A 1/12th scale wood and metal display model of the jet powered water speed record breaking hydroplane 'Hustler' built by G.M. Howell with pitot head, glazed canopy with driver, steering and engine controls, dummy engine and cowlings, jet exhaust, thrust deflectors and other details, finished in white with red and blue flashes, Stars and Stripes and advertiser's logos and mounted on a display base with plate engraved '1/12 Scale Model Hustler. This boat piloted by Lee A. Taylor on the 30th June 1967. Set a New World Water Speed record of 285.21 MPH on lake Generville, California. This record was to remain unbroken until 1977' -- 37 x 11½in. (94 x 29cm.), with literature See illustration

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A 1/12th scale wood and metal display model of the jet powered water speed record breaking hydroplane 'Hustler' built by G.M. Howell with pitot head, glazed canopy with driver, steering and engine controls, dummy engine and cowlings, jet exhaust, thrust deflectors and other details, finished in white with red and blue flashes, Stars and Stripes and advertiser's logos and mounted on a display base with plate engraved '1/12 Scale Model Hustler. This boat piloted by Lee A. Taylor on the 30th June 1967. Set a New World Water Speed record of 285.21 MPH on lake Generville, California. This record was to remain unbroken until 1977' -- 37 x 11½in. (94 x 29cm.), with literature See illustration

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