back on the day. I can scan and send you pdf. Please pm me your email.
 

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: john e. holliday on July 31, 2018, 06:45:59 PM

Quote from: Bob Mears on July 25, 2018, 07:16:19 AM

Sure would like a book like that for the museum. Would you like to sell it?

You should have it any day now.  It is a gift for the museum.    H^^

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Bob Mears on August 01, 2018, 07:26:56 AM

Quote from: Lyle Spiegel on July 31, 2018, 06:38:06 PM

I have some correspondence from Hi Johnson that he wrote to me back on the day. I can scan and send you pdf. Please pm me your email.

Great!  bobbydmears@aol.com

Title: Re: Hi-perbilt Johnson CS
Post by: Bob Mears on August 01, 2018, 07:27:39 AM

Quote from: john e. holliday on July 31, 2018, 06:45:59 PM

You should have it any day now.  It is a gift for the museum.    H^^

Thank you John. I will display it well.