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**1959
U-60 Miss Thriftway (3rd) ( USA )
Owner - Thriftway Stores (Willard Rhodes) (Seattle)
Designer - Ted Jones
Builder - Thriftway Crew
Length - 30ft
Beam - 12ft 2in
Hull - 3 pointer
Colours - White hull, White stripes on Orange tail with Persimmon
stripes, Block letters
Power - V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin
Weight - 6,000
Crew Chief - Jack Ramsay
Driver - Bill Muncey
B/F- 2nd
| "The third Miss Thriftway was built in 1959 by
her crew under the supervision of designer Ted Jones. She measures 30-3/4 feet, is 12 feet
2 inches wide and weighs 6,000 pounds. Her colors are white with orange stripes and she
has a Rolls Merlin engine. She is owned by the Thriftway Stores of Washington State,
Willard Rhodes representative owner." (Reprinted from This is Hydroplaning by Paul Lowney [1959])
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1960
Detail - Mobil horse on tail
Colours - all White tail
Driver - Bill Muncey
Winner of Apple Cup; Detroit Memorial & Seattle Seafair
Set World Record for the Mile - 192. mph.
1961
Owner - Willard Rhodes; leased to Century 21 World's
Fair
Detail – Fair’s symbol on tail
Driver - Bill Muncey
Winner of the Gold Cup - 99.67 mph. at Lake Pyramid
Diamond Cup; Madison Cup; President's Cup races
Won the National Championship
[*In 1979, a boat which had started out as Charlie's Girl in 1977 appeared at two races as Century 21 but failed to qualify]
1962
Detail - big rounded no's, Century 21 symbol
Driver - Bill Muncey
Winner of the Gold Cup - 100.07 mph at Lake Washington
Diamond Cup; Madison Cup; President's Cup &
Spirit of Detroit races
Won the National Championship
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1963
Owner - Willard Rhodes
Detail - slanted lettering
Driver - Bill Muncey
Winner of the Diamond Cup race
1970's
Display hull for Seattle's Seafair
1980's
Hull in Hydroplane Museum in Seattle
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1990's
Owner - ?
Boat rebuilt & ran in Seattle in 1994
1995
Owner - Barbara Carper