1960 Built a Go-kart using a Clinton 2 stroke engine
1962 Built a 1949 Kaiser Frazier converted to dune buggy
1963 1955 Ford 272 cu.in. (My High school car) won Mr. MoKan Dragway Championship in 1963. Best time 14.99 @ 89.98mph
1969 1955 Chevy 2 door with Dick Herrell 327 Performance engine, Dual Holleys, 4 speed, 456 gears. Ran 13's at KCIR
1974 Started racing outboard hydroplanes with 20 hp Mercury race engines, top speed 62mph. Won high point award for 2 classes for 2 years
1977 High Point driver award for KC Speedboat Association
1979 Started a machine shop in my basement. www.c-rmfg.com currently 32,000 sq ft with 30 CNC machines
X 1983 Go Kart purchased with 8 hp Briggs & Stratten engine. Installed a Rotax 42 HP model 377 Fan Cooled engine
1986 Honda 1970 purchased for kids
1988 Yamaha Breeze ATV
X 1989 Yamaha Blaster ATV
1989 Seadoo Watercraft, Top speed 39 mph
1991 Seadoo Watercraft XP, 44 mph
X 1992 Yamaha Banshee,now a 500 cc T-Rex engine at 100 wheel HP
X 1994 Polaris used 1977 snowmobile
1994 Seadoo XP, 53 mph
1995 Seadoo XP800 Limited, only 2 per dealer, watercraft, 61 mph
1995 SeaDoo XP's purchased 5 from Shawnee Cycle Plaza, 1 for Ron and 4 for employees
1995 SkiDoo Formula III Snowmobile
1997 SkiDoo MXZ-670 Snowmobile
1997 SeaDoo GTX 3 seat watercraft
1997 SeaDoo GSX Limited watercraft
1998 SeaDoo GSX Limited watercraft
1999 Seadoo XPL Limited Watercraft to 240 HP in 2014 Will be for sale in spring 2019, see For Sale page SOLD June 2019
2000 Blade snowmobile, custom built Sold 2017
2002 Seadoo GTX 4 stroke 3 seater
2002 Seadoo RXDI Direct Injection, smoothest running 947 ever built.
X 2004 Seadoo RXP Dan O'keefe and I built it up to 300 HP , 83 MPH
2005 Purchased used 1998 Yamaha Banshee ATV and built into Sand Drag machine with Rotax engine See details SOLD 5/2015
2006 SkiDoo Summit Snowmobile
2006 Rotax 990cc Scratch built Sand Drag ATV See details SOLD 5/2015
X 2007 SeaDoo RXPX 4 stroke
2007 Rotax Sand Drag. 990cc with Nitrous SOLD 5/2015
X 2008 SeaDoo used 1995 HX watercraft for my daughter, fun machine
2010 Seadoo used 2002 XPL watercraft. Installed 450 hp BRP 4 stroke with turbo -FOR SALE SOLD 6-2019
X 2011 Rotax 600 Sand Drag machine See Details
X 2013 Seadoo RXPX watercraft
2014 Turbo 1105cc, 300 hp Turbo into XPL watercraft See details
X 2015 Can-Am Maverick XDS, 1000R Turbo, side-by-side
2016 1105 XPL Watercraft from Turbo to Supercharger
X 2017 SkiDoo 850 ETEC Summit 154" Track
X 2018 1105 XPL Watercraft to 1165 Supercharged See details
X 2019 Mel Millers Race 1194 cc XPL See details
50+ Years History of Purchases
X = I currently own these machines
FOR SALE - see on FOR SALE page
See Details note - click to see build and design details
Notice my preference for Rotax/ BRP products, as I have purchased 31 of these over the years.
Ron's Performance Shop