The runabout above was built by Ted Hogan & recently restored by his grandson Garth Hogan. The Hogan family including Garth’s Dad Ron, have a long history of preparing the Ford flathead V8 engines that power the boat. In the past most of the go-fast speedway race cars at Western Springs & Waikaraka Pack were running engines tuned by the Hogan’s.

Harold Kidd commented on the CYA forum that his “1930 Ford roadster pickup was putting out 85 bhp at the back wheels on a dyno with standard carb and exhaust manifold. Unbelievable power and torque for a side-valver. It had a wild cam, lightweight invar strut pistons and huge valves and looked like a bog standard 40 bhp Model A engine at a casual glance (apart from the finned alloy Hogan head) but had that really magnificent Model C truck block with fully circular webs. I had it balanced at Air New Zealand so it revved like a banshee and was turbine-smooth.”