The really "Old School" boating thread

[Sharp shooter]

So is this #1 Bob?

[Sharp shooter]

March 67 HB

[gn7]

So is this #1 Bob?

That's it.!!
That's the best picture I have ever seen of it outside of the one Rudy had.
Bottom doesn't seem all that different than a current GN. Makes me still wonder about the "parallax" ad.
What most don't stop to think about is that was 3+ years before built the 20 ft flat. But then, you can't really face a flat bottom outboard to well. So I guess you build what you NEED, and if you can sell them later as inboards, then that's just a bonus.

If you notice, the deck has no dash rise, no gunnels, just glassed plywood with a slight arch in it. The guy I met in Idaho said he had a Rayson, with no V drive, no shaft hole, with the same the deck.
The Allison deck was pretty flat, but was made up like a normal wood deck. The outboard was really plain jane and kind of crude. It had 3- 75 gal tanks in it, one for each out board, and aircraft type dry break fills. Rudy said they could dump a full load in one minute.

[Sharp shooter]

That's it.!!
That's the best picture I have ever seen of it outside of the one Rudy had.
Bottom doesn't seem all that different than a current GN. Makes me still wonder about the "parallax" ad.
What most don't stop to think about is that was 3+ years before built the 20 ft flat. But then, you can't really face a flat bottom outboard to well. So I guess you build what you NEED, and if you can sell them later as inboards, then that's just a bonus.

Yeah, I'm not saying it is (what the hell do I know), but that bottom looks just like all the rest to me. At least from that angle and from a low res pic.

What happened to the deck?

[gn7]

Yeah, I'm not saying it is (what the hell do I know), but that bottom looks just like all the rest to me. At least from that angle and from a low res pic.

What happened to the deck?

Yeah, I wonder if Rudy's "parallax" bottom didn't turn out to be all that or that it was any different than what he had been selling

I edited my previous post about the deck. GOOD EYE!!!

[2manymustangs]

He sure did! Check out the bufonts and suits! Sexy back in the day.

THis one is NOT all that old, do you know her name???

[Sharp shooter]

Yeah, I wonder if Rudy's "parallax" bottom didn't turn out to be all that or that it was any different than what he had been selling

I wonder if Fitz would know about the "mystery" bottom...Lol

[gn7]

I wonder if Fitz would know about the "mystery" bottom...Lol

He was working there at that time. I would think the Duff would know as well.
I first I would have said it was the bottom from Duffs GN, but that would never work with a jet, and the ad claims a jet won Puddingstone with that bottom. There is no putting a jet in Duff's GN. In fact, I am most positive that Rudy's GN was laid up around that time. Never seen anything unusual under that thing.

[gn7]

March 67 HB

This ad cracks me up. Otto Crocker watches. That's some funny shit.
2 Many Mustangs avatar on PB is the surveyor's marker for the 1/4 mile drags finish at Long Beach. I wonder if Bruce even know that Otto himself probably placed that there. Or even knows who Otto was. I assume ole Otto has his scope setup on it.
Otto made a name for himself during that period, and was in some serious demand to verify world record attempts everywhere from land speeds at Bonneville to water records at Salton Sea. Back then, it wasn't a record unless ole Otto was there to verify it. You see it in a lot of ads claiming speed records during that time.

[SBS933]

One of our Inspectors remembers blowing past boats that were tapped out, on a ski. He said the look on the drivers faces were memorable. He used to run the Catalina deal. His name was Don Smedley, don't know if anyone heard of him.