The really "Old School" boating thread

[CampbellCarl]

Great pix! Looks like the ArrowCraft didn't like to 'roll' over onto plane without a little help.....LOL

[westair]

Good stuff on Climax .... lot of history with that boat and those two drivers. Pretty much made Sanger boats at that time.

[Sharp shooter]

'75

[Sharp shooter]

Connelly

[Sharp shooter]

'75

[Sanger_Spectra]

Here are some oldies
*My Dads Cracker Box, they called it "Steam Pot" was a late 50's Champion Hull with a Nail Head Buick. My dad and uncle built the deck on this, my brother who will be 60 in March is sitting on the trunk in one of the pictures.
*Late 50's Mandella with a Caddy, was a good friends boat, Richard Dyt, had really nice stuff!
*69 Sanger with a Boss 9 motor, Dad and Brother bought this together in 1979 or 80, under restoration currently.
*61' or 62' Howard, if I am correct this was the first or second Glass boat out of Howards mold. Same friend with the Mandella owned this one and it was full custom. Had a Keith Black stroker 392 and everything was custom made, they used it as a show boat and towed with a matching 63 Corvette owned by the Brother Andy Dyt. Boat was painted by Junior. Unfortunatly the boat burned to the water in the early 80's, it floated down the river on fire and burned back just befor the engine and went under, engine is in tack and in my brothers garage, just waiting for a project, the full transom with all hardware is hanging in my dads garage, was a stunning boat.

[Sharp shooter]

Here are some oldies
*My Dads Cracker Box, they called it "Steam Pot" was a late 50's Champion Hull with a Nail Head Buick. My dad and uncle built the deck on this, my brother who will be 60 in March is sitting on the trunk in one of the pictures.
*Late 50's Mandella with a Caddy, was a good friends boat, Richard Dyt, had really nice stuff!
*69 Sanger with a Boss 9 motor, Dad and Brother bought this together in 1979 or 80, under restoration currently.
*61' or 62' Howard, if I am correct this was the first or second Glass boat out of Howards mold. Same friend with the Mandella owned this one and it was full custom. Had a Keith Black stroker 392 and everything was custom made, they used it as a show boat and towed with a matching 63 Corvette owned by the Brother Andy Dyt. Boat was painted by Junior. Unfortunatly the boat burned to the water in the early 80's, it floated down the river on fire and burned back just befor the engine and went under, engine is in tack and in my brothers garage, just waiting for a project, the full transom with all hardware is hanging in my dads garage, was a stunning boat.

THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! Great pics and details!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to the '69 getting done!

[westair]

Here are some oldies
*My Dads Cracker Box, they called it "Steam Pot" was a late 50's Champion Hull with a Nail Head Buick. My dad and uncle built the deck on this, my brother who will be 60 in March is sitting on the trunk in one of the pictures.
*Late 50's Mandella with a Caddy, was a good friends boat, Richard Dyt, had really nice stuff!
*69 Sanger with a Boss 9 motor, Dad and Brother bought this together in 1979 or 80, under restoration currently.
*61' or 62' Howard, if I am correct this was the first or second Glass boat out of Howards mold. Same friend with the Mandella owned this one and it was full custom. Had a Keith Black stroker 392 and everything was custom made, they used it as a show boat and towed with a matching 63 Corvette owned by the Brother Andy Dyt. Boat was painted by Junior. Unfortunatly the boat burned to the water in the early 80's, it floated down the river on fire and burned back just befor the engine and went under, engine is in tack and in my brothers garage, just waiting for a project, the full transom with all hardware is hanging in my dads garage, was a stunning boat.

Some great old pics! thanks ..... also I think the Sanger you own was one of the nicest looking hulls ever made by any manufacture, having one could be my next project as soon as I finish the one I'm on.

[doubleeagle]

Great pix! Looks like the ArrowCraft didn't like to 'roll' over onto plane without a little help.....LOL

Yea something about 300 lbs of outboards hanging off the back of a 14' boat with 40 gallons of fuel and 22 pitch props and a hell of alot of rocker. When she rolled over it was doing 40 mph

[doubleeagle]

A couple more for today

18' Cabin Cruiser this is at Pier Point Landing in Long beach Grandpa and the boys would set up demo days to take customers for rides.My dad at the Helm mom in the black outfit The other boat in the shot is also a Arrow Craft. The cabin on this was Fiberglass first use of glass in our shop.
Here,s a Lancer just out of the spray booth the insides were finish just like the deck and sides.
Grandpa getting his boat train ready to haul from Factory to our retail outlet
This is a Vandal new model for 1958 notice the raised deck.It was 16' to handle the new Tower of Power Mercs
The larger boat behind the Ranchero is the Cabin Cruiser with out the cabin called it a Sport Fisher