looking for some more info on my new toy. i have the original survey they did it has david knight and ralph johsons name on it. also a copy of the title with jamie coates. who was the b-7 banker boat guy. i am thinking this was there earliest one. it is a time capsule in near perfect condition.
new to me pretty excites about putting it back together. being told it was only run a handful of times. bottom is blueprinted and was rigged by lilly and had griffin power and #3.
going to take my time and do it right. plus i am building on a budget. hopefully some of you guys know the history.
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08-07-2021 11:53 AM
Last edited by Ratickle; 08-10-2021 at 12:46 PM.
Still searching for the ultimate old school project....
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08-07-2021 11:55 AM
more pics of the survey stuff
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08-07-2021 12:01 PM
My first thought would be to ask member Mobilemercman here. (And that was before I saw the TX title.)
Cool boat.
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08-07-2021 01:00 PM
Jim's laid up from Surgery on a torn Bicep.
Parabellum FJ²B
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08-07-2021 02:32 PM
If I remember my history right, Beckley's first ride was as navigator with Jamie Coates in the banker boat.
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08-07-2021 02:57 PM
i read that somewhere also
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08-07-2021 03:14 PM
new to me pretty excites about putting it back together. being told it was only run a handful of times. bottom is blueprinted and was rigged by lilly and had griffin power and #3.
going to take my time and do it right. plus i am building on a budget. hopefully some of you guys know the history.Still searching for the ultimate old school project....
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08-07-2021 03:36 PM
Mobilemercman is a mechanic, a former competitor, and owns a 10 meter. I'll bet he is a treasure trove of info.
Hopefully he is feeling better soon.
Again, sweet boat. Thanks for looking out for a piece of offshore history!
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08-07-2021 03:39 PM
Btw... how complete is it? Do you need to do power/drivetrains?
Edit: Just saw your other thread. Doing power/budget.
How about N/A stroker 540s? Lots of bang/hp for the buck, period authentic, and you could move to blowers later. Assuming tank has returns.Last edited by fund razor; 08-07-2021 at 03:45 PM.
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08-07-2021 11:38 PMWow, nice!
You must be living right. Last night, well 1:30 AM this morning, I picked Jim, (Mobilemercman), up at the airport and he is staying up here till Monday evening, (with a shoulder brace). Tonight, he is staying at the races in Michigan City with Art and Britt Lilly, we were down there all day today. Tomorrow night he's staying here again.
I'll show the thread to him tomorrow and we can chat about it later.
I'll also see if Art and Britt remember the boat.
If Art rigged and set it up, chances are that both Art and Jim drove the boat.
We should combine the two threads into one.Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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08-10-2021 01:11 PMI chatted with Art, Britt, and Jim. Art thinks he did do that boat, but we were looking on my cell phone at your pics while in the pits Sunday. We will work on what we can figure out, and now the pics are large where they are easier to pick out details that may trigger memories.
Jim flew back last night, hopefully he will get a chance to start reviewing later this evening.Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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08-10-2021 01:23 PM
thank you so much. i just bought a set of #3's today. my struggle will be with prop selection. i still cant stop staring at it.
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08-10-2021 08:15 PMHey Guys, I was in Jersey at that time. Rat and I spoke with Art. He had worked on it. That is all he was able to offer at the time just before preparing for event parade. Any way if we add what I know to be true it seems a likely scenario would be Jaime coats bought it as a 540 #3 with race deck before he met Art. However, It is possible Art did actually rig it. Reggie was at that time already build Art raceboats to Arts specs. Sorry could not confirm that. I know The same guy bought the Banker/ Tivoli Boat and had Art Build and rig it as a Skater built Fountain race boat. This looks like what the Heartbeat deck evolved into. I immediately noticed the throttle trim handle and switch arrangement is not would Art have asked for. At the same time the ballast hose on trim tab is classic Art. Brits present boats are the same. Whats not clear is the number is not relevant to anything but local racing.The boat would fit into either B or D class depending on engines and would be larger with a background and or outline around it. The Banker and Heartbeat boats were both B class. B class was oversized 454 for 940 inches I think.
I can't read effective date of David Knights paper. Seems likely it to me it would read 97 . I crewed the Tivoli boat for Jaime Coates and Wyatt Fountain out of Arts Shop in '99. I met David Knight when Reggie put me in it to drive in his first race F2 in Sarasota '99. It was the second Factory built factory to Lightening 38.