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01-04-2010 11:23 AM
I could fill in quite a bit of the history on those older boats.
I sold most of them.
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01-05-2010 04:57 PM
I brought it down here about a month ago when i sold my SC. I had to take my old one to the factory for the new owner to meet me. I went out drinking with Miller while i was up there and brought this one home. Didnt intend on it but thats what happened. As far as the Mississppi stuff goes, that river gets a little wild, HogBack island in particular. LOL.
Last edited by endeavor1; 01-05-2010 at 05:02 PM.
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01-05-2010 05:08 PM
Here's a vintage shot and where it all started for me.
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01-05-2010 05:15 PM
Those are still good looking boats. How did they run?
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01-05-2010 06:00 PM
I had two. The blue one had the 454 Mags and topped out about 70. The second one was red with the fairing and no windshield. It had 502's and was a couple MPH faster.
They were pretty fast for their day (early 90's) and handled ok.
The best thing about them was a lot of cockpit seating for a 32.
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01-06-2010 03:00 PM
Last edited by Coolerman; 01-06-2010 at 03:43 PM.
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01-06-2010 06:06 PM
I don't remember your Dad's boat being tested. It was Powerboat that tested the 32 w/ 502's in '92. They thought it was overpowered and they gave BT the chance to correct it and bring it to another test before they printed the article.
When it was time for the test they had a boat that looked exactly the same. Don was big on red and white back then. This boat had 454 mags in it.
PBM thought it was the same boat just repowered. For whatever reason that boat handled better and they assumed it was because of less horsepower.
But when the article came out they said the first boat was Schizophrenic.
Well that about put an end to selling any more of the 32's from that point. We didn't do anymore tests with the 32 as that was about the time the flat deck 43 came out.
Dave Brown had those "big" HP 450's in the burgundy but it ran in the low 80's. The B class race boat also ran in the low 80's. I don't know of anybody running any more power or speed than that.
The photo of the all white 43 flat deck on the sandbar was taken at the Hotboat Trials near Ft. Myers Beach, probably '93. That was 43 # 2. A friend of mine and I trucked it all the way from MO. Seemed like a pretty remote place at the time. Now I pass by that same sandbar every time I go boating.
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