1960-13001
| 1960 | KOL roy I U-13001 | Seattle, Wa. |
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Owner - Robert [Bob] Gilliam | |
| Designer & Builder - Bob Gilliam | ||
| Hull - 3 point hydroplane | ||
| Length - 30ft | ||
| Beam - 12ft | ||
| Power - V12 Allison | ||
| Detail - Low plastic tail fin | ||
| On the hook at Chelan | ||
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| Off to a smoky start at Chelan | ||
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| At Detroit Memorial | ||
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| Seattle | ||
| 1961 | Fascination (2nd) U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - Same with lettering over-painted | ||
| Coeur d'Alene | ||
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| Seattle | ||
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| Seattle | ||
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Won - Queen's Trophy [Consolation Race] at Seafair | |
| Gilliam in the water | ||
| 1962 | ||
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Power - V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin | ||
| Best finish - Third (Washington DC) | ||
| Seattle | ||
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| Detroit | ||
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| At Gilliam's at Tacoma | ||
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| Washington, DC | ||
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| Exhibition at New Martinsville, West Virginia | ||
| 1963 | ||
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Best finish - Ninth (Coeur D'Alene) | ||
| At South Lake Tahoe (DNS) | ||
| 1964 | ||
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - Gold tail & sponsons with Aqua hull | ||
| Best finish - Fifth (San Diego) | ||
| San Diego | ||
| 1965 | Tri-City Sun U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - Red-Orange & White | ||
| Best finish - Thirteenth (San Diego) | ||
| Tri-Cities | ||
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| Seattle | ||
| 1966 | Hilton Hy-Per-Lube U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Best finish - Tenth (Kelowna, Tri-Cities) | ||
| Coeur d'Alene | ||
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| Coeur d'Alene | ||
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| Seattle | ||
| 1967 | ||
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Best finish - Seventh (Seattle, Sacramento) | ||
| Harold Hilton and Hilton Hy-Per-Lube | ||
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Detail - Two lines of letters; no “Hilton” on starboard side | |
| 1968 | Fascination (2nd) U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - Red-Orange with White trim | ||
| Best finish - Seventh (San Diego) | ||
| 1969 | Mr. P's U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - Orange with White lettering | ||
| Best Finish - Eighth (San Diego) | ||
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| Tri-Cities | ||
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| 1970 | Fascination (2nd) U-88 | |
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Drivers - Bob Gilliam & Al Thorson | |
| Colors - Orange at Pasco; no Name on hull | ||
| Best finish - Eighth (Tri-Cities) | ||
| Tri-Cities | ||
| Totum Trailer Sales U-88 | ||
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Drivers - Norm Evans & Walt Kade | |
| Best finish - Fifth (San Diego) | ||
| Seattle | ||
| 1971 | Valu-Mart (1st) U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - Orange & White | ||
| Best finish - Third (Seattle) | ||
| 1972 | Pizza Pete (1st) U-88 | |
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Driver - Bob Gilliam | |
| Colors - White with Bronze | ||
| Best finish - Third (Miami) | ||
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| 1973 | Sunny Jim (1st) U-88 | |
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Driver - Charlie Walters DNQ (Seattle) |
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| Seattle (Eileen Crimmin photo) | ||
| After 1973 | ||
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| 1980 | ||
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Boat in Bob Gilliam’s boneyard in Purdy, Wa. | |
| With Kirk Pagel | ||
| 2008 | ||
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At Detroit | |
| Detroit (At Bertollini's) | ||
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| 2009 | ||
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| Back in Seattle | ||
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| Present | ||
| Boat in Detroit | ||
| Owner - Dave Bartush (Detroit Hydro Museum) |