1967 Nautique Interceptor

Riley wrote: I was going to offer you an old beige Mustang for that 283, then remembered you already have one. That green Mustang would be a great boat for that engine.

.... bucket list #77.....

I was going to offer you an old beige Mustang for that 283, then remembered you already have one. That green Mustang would be a great boat for that engine.

Sure would go good with that 283 in it and hey...it would be original.

Maybe it was the blue one in the picture? That pic is a few years old. How many Dunphe's can be in ME/NH?

Maybe you should build a Gentleman's Racer and put it in that. That might be nice.

Hmmmm....that's a thought Steve...a tempting one at that. The tiny size of the 283 producing that kind of power would probably make for a great hole shot. I like the novelty of the BB though. It's the sort of thing that barefooters love. Kind of like the true predecessor to the BFN. I was looking at the marks left in the carpet by the missing motor cover. Leaves about 16" on each side to walk around. What a true ski boat. Just bare bones braun with almost no interior. Just enough room for the driver, the judge, and the skier to hop out the back.

The fact of the matter is, that with the relative low RPM a ski boat performs at, multi carbs are more of a detriment than a help. I had a tri power 65 GTO when I was in high school. 10.5 second 123 MPH in the quarter (not bad for a 16 year old kid turnin his own wrenches). I never had it dyno tested but I know that it takes a minimum of 505 hp at the wheels to propel that size of a car down the quarter at that speed. I know we broke a Muncie 4spd completely in half that was designed for 650 ft/lbs and in the end the 4 bbl performed better than the tri pack. Fuel metering and synchronization was just too tricky to be consistent and believe me, I was very good at it. LOL, they break enough to keep you that way. I could pull the engine out, break it down to cam bearings, put it back together, stab it back and crank it with hand tools by myself in 3 hours. It's almost funny to look back at it now. I would make my buddies push start us because the compression was so high it would eat starters. Bare bones. No A/C (not so good in TX), no PS, no PB. Just one belt for the essentials. No wonder, I love these old boats.

No guys, I will probably have to keep this one original. I just can't put a hack on it. Hmmmm....now a Century. I just might could bastardize one of those like that.

What boat was running that 283 Crusader Steve?

Aaaah....somebody says dual quad, triple deuce, and weber and what do you know....the Boat Doc shows up LOL.

Well Pete, cool part is on these, you don't have to rework the dog house to put stuff like that under there.

Bruce, notice the "hood scoop/ hack job" on the red one.The green one would have the twin YH set up . Not real hard to figure that one ....JMHO...Boat dr

Is it the red one on the left? I bet the engine looks cool. How come those boats don;t have windshields?


That's a decent little show. I haven't gone to it for a few years, maybe this year.

I've never even seen a picture of one, but I've read they made them.   The FE stuff is really expensive if it's something the Cobra guys also want. 3 deuces is cool. I hear there's a Dunphy at the ACBS show in ME each summer with a 312 that's got tripples.

Peter, I never saw that Century. How much were they asking?

anyone remember the century resorter for sale last yr wth a side oiler 427 dual quad? ..   whats with me and the centuries lately..I need a slap

Of course I'm being a little tongue in cheek but I have actually considered the tri power set up just because of cool factor when cruising the lake. I'd rather be original though. Now if we could talk Carrol Shelby into Shelbyizing a 1st gen for us....well...now that might be different. Probably fat chance on that...my college roommate's dad was partners with Steve Saleen for a while...maybe a marinized Saleen pkg for the Mustang LOL.

Hmmmmm....I don't know Pete....a 3 deuce 427 might be worth a point. What do you think?

So you're saying I could put a multi carb 427 in there with a 73? Uh oh...

Pete, I think that's kind of what I'm driving at. In 67 the 352 with a 71 tranny was available from CC. Would the 72 tranny be a problem? I'm learning that the boating industry is not nearly as well documented as the auto industry so the judging is not as critical over these more trivial issues.