Tempo VI Vintage Hydroplane Comes to Life at Gull Lake, MN. 

Those old Allison and Merlin powered boats have so much more class then the new jet boats.

Bandleader Guy Lombardo was the owner and driver of the TEMPO fleet of hydroplanes...

I remember hearing those miles away during seafair when I was a kid

At 57 seconds, the proper "potato-potato-potato" sound all HD's dream of.

I think he should do a little more work to that engine

That was it? never left the dock?

I saw an old pic of this boat on the truck in Carthage, MO on Route 66. Whew might it have been headed? Lake Mead?

Sounds like a plane engine 👏😚🤣

American quality

Needs a tuneup

Ok, first we gotta wind’er up...

End gás!!!

Что-то мне напоминает ваз 21 01

Not hard on the starter whatsoever.

Херня ! ,Вот если бы она умела бы летать👌✌🤣🤣🤣

A beauty from the past, I believe that the Big Band Legend Guy Lombardo of the Royale Canadians won the Detroit Gold Cup in this boat.

I miss the days of the thunder boats. The modern turbine boats whistling by are not the same. There should be a piston powered unlimited hydroplane class. Seafair is not the same without them.

Guy Lombardo the popular band leader's boat! Also a winning driver.🏆

Aaaaaa, those were the days, brute horse power, hulls of wood and balls of brass.

When they were truly “Thunder Boats !!!!

Starts like my Ford.

The boat never run on all cylinders so what part do you think sounded so good..when it was only running on half the motor....when I did finally run on all cylinders it stalled out....so explain again how that sounded good at all...only when he revved it up did start to run half way right..??? I see no logic in you post..saying it sounded good.....on only half the motor running.... Potato potato... that sounds was only half the motor running...not some big cam as you insinuate.....🤦🤦🤦,,,,,hay if that sounds good to you..I have a few junk 350 Chevy's running on 4 cylinders I will sell you for ten Grand...👎👎👎🤦

А говорят жигули плохо заводятся😀

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!

I'm surprised he didn't burn up that starter

Lombardo was the man who got Bernie Little into Hydros

Wtf was that.. that's how old men get their kicks nowadays damn how boring... now he's going to go sleep for 2 days

Needs some more tuning

Capute

no seat for passengers?

hydrothunder

Yes Seattle lake Washington the fastest biggest best but hard to beat miss Budweiser was usually the winner

Tempo? That is Finnish word..😎🇫🇮 Beautiful boat and souds like awesome 👌🏼❣

Has a shit fuel delivery system that's for sure

.....jesus. SHOW THE BOOOOOATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!

How's the exhaust smell back there

I’d like to see the rest of the story.

No se le ocurrió enfocar a todo el barco....

That takes some battery

That’s a sound like a tiger tank👍

Beautiful old boat

So,if the engine catches on fire, what happens to the captain and navigator?

Sounds like a train. 😀

One bank! The other never fires!

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yeah, runs like a top.................