Bolam’s Express

Restoration

The Dream is Alive – the dream begins AGAIN,

April 2007

For More Information:http://bolamfamily.0catch.com/BEP_Express_Progress.html

“The Love Affair Started in 1955”

Coeur d’ Alene Diamond CupRegularly Attended As A Teenager

“Miss Spokane” U 25Another Early Favorite

“Hawaii Kai” U 8 Early Favorite

“Buccaneer” J 101 First Boat I Crewed On

“My Rose” E/N 620 An Owner For The First Time

“Running Bare” L 31 Crew Member

“Ole Blue” A 68 Crew Chief

“Ole Blue” A 68A Chew Chief For The First Time

“My Rose” E/N 620 Rob, Frankie, Bob Linda, Kathy @ Soap Lake

“Miss Thriftway” U 60

Early Favorite

“N-22 ‘s History Started in 1982”

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“A New History Begins’’

April 2007 @ Don Kelson’s Shop

Waiting For her Original Owners to arrive and take her HOME

Loaded Back onto Original Trailer, Ready to go home

“The Fun Starts”April 2007

Ready for a Restoration

Ready for a Second Life

The Fun Begins

From Above

“Taking The Express Apart”April 2007

Hole in Sponson Old Deck Removed

Original Cowlings Before Being Re-paintedTransom Area

“Rolling Over”Aug 2007

Warren Helping Roll the Boat Brian, Warren and Jim Helping Roll the Boat

Almost Upside Down Bob & Jim Inspecting

“Bottom Repair”Page 1

Aug/Sept 2007

Removing Old Wood

Repairing Frames

Bottom Area Needing Repair

More Frames Being Repaired

“Bottom Repair”Page 2

Aug/Sept 2007

New Sponson Battens

4’ Of Bottom Removed

New Battens on Both Sponsons

New Air Trap

“Bottom Repair”Page 3

Aug/Sept 2007

New Bottom Piece New Airtrap and Sponson Skin

Applying Sealer Sealed and Ready for Varnish

“Bottom Repair”Page 4

Aug/Sept 2007

Varnish Applied

Polished Skidfin New Strut and Rudder

Finished Bottom

“New Hardware”

New (to us) Rudder

New Fuel Tank

New Propeller

New Skidfin (or turn fin)

New Shaft Log

“Engine Build”April 2008

Ready for Rebuild, Chevy 262 CI V6 New Engine Parts

Assembled Race Engine Installed in Boat

“Trailer”June 2008

New (to us) Trailer New Paint, New Home

Looking Spiffy At Car Show, First Place

“Rolling Back Over”May 2008

Ron, Jen, Del, Bob, Russ

Dick and Bob Rolling the Boat

Almost Over Right Side Up, Again

“Interior Preparation”May 2008

Steering Cable Quadrant Steering Pulleys

New Floatation New Engine Rail Skin

First ShowJuly 2008

Testing Boat & Trailer

Hayden Eagles, First Place, Off Road

Let’s Go Racin’

Business End

“New Deck”Page 1

Aug 2008

Laying Epoxy on the Bottom Side, Jeff and BobWorking From the Back

Port Side Almost DoneJeff and Bob Starting on the Starboard Side Almost Finished

“New Deck”Page 2

Aug 2008

Congratulations

Looking down on the New Deck

Very NiceFinally Done

“Fiberglassing Deck”Page 1

Aug 2008

Bob & Del Appling Resin

Sanded ResinFresh Fiberglass

Appling Resin to the Cloth

“Fiberglassing Deck”Page 2

Aug 2008

Sanded and Ready for the Next Step

Primed

Lookin’ Racey

Sanded and Waiting for the Next

Cowling RepairAug 2008

Inlet Hole Repair Cockpit Repair

Exhaust Repair

Repairs & New Dash

Cowling PaintDec 2008

NEW Cowling Paint Front Cowl

Engine Cowl

Cowling LetteringJan 2009

Windshield

Rear Cowling

New Dash

Front Cowl

Engine Cowl

Don Kelson Hydros

Deck PaintFeb, 2009

Ready for Paint Back Home, Safe and Sound

Idaho Snow

At The Paint ShopReady To Go Home

Paint All Finished

Team Gear, pg 1

Team Banner Booster Button

Team ShirtProp Cover

Team Hat

Team Poster Board

Team Gear, pg 2

Bring The BlingHydroplane Ring

N-22 Helmet

Life Jacket

Team Jackets and Driving Suit Driving Gloves Signed by Rick Mears

Start Watch

Pictures Of The Year 2007/2008

Team Pride 1

Owner/Crew Chief

Owner/Team Manager

Mokie, Team Mascot

Scott Harger, Driver Bob Bolam, Owner, Driver

Jane & Alan Johnson

Jeff & Randy Holmdeldt

Team Pride 2

Del Corey, Best Man Dave & Shirl HankeFans Extraordinaire

Marcus Bolam & Grandpa

Brian BolamDriver, Wannabe

Harold MillsFan & Team Consultant

The Harger Clan #1 Supporter and all around Great Family

Final Preparations

Front Cowlings installed

Rear Cowling Installed

First Engine TestAlmost Ready to Go Racing!!

YouTube Video’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2YzosZXrto Green Lake 1982

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpwpjuvGpe8 First Engine Test, 03/18/09

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udQt06tIJqM Next Engine Test 04/06/09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9xO80u7NE4 First Crane lift, 04/18/09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOOdxolxG4Q First Heat, 04/18/09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jEQ7Cyxa8k Pateros, Heat 1 Aug. 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIkMLygxccQ Pateros, Heat 2 Aug 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23tuaH-vjgk Moses Lake Heat 3, April 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EakN44lyA-4 Moses Lake after accident

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOHHhq2sVs Engine Warm Up Moses Lake

Pateros Heat 1, 2009

Pateros Heat 2, 2009

N-22 Restoration Project

Honor Roll

Thank You Everyone!!!!!!! Kathy Bolam (Id) Encouragement, understanding and Support Rod Bourke (Wa) Provided Rudder and bracket, information, V-6 write up, oil filter

extension, gave us a steering wheel and oil filter bypass, skidfin wedges, one way check valve

Mark Evans (Wa) Helped orchestrate the acquisition of our hydroplane Nate Brown (Wa) Information and helped arrange for the boat Jim Waddle (Tx) Designed the wiring semantic and delivered the Lexan, contributed a

lifting ring, donated a Garmin GPS unit Shirley and Dave Hanke (Wa) Picked up the Lexan windshield J ason Pomerleau (NH) Provided motor mount patterns J eff Richards (Wa) Re-building assistance, installation of the deck (actually did

most of the work….) Don, J erry, and Ed Kelson (Wa) Lot’s and Lot’s and lot’s of priceless assistance, building the

missing shaft strut, foot pedals, Don Kelson uniform patch, Loaned us the original full size drawings Harv Rink (Id) Loaned us a license plate so we could pick up our boat in

Washington Bob J ohnson (Wa) Gave us a lift hoist J ohn and David Leach (Wa) Information and support Scott Harger (Wa) Gave us a helmet and life jacket, N-22 Crew J acket, Picked up a drivers seat, shipped everything J ane and Allen J ohnson (Wa) Gave us two Boeing Logo Stickers Rob Hall (Id) Transported prop shaft from Washington to Idaho Bret Potts, Kal Kustom Boats (Or) Bret was able to procure a brand new Mercury Propeller for us

through Kal Kustom Boats for wholesale… HUGE SAVINGS!!!!!!!!!

Shawn Warren (Wa) Donated a Kelson driver’s seat Bob Bolam, Kathy Bolam Volunteered to help roll the boat over J im & Kim Waddle (Tx), Russ Dibiase (Id), Doug Nosworthy (Id), Warren Shultz (Id), Brian Logan (Id), Dick Edinger (Id), Ron & J en Pope (Id), Del Corey (Wa) Del Corey (Wa) Helped cut batten stringer material Helped modify the trailer, helped with the fiberglassing of the

deck Dick Neeson (Wa) Gave Vintage SIRA uniform patches Eldon Moore (Id) Welded the steering wheel hub spline

First 2009 Event, Moses Lake

Scott Harger“Ready To Go”

OOPS !!!Side By Side, 1984 - 2009

She Floats, She Starts, She Scores !!!

One Pretty Lady on the water again !!!

Second 2009 Event, Pateros

Express & BuccaneerScott Harger John Leach

Bob Bolam & Jim Waddle

On The Crane

Scott Harger

Boats Refueling For Another Heat

Kathy Bolam & Mokie

Scott Heading Out For Action

First Event, 2010 Moses Lake

Scott Harger & Rob Harger

Bob Bolam & Rob Harger

Del Corey & Bob Bolam Timing The Engine

Battle Action From Heat 3We Hit Some Debris From Saturday’s WindsStart of Heat 3