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Welcome to the APBA Vintage Region 10 website!
 Tim Hamilton driving Annie's Dodge II
On this website you can see the region's vintage hydroplanes, owners
and drivers, and check out the upcoming exhibition schedules as well as participate
in our forum used to discuss vintage hydroplanes.
Annie's Dodge II
Annie's Dodge II is the last remaining Division 1 7 liter that is still around from the 60s and 70s. I found her in the Boat Trader magazine in 1995. She was garaged in Morton Washington and in excellent condition. The person who bought her was only interested in the blown 426 hemi that was still in her.
She was built by Dr. Ed Johnston of Spokane Washington. Dr. Johnston was a Neurosurgeon that loved to work with his hands. He was an artist that chiseled statues from stone that he had sent to him from all over the world.
Dr. Johnston went to several unlimited hydroplane races and saw these large racing hydros and decided to try and build one for himself. He made his own plans and from these plans he built 3 limited hydroplanes, Annie's Olds, Annie's Dodge and Annie's Dodge II. Legendary racer Earl Wham used these plans to make the notorious Miss Merion Bluegrass. The Miss Merion Bluegrass was the fastest 7 liter around and would out race any of the new boats that appeared at any race.
Currently Annie's Dodge II has a blown injected 392 hemi engine that will propel the boat well into the 130mph range if I would let her. In the past at the Kilos she has done well into the 160 mph range with the original blown 426 hemi that Dr. Johnston used. The only problem was backing that speed up with the return run.
Annie's Dodge has been paraded around the Pacific Northwest for over 10 years now and still puts on a great show with 100 foot rooster tails and the noise that signifies that of a piston driven engine. When in the pits with the new boats of today she turns all heads when the blown hemi is fired up.
I also believe she has been the most photographed old hydro in the northwest. At every race site it seems that someone new comes up to me and tells a story about seeing her at one old race or another. She had a partner boat owned by Dr.Tom Gilpatrick that was named Quick Delivery that accompanied her to most of the races.
-Dave Kancianich
April 1, 2009
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