1967 Nautique Interceptor

Notice we made an investment in a leveler. It works great with nylon rope.

Mike Succi, 05210 nailed the description of that photo really well. He picked up on stuff I never even noticed. Must be why all my stuff has to stay on that side of the yard.

Yea,I'll never forget that Bruce,the way he described it just hit my funny bone.
Doc glad I could get you to chuckle,as you get older you don't take things too seriously anymore,time is too short.

Theres a Interceptor on CL in Dallas that came out of a Century... which probably means its a righty. Might want to consider grabbing it!

Edit: upon second glance, I noticed its not an FE. Is it a Y-block?

8122pbrainard wrote: Tim, It looks like a Y block to me. (distributor aft) It also may be a lefty - See it's got a down angle Dearbo on it which will reverse the rotation.

I got home and looked up the engine number in my book. I've run into this before that the numbers really do not match the Interceptor code system plus there isn't a "L" or a "R" indicating rotation. The closest I can ID it is it's a 292, 185HP and a 1963. I'd still say it's a lefty since Century did run RH props and the down angle trans reversing the shaft rotation.

Pete,

He indicates that the carbs (plural) were removed and replaced with a four barrel indicating that it had side draft carbs. Cool feature but that is a feature of only the Y blocks. The FE blocks came with an AFB 4V. Also, 59 would be a bit early for the 352 in a boat I would think but I could be wrong. The engine was in production as early as 58 but I haven't noticed any indications of an FE Interceptor that early on in the 352...perhaps in a 332? I don't know. All that aside, the "carbs" reference gives it away as side drafts from a "Y" block.

As for the numbering from Interceptor. My FE block has no date code that I can find anywhere. This happens to be more common than you might think with engine parts of that era. I don't see why Ford's marine engine division would be any better than their casting division.

No doubt a Y block, but it is has a weird number that doesn't make much sense according to their code. The Interceptor Y blocks used an Interceptor timing cover. The Interceptor FE's seem to use a Ford timing cover. That's got the funky old style exhaust manifolds which were from the 50's. What's the 2nd filter for?

70CC wrote: It's good to see that 67 found a good home. TX WInd, I have a 63 Nautique with an FE (it's in the Diaries)that I bought as a basket case. The 352 is long gone and I'm putting a 390 in it. I'll look forward to watching your progress. -Phil

Thanks Phil. I saw your Classic and that's a sweet boat. I know where a complete 352 is minus the carb that came out of 65 Chris Craft if you are interested. The guy wants 500 bucks for it. Has the manifolds on it, so it's worth that much for sure. Would be an easy swap to put a 390 block under it. The heads are basically the same and so is the manifold.

I'm a little concerned about the stringer configuration. The 390 will put out in the 350 to 400 HP range with very little effort. Anybody have thoughts on this since I'm looking at a stringer job anyway?

Hi Jeff,

I'm good (I think) on motors as I have 2. The first one I bought, not such a good deal, was also a frankenstein motor with a heavy non-original 390 FT block and pickup heads. The second, I won on ebay for $100 was a better deal and more complete with an FE 390 block. Both came with aluminum exhaust manifolds, so when I'm done I should have a few spare parts. The Barracuda (similar to Classic) now belongs to my friend Dave (Beentowed)

-Phil

Jeff,
The early system of IDing the hulls weren't the best but, the "SN" does stand for Ski Nautique. The serial numbers were sequential and not by years.

Jeff,
The 390 hooked up to a 72 would not be a problem. If judged, you would not get a point deduction for not having the original engine since it's one that was available in the SN that year. FYI, if it wasn't available but still appropriate for the year, it would be a 2 point deduction. If modern power, then 7 points!!!!!

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.

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

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

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.