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Serious News
12-06-2013, 09:29 PM
32 Cary Sport Deck, no power or drives. Solid hull and deck. $ 5,500.

The former "Beep Beep" boat. A famous offshore racer.

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More pictures at http://www.US-Maritime.com

310-890-5485

Located in Charlotte/ Lake Norman, North Carolina.

Transportation, export and worldwide delivery available. Ships from Port of Charleston, South Carolina.
•do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/4202341537.html


Posting ID: 4202341537

Bobcat
12-07-2013, 08:59 AM
I wonder what year it is ?

stinger390x
12-07-2013, 11:49 AM
Looks like an older 79 -82 model perhaps??????

Ratickle
12-08-2013, 01:51 AM
I'll email Charlie and see what he knows. As far as I know, Joel Halpern was the navigator in the first Beep-Beep in 1975 with Wayne Vicker and Dick Clark and won the Production Class National Championship. He then moved into the bigger Beep-Beep's, the 38 and then the cats. But the records I've dug up show that original Beep-Beep was a 29' Cary. So, ?

Top Banana
12-10-2013, 09:55 PM
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There were a couple of smaller race boats that carried the name of Beep Beep.

One was a 29 footer and the other was a 10 meter, so probably closer to the 32 feet this ad is suggesting.

The boat in this ad has drive holes that suggest it was a staggered set up, so it was probably the S class boat, CARY, shown in my photo with the bow rails and JC Simon driving. The fuel fill caps look like the S class boat also. My guess is this is the boat!

The other 10 meter, COBRA, that is shown has both myself and JC Simon in it coming back from a test session out of the inlet at Fort Lauderdale. He is shown driving away after dropping me off at a waterside restaurant where I was meeting some people....you will notice that boat had side by side drives, that was also powered by two big blocks and the S class was only allowed two small blocks.

Behind the 29 footer Baby Beep Beep, was my new 38 footer under construction in JC's shop in Hollywood. Right across the street was Bill Elswick's shop with Long Shot and a couple of doors down was the prop shop of Knocky House, Don Aronow's riding mechanic. Nice neighborhood if you liked offshore racing.

Time period was in the mid to late 70's

Ratickle
12-11-2013, 09:09 PM
Wasn't Man O' War a 32 Cary?

jrlake
03-01-2014, 02:46 PM
Hi guys. Brand new to the forum. I just bought the "Beep Beep" Cary out of the boneyard today. Hull and deck are in excellent condition. Going to "make it new" again. Wish me luck. Any history on the boat that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.7806078061780627806378064

Buoy
03-01-2014, 02:57 PM
Congrats!! And Welcome to the board!

Post lots of pictures!

fund razor
03-01-2014, 03:08 PM
Cool. Welcome to the forum.

Good luck.

old377guy
03-01-2014, 07:46 PM
Glad to hear it, keep us posted. Join H.O.R.B.A. and get all the info you can from Charlie.

Ratickle
03-01-2014, 07:51 PM
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Welcome and congrats!! You boat mostly in Lake Norman?

jrlake
03-01-2014, 10:11 PM
Yes... On Lake Norman. We had a 30' Scarab we stripped down getting ready to redo. Knew it needed a transom, but when we dug in found total rot all the way to the bow, plus it had a half assed fiberglass job raising the cabin on it that was starting to cave. Decided to scrap it. Breaks my heart to have to do it but it was way over the line to consider fixing. Putting the 502's and outdrives off of the Scarab into the Cary. I'm usually a race car/ motorcycle guy but I've done a couple boat redos over the years. This one should be interesting. We'll document it so you'll get to see it all the way through.

Bobcat
03-02-2014, 11:12 AM
Love this stuff.....Welcome to SOS!

Ratickle
03-03-2014, 09:20 AM
As we dig, you may want to watch this. Autographed original, if it is the correct boat, would be a must have.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joel-Halpern-Boat-racing-Beep-Beep-Press-Photo-/271206506120

Top Banana
03-03-2014, 10:52 AM
Congrats on the purchase. Please take many photos as we are starting a new section on HORBA to cover old restorations.

The photo suggested above is actually a 38 foot boat, not the 32 foot boat you purchased.

If you need help, let me know and I will see what I can find in the records for you.

Charlie

rschap1
03-03-2014, 12:25 PM
Congrats
Welcome
Good luck with the project

Ratickle
03-04-2014, 09:12 AM
Joey in this Beep Beep Cobra in 1978 (about half way down the article), was which boat?

http://www.classicoffshore.co.uk/history_1971-1981.php

Underdog88
03-04-2014, 09:27 AM
Welcome JR,
Lake Norman is a great place. We used to rent a house down there every summer near Queens Landing.
Should be a very cool boat when you get her done.
Mark

Blue Oval
03-04-2014, 09:56 AM
Great to see these old boats being restored. Good luck on the restoration.

Ratickle
03-05-2014, 09:28 AM
I sent an email off to England to see if they have more info on the boat over there. Does it have a HIN that would positively give us the year??

jrlake
03-13-2014, 09:49 PM
Picked it up. Ready to get started...

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Hellbent
03-13-2014, 11:24 PM
Excellent. This will be a fun one to watch!

Bobcat
03-14-2014, 09:43 AM
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jrlake
03-14-2014, 09:56 PM
Found this photo. It's one of the original 32's. From what I have read there were 3 32' Beep Beeps. Most of the Other photos out there are the 38's.

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Flashback
03-21-2014, 10:55 PM
Hello jrlake, congrats on the new purchase. You have a very rare and historical boat, one that led to many others and a very worthy rough water offshore boat. I don't know who originally designed the 32 Cary but the 32 Cary became the 32 Cobra. Dan Weinstein (Former owner of Powerplay marine) raced the 32 Cobra back in the day and started his on boat company and then started Powerplay Marine. The 32 Cobra became the 33 Powerplay with a redesigned deck. You can see the hull simularities on the top splash rail just below the rub rail. The Cary, Cobra and the Powerplay top splash rail, all follow the hull's rub rail and curve down to the top of the bow eye. This was later changed when Dan added more freeboard to the 33 Powerplay that added about 4" to the bottom hull I believe. Top Bananna would more likely know more about this than I as to the Cary, Cobra, Powerplay history.
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Black Tornado
03-22-2014, 09:44 PM
This definitely is one of the 32' Cary "Beep Beep"which ran in 1974 with Wayne Vicker.
It 'was purchased a few months ago and is under restoration in Italy.
The new owner told me that he will keep the original livery and will change only the engines and transmissions.
As we can see has remained intact from the picture of 1974.

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Ratickle
03-23-2014, 07:07 PM
Hey Marco, how's things going in your neck of the world?

Were there 3 32' Beep Beep's as far as you know? It is a tough thing to track down.

jrlake
04-01-2014, 10:42 AM
Thanks guys... Our boat is definitely one of the 32' Cary "Beep Beep" sister boats. In fact when I saw this picture of the one up on blocks I would have bet that was the same boat because it too has the NY registration numbers on it. But ours is a different state registration number. Wonder if they were the same recent owner? As you said, tough to track down.

Got it cleaned up, ice blasted the motor compartment and transom holes being filled now. Located some #3 Speedmasters, gimbals and motor plates. A month ago, I knew nothing about staggered motor setups. Now I know about 50% of what I need to. Tail stocks/ drive line configuration is my challenge now but I've got a general idea how to proceed. If anyone has some pictures I could take a look at for the driveline setup it might save me a bit of trial and error.

Also, any race pix, or maybe some rare interior pictures would help with the restoration. I'm in the printing business... so a duplication wrap of the decals is the easiest part of this job.

htm2112
09-29-2016, 06:26 PM
My father owned the first Beep Beep. I can't quite remember for sure, but I believe he bought it in 1974 after it won the race. He sold it around 1992 or so in Italy. Here's a picture of it.
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I keep wondering what happened to this legendary boat. I'm the boy in the picture.

htm2112
09-29-2016, 06:37 PM
By the way, I have a ton of pictures and videos of Beep Beep, the one with 89 painted on it since my dad owned it.

Ratickle
09-30-2016, 07:32 AM
That is cool!!