You buy that off Herbst? Nice Lookin ride!Quote:
Originally Posted by CampbellCarl
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You buy that off Herbst? Nice Lookin ride!Quote:
Originally Posted by CampbellCarl
Will you be changing your screen name Carl?Quote:
Originally Posted by CampbellCarl
Nice ride sir... :thumbsUp:
So was that really a Herbst boat or are they kidding because it's red?
You didn't know...? Every red boat is or was a Herbst boat. :secret:Quote:
Originally Posted by GRADS
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Originally Posted by GRADS
Don't know. I asked at Hallett and they said it's too far back in the records. The red does seem to match the Herbst boats but it also has a lot of black and grey accents that make me believe that it wasn't.
I bought it from a dude that said he got it from his Uncle Randy (Davis) so it must have been traded into Nordic then sold to the previous owner.
Hallett Carl
Attachment 45199 The restored "Too Much" blown gas hydro at parker , me about to light the candles..
Attachment 45200Attachment 45201 The Mortician....Earliest, Most Original, Most Record Holding ( 5 world records ), Drag boat still existing today. The restored engines are still not ready to run yet, but it's safely resting in my garage.
That's bad ass. Whats the story on this boat??Quote:
Originally Posted by spike morelli
Both of those boats are absolutely awesome pieces Spike.
I wanna ride!
UD
Thanks Uncle Dave. Mr. Probz....the story, well, it's fairly straightforward, if not long. Three unknown, regular guys, back in '65, partnered to build a boat to go racing. Tom Morgan, Bill Clark, and driver Buzz Coats took a trailer out from under another boat, bought a new Stevens regular production ski boat hull, bought two 283's punched out to 301 each, engineered how to couple them, tune them, bought a '53 Cadillac Hearse to tow it with....and took it to Ski- Land with the high hopes of doing something. The Mortician did so well first time out, it jumped class twice. Soon, they put two 327's in it and took the unblown fuel title from , then reigning champ Mr. T, a Buck Smith hull. "Mortician" dominated the Unblown Flat class from 1965 to 1967, setting 5 world records, until Buzz Coats died in '67. Bill Clark went on to crew cheif another boat, and Tom Morgan took custody of the boat, only to retire it and garage it. Historically, it's in all the publications of it's day, has a pure pedigree as a legitimate N.D.B.A. original condition record holding drag boat. It did 132.24. it is original right down to it's prop, and the trailer still carries it's original license plate. My job is to take care of it and bring back any mechanical issues that requires attention.....but nothing will be changed from how it was. The hydro was driven and built ( except for the engine, Dave Zeuschel built that )by a man named Bill Dirksing, who was a friend of my family's. "Too Much" never held any record, and, quite frankly, was bested constantly by the more slippery Sanger and Hallett hydros in it's class of Blown gas hydro. It's claim to fame, besides being a flagship for Stevens Boat Co in all their ads, is that, of ALL of the blown gas hydros registered with the N.D.B.A in '66-'67, "Too Much" is the only one that still remains from that roster. I have two more Stevens flats.....one is currently being restored as my ski boat, albeit a component correct '65 ski boat. the other, a '63 awaits in the wings....