Boating the distant past (40 years and older)

[Clank123]

Isn't that Suzanne Sommers?

Sho-nuff!

 

[Sharp Shooter]

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Awesome! Thanks!

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Stepped and tunnel hull design goes way back.

 

[Clank123]

 

[Rayson1971]

Funny in post 153 the boats standing upright and stacked like surfboards. Ready for you to pick your favorite color. Can't imagine anyone doing that today.. Can you imagine Dcb, mti or skater doing that.

 

[Clank123]

Cal-Marine Strut from 1961.
Built in dual water pickups.
Just a sexy piece.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Cal-Marine Strut from 1961.
Built in dual water pickups.
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That's pretty cool Dave! Perfect for the era!

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1965

 

[Andy B.]

This ad reminded me of Flipper, the dad was in law inforcement and he ran a trihull two motors I thought what a badass boat!!
I was hooked started to build boats with my leggo and carried over to my adult years, I was in my early 30's when I bought my first boat. Would have been earlier but ex wanted a pool first, hence she's my ex LOL

 

[Clank123]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1960 Houseboat.

 

[240Hallett]

That "Finish Line Engineering" wasn't that the now deceased RDP member AZGeorge ? Or his father ?

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1960

 

[Taboma]

1960

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That's Mike Wallace of later Rayson Craft Marathon fame in the middle position. Their Lake Arrowhead homes were close as we're their docks back in those days.

 

[Clank123]

 

[MOUZER]

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Speaking of "old" where's Wheeler?

Yeah, where is he? Hasn't posted anything in over a month....

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Clank123]

Something to make you smile…gotta get over the Burn Out thread…Wow!

 

[spectras only]

Found more pictures of my 1972 Spectra. Sitting on the original 1972 Vance trailer, has the original 72 454LS6 engine I rebuilt and has the ACE Champion drive as well. Sold it to a friend who still have it.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1960

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Taboma]

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In 1956 a new 21' Cobra like this one, replaced the aging early 50's 19' Racing Chris Craft my dad and his buddy used for water ski racing, including the CSR several times.
The boat was outfitted with a real automotive spring seat and a new Chrysler Hemi to replace the stock flathead I-6.
This boat bottom had a sharp entry, but seriously flattened out past the mid-section and had a turning fin.
I loved that boat, but ski racing it revealed an unexpected and unpredictable behavior of rolling over towards the outside while applying power to exit a turn. After the first roll and moderate leg injury, considerable lake testing was done to try to determine the cause and possible fix ---- "Can Not Duplicate" was my dad's final consensus, because we couldn't duplicate the conditions, no matter what we tried.
After the 2nd roll over during a race, the boat was sold and replaced with a 18' Plywood Higgins and shortly thereafter won the Lake Mead Overton 75 miler and the 100 miler the following day, beating their previous Racing Chris Craft driven by the very capable new owner, Mrs. Purcell.
Chris Craft also made an 18' version of the Cobra.
There was one 18' model up at Lake Arrowhead with the fin cut down in half --- it had been damaged in a Texas tornado during transport, fin was busted up, so they just cut it off and made it a shorty half-fin --- actually looked really cool.

 

[Clank123]

 

[TeamGreene]

Unedited Maha poster is quite nice.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1979

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1979

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1974

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Ford Hemi GN 1974 Thanks for the great work all those years ago Twocents!

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

1974 Parker Enduro

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[twocents]

Ford Hemi GN 1974 Thanks for the great work all those years ago Twocents!

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Hi Jerry: thanks for the compliments -- those were fun (and very busy) years. I hit my breaking point in the first quarter of 1979 -- in order to make print deadlines for January and February '79 issues, I had to write almost 50 boat tests in 46 days (no time off for Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Years).

 

[twocents]

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Mark Spencer was a lifesaver (excellent writer and great photographer). I hired him on a part-time basis when he was just starting Pepperdine University as a journalist and photography major. Glad he was around to take over my spot when I left Powerboat in April 1979.

 

[twocents]

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This "Hot Boat of the Month" feature I did brings back a lot of memories -- When I first met Jeff Blosdale, he was a mobile marine mechanic working Marina del Rey and Redondo Beach (King Harbor). He built my offshore race boat at least 6 or 7 engines over a five year span and they were 'killer'. I'm sure a few of the RDP loyalists knew him a few years later when he moved his shop to Lake Havasu off of Lake Havasu Ave. Very sad that he passed away at a very young age.

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

Cal-Marine Strut from 1961.
Built in dual water pickups.
Just a sexy piece. View attachment 1322187

This is the strut on my Dad's wood decker 63 Spit Fire. He stopped using those water pick up as they always got something stuck in them.

 

[TonyFanelli]

 

[Clank123]

This is the strut on my Dad's wood decker 63 Spit Fire. He stopped using those water pick up as they always got something stuck in them.

Yea, I’m not a fan of them, but, I did use the strut pick up on these 2 as that’s what came on the boats originally.
The Nordskog definitely had a pretty trick strut on it.
As far as I know neither boat has had a problem.
I’ve got a 1962 Lavey coming up that we are going to change the strut to an 8degree and put a blown 392 in it…she’ll be getting a pickup on the plate for sure.

 

[TonyFanelli]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Hi Jerry: thanks for the compliments -- those were fun (and very busy) years. I hit my breaking point in the first quarter of 1979 -- in order to make print deadlines for January and February '79 issues, I had to write almost 50 boat tests in 46 days (no time off for Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Years).

That sounds like too much. Did you ever feel burned out?

 

[Sharp Shooter]

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Where was this event? Thanks for sharing!

 

[HBCraig]

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I have that exact Bassett ski

 

[rrrr]

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Reminds me of the African Queen.

 

[TonyFanelli]

Where was this event? Thanks for sharing!

The Denver Boat Show, Jan19-21...your welcome!

 

[monkeyswrench]

Ford Hemi GN 1974 Thanks for the great work all those years ago Twocents!



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What's the story with this Lucas injection setup? I've never seen anything like that, almost like a fuel spider, or maybe a rotary style?

 

[Sharp Shooter]

What's the story with this Lucas injection setup? I've never seen anything like that, almost like a fuel spider, or maybe a rotary style?

 

[Clank123]