stevea's boat??

Steve,
I didn't take a close enough look on the center windshield and now realize t's not even a crawl thru! I tried to get a close up look at how it's hinged with the rubber but couldn't visualize it. Considering how unusual it is, maybe another member will have an idea on the hinge. A close up picture may help too. Is it just a flat strip of rubber across the top? If so, it could be an easy fix by just getting sheet rubber?

I told you it never had a tag what it does have is 1901 stamped into the port stringer just behind the trans. Aiso under the back seat kinda on the kick plate are the front of the back seat if that makes since it has 1901 stamped into the wood there aiso. The titie says 1901 no letters are anything else. I have replaced the stringers in the boat i would of seen any kind of tag.

more like a crawl through, even for Zach

I dug those pictures out ill take some this spring steve

Very nice.

my friend will be over tomorrow afternoon ill have her try again if not i will email them to you thanks for the help

Steve,
Are you or your friends using the "post reply" and NOT the "quick reply? Do use the post rely and click on the icon of the tree with the up arrow. The box that comes up will allow you to browse your computer for the picture(s). You can also us a web photo hosting site such as photobucket. Many here do including myself.Telling us what you have tried will help.

welcome aboard!

Looking forward on seeing some pictures too!

63 Skier wrote: Steve don't worry about being long winded, this is really interesting and fun to read the history of those boats. So the 409 pulled the 3 of you fairly large guys up barefoot from deep water starts, that's awesome. Out of curiosity, could a later 220 HP or 240 HP 351 pull 3 large guys up barefoot deep?

The 351 that was in our 78 ski pulled 4 out of the deep. 180 Ib average. It helps if none of them start like anchors. I think we went two on their butts and two on their belly (to tumble up). I remember it took a big set of lungs too!

when the boat pulled three of us out of the water we were all still in high school and wrestled 155 165 185lbs it came with a 13x14 prop we put a 14x16 on it to keep the rpm down a bit and i know it doesnt make since but the boat has a whole lot better hole shot better power for skiing and more top end.I have a 1994 sea doo xp runs maybe 50 from a dead stop it cant get away from my boat until about 35 mph that prop makes that much difference

Obviously I should refresh the page before posting.

HOWEVER, last time I saw him he was working at the plant in Orlando...

Maybe Bruce Foust in Indiana.

That's funny about the water show and good chance the reason they had to get a Barefoot Nautique.

DrCC its good to read about links and pete gore i still have my dads thompson and 1956 17ft. chris runabout my brother still has his 1939 barrel back Brother has a 19ft. 1969 wildcot ans im not sure what year his southwind is but yea were still pretty much boat poor. Any my boat is now a torquise and white has always had copper bottom paint on it painted yhe boat as soon as i bought it from my dad. Ihad the boat in petes shop behind the hospital once it needed new stringers but he told ne too just do it myself that he was to busy and it wasnt hard to do. Ibought new rub rail and e few things from a dealer in indiana when i painted the boat and when i told the guy in the parts department the hull number he started asking me all kinds of questions.He said he was involed in building are designing my boat.Asked if the transom had two plugs glued in where the exhaust pipe holes were cut in the wrong place i told him it looked like when they cut them the second time the cut about half of the plugs back out. Why he asked i dont know he then asked about the motor box having a scoop cut into the top and a bench seat. Itold him yes he said if i ever wanted to sell call him first dont remember his nome but he was all worked up about it.Sorry this is so long that water ski show you wrote about me and two of my brothers took my boat down there twwo weekends in a row because there boat wouldnt pull the three of us out of the water barefoot at the sama time i wonder if thats why they got that boat you talked about

Sorry guys had a death in the family Iknow for sure the 409 is the original motor its a crusador 230 hp the second one from the bottom on the 19 ft. brochure after reading that paper i guess the color was samone instead of champange. We always called it the pink boat. Funny story i have 4 brothers and 1 sister my dad was a big guy my brothers and i are all pretty big guys and my dad would always tease about his 4 tough boys skiing behind that pink boat.anyway i wont be able to get any pictures until spring boat is buried in a shed with 65 other boats for the winter.

Cool old sheet. So....Converting the 1964 chrysler $5934 price would be $45k today.