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the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat
that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! |
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On Jan 2, 10:11*pm, JustWait wrote:
the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... *Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! two heavily armed 454's in a 17' boat? was it prop or jet drive? |
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On 1/2/2012 11:26 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, wrote: the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! two heavily armed 454's in a 17' boat? was it prop or jet drive? I can't say for sure, I think it was a prop drive. I also remember the boat was capable of about 75 Mph according to the owner... I think the fastest I was ever pulled was a bit over 40 and that was frekin' nuts... |
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On 1/2/12 11:11 PM, JustWait wrote:
the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! Hallett made some boats that might fit that description back in the 1970s, but I don't recall any boats in the length you remember with a pair of 454's. In fact, I have a hard time envisioning how you'd cram them into a small hull of that length. Could it have been one 454 with dual blowers? |
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On 1/3/2012 6:32 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 1/2/12 11:11 PM, JustWait wrote: the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! Hallett made some boats that might fit that description back in the 1970s, but I don't recall any boats in the length you remember with a pair of 454's. In fact, I have a hard time envisioning how you'd cram them into a small hull of that length. Could it have been one 454 with dual blowers? Nope, definitely two engines... I seem to recall there being only a dozen or so of these boats made according to the family that owned it... They were into real estate and they did pretty well for a family with 7 kids... |
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On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:32:39 -0500, X ` Man
wrote: Could it have been one 454 with dual blowers? === Probably dual turbos, one on each side. Even a pair of 350s would be next to impossible in that size, a very tight fit even on a 24 footer. |
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On 1/3/12 8:08 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:32:39 -0500, X ` wrote: Could it have been one 454 with dual blowers? === Probably dual turbos, one on each side. Even a pair of 350s would be next to impossible in that size, a very tight fit even on a 24 footer. Speaking of twin-engined 24 footers, my dad was the dealer for this line for the few years it was in production: http://flickr.com/gp/hakr/J01moQ Twin Caddy Crusaders, 600 horsepower, with a written guarantee the boat would do a minimum of 60 mph. The tailfins were...huge. I don't recall the displacement of the two V8's, but I do remember that they were side by side in the hull and they barely fit. |
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On 1/2/2012 11:26 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, wrote: the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! two heavily armed 454's in a 17' boat? was it prop or jet drive? Did chrysler make a 454? |
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On 1/3/2012 8:59 AM, Oscar wrote:
On 1/2/2012 11:26 PM, Tim wrote: On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, wrote: the other day got me looking. When I was young my neighbors had a boat that I was told was a very limited edition. IIRC it was 17 1/2 feet long, and green. It had a walk through bow with two half cone (batmobile type) windscreens in front of the seats. The cockpit was very elaborate, like a jet airliner. The boat had fins on the back like a Batmobile too, the bat was deliberately and shamelessly designed after the Batmobile.. but the main event was the dual blown Chrysler 454's that ran the sucker... We used to go waterskiing behind it at like 1/4 throttle Anyway, I am going crazy trying to find more info on this boat to see how close my recollection of it is.. The boat would have been new around probably 1970 or so... Has anybody here heard of one of these, any info available, trying to find out who made them, a picture or something to tell me it wasn't only a dream;)? Thanks, LOL! two heavily armed 454's in a 17' boat? was it prop or jet drive? Did chrysler make a 454? There is a possibility they were not... I remember the kids saying they were, can't say for sure I remember the dad saying it but I think so I would have picked up on it if they weren't, I spend enough time with them and the boat was always a topic of conversation, even at the lake... But who knows, they could have been bs'ing me. I wouldn't know a 454 from a 350 bck then anyway... But there were two engines, that much is definite. It was a straight up go fast... just a short one. |
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