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Elite-ist · May 2, 2011

laatsch55 said:

It competes in Top Dragster, and according to the rules: NHRA-accepted racing gasoline, gasoline, alcohol, gasohol, or ethanol permitted. Nitromethane and propylene oxide prohibited.

Nando.

stuwee · May 3, 2011

Thanks for the great pics Nando!

We got drag boats in Phoenix at the end of May!! http://www.firebirdraceway.com/web/schedule.html

WooHoo! Wicked fast and turn on a dime, the records will fall!

My first 'Big Boys' drags were at Firebird raceway about 5 years ago, my buddy took me to the rail right where they shift into 2nd gear. Man, when they did that, I broke out in bumps all over my whole body, this nice older lady next to me looked me up and down and said " It's your first time, isn't it? "! All I could do was shake my head up and down, with a big 'ol shiteatin' grin :mrgreen:

The organs inside you vibrate, awesome!

laatsch84 · May 4, 2011

stuwee said:

Thanks for the great pics Nando!

We got drag boats in Phoenix at the end of May!! http://www.firebirdraceway.com/web/schedule.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WooHoo! Wicked fast and turn on a dime, the records will fall!

My first 'Big Boys' drags were at Firebird raceway about 5 years ago, my buddy took me to the rail right where they shift into 2nd gear. Man, when they did that, I broke out in bumps all over my whole body, this nice older lady next to me looked me up and down and said " It's your first time, isn't it? "! All I could do was shake my head up and down, with a big 'ol shiteatin' grin :mrgreen:

The organs inside you vibrate, awesome!

love it

Elite-ist · May 4, 2011

stuwee said:

Hi stuwee,

Are you all set with a replacement computer, now? My first, and foremost love is going fast in a boat. Best of all, no speed enforcement laws to be bothered with.

Yes, the feeling of standing alongside the rail, or at the starting line is unparalled, when the high-horsepower cars run. Lee, almost replicates that feeling when he has downed a few cold ones and leans on the Spec amps and pegs the meters.

Nando.

laatsch55 · May 4, 2011

Nando, thats what i want to find out!!! Cold Ones------Crown and Cokes

Elite-ist · May 4, 2011

laatsch55 said:

Crown and Coke. Aren't you messing around with a CD player, right now? You better keep your wits about you, and save the drinks for later. Hold it, it's 9:00 p.m. there, right? In that case, you are good to go.

Nando.

laatsch55 · May 4, 2011

Nando, I never tire of looking at that pic of you and the boat!!

laatsch84 · May 4, 2011

laatsch55 said:

say it with me...FISHING FISHING FISHING FISHING! oh wait, hows that go...we're working, really we are...just because we take our poles doesn't mean we're not working :roll:

laatsch55 · May 4, 2011

Absolutely SarahBug!!!!!!

stuwee · May 5, 2011

laatsch55 said:

Me either, Nando when I get set up, I have a pic of me piloting my Grampa's 1962 Century Resorter with a Ford NASCAR 406 big block inboard, all mahogany, could pull 6 skiers with a flick of the wrist, can't remember what carb it had, but when you opened the secondarys, she just flew across the lake :twisted:

Elite-ist · May 5, 2011

stuwee said:

Hi stuwee,

I love all the older wood boats. My first ski boat was a 1965 Glen L Thunderbolt with a 1965 4-cylinder, dual-carbed 500 Mercury outboard. This is the first boat I owned at age 14. I'll have to see if I can scan the pictures. Could you do the same of you and your grandpa's boat, if you are able to?

Nando.

stuwee · May 5, 2011

Will do, there's a great story behind the Century, his buddy Max bought a '61, and these two guys always had to out do each other, My Gramps bought the '62, well ol Max was having none of that, they both wanted the fastest boat on the lake (Torch Lake MI), Max bought a Chevy small block to drop in, Gramps had conections down in southern MI snagged the NASCAR Ford big block from Smokie Yannick I think, or one of his croonies. 'nuff said, fastest wood boat on the lake for years....until Walter P. Chrysler Jr. bought his summer house 3 houses down....yeppers the Hemi's invaded!!

Our place had triple pane weather windows on the lakeside, when those boats were coming around the point they about vibrated out of there frames, what fun those days were.

Gramps sold the boat in the early 70's and always regreted it, he got cancer in '76 and searched the boat out and bought it back, built a custom garage to restore it (it was a mess) I have some pics of that too. He took it out one fine summer night at sunset when it was done, got real sick the next day and went to the hospital, he never came home, but he did get to take her out for that last spin!

Elite-ist · May 6, 2011

stuwee said:

Stuwee,

That's a wonderful flashback! So, there's a bit of boy-racer in everyone one of your lineage? I know, a few boat freaks amongst my boat forum friends would love to hear that story.

For a good portion of us who have been around the block, it's comforting to relive a bit of our youth before our time is up. Vintage boats, vintage cars, vintage stereo, and vintage hearing and eyesight make great companions.

Nando.

stuwee · May 6, 2011

Whoa! That's a cool ride there Nando! The second pic with the smoke from the shore mixing the the wake spray is awesome :mrgreen:

I'm going to Mom's for Mothers Day, I hope she has a scanner for the pics I want to show you guys. There's not much info on Century boats on the web, what's this vitage boat forum you belong to?

stuwee · May 6, 2011

Here's a tease pic on this link, 21 footer a little older than Gramps, '57 vs '62, but very close in the look.

http://www.antiqueboat.com/boatdetails/carl21.aspx

laatsch55 · May 6, 2011

That first pic of you in the thread earlier, wih you driving and those 3-4" gentle rollers, when I was a kid skiing, we called that "soft water", although bite it at anything above 30 and there was nothing soft about it.

Elite-ist · May 6, 2011

stuwee said:

Thanks stuwee! I was about 20 years old when my cousin took those pictures. In the small community of Britannia Beach, it was all the married women who wanted to ride with me. I was too innocent to know what that was all about... remember, I was a momma's boy.

The boat forum I belong to is more oriented to the particular brand of boat I own: http://sidewinder-boats.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This forum is not so much into the wooden runabouts, but, we do all appreciate them and reminisce about who owned what.

Your gramp's boat is a classic I would cherish!

Nando.

Web Police · May 6, 2011

Elite-ist said:

Did you just stick the "with" in the sentence to be nice? :cyclops:

speakerman1 · May 6, 2011

Smokie built Chevy engines out of Daytona Beach if I remember right. The last I heard he sold almost everything in Daytona and moved to Dallas. He was way ahead of his time. I'll have to google it and see if I'm right. Either way he could build an engine. He had a book out on how to build small blocks. I built one for just the street to his specs. It was a nice sleeper.

Larry

stuwee · May 6, 2011

speakerman1 said:

Seems he dabbled in Fords to, he was known for his Chevys and NASCAR engines, I could be wrong about where the motor was from him or someone else, Smokey's name always stuck in my head. Some good info on him......
http://www.circletrack.com/ultimateraci ... index.html

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