Bud when i was growing up, i worked on a red and white Starfire for a man ( Guss King) raced as Starfire , out of Apeco Marina ,Keith Hazel Throttled it ,,do you know where it ended up ,,when we were done he donated it to the Coast Guard,,George Jr.
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10-22-2011 02:57 AMIMCO #10- 2009 National Champions
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10-22-2011 06:53 AM
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10-22-2011 08:42 AMSweet Mike, good to hear from you. We try to help Bud all we can. When he's done with one, they are perfect......
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10-22-2011 01:36 PM
Very Nice.
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10-22-2011 09:01 PM
George seeing there where only 34 Starfire's produced, there is a good chance we can locate it. Pictures and HIN # would be a great start. Bud
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10-22-2011 09:30 PM
Hey Bud, if I am not mistaken, Magnum made the Starfire model to accommodate the larger Mercury big blocks which would not fit under the standard 27' Sport rear deck. If we are talking about the King's original 27' named "Starfire", that boat was not a Starfire model but a standard Sport. Again, I also think it was Tommy Adams' Miss America before the King's bought it.
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10-23-2011 12:05 AM
From what I gather from George's request I assumed it was a Starfire.If it was a 27 it will be hard to track it down seeing 335 were made.Before the Starfire was made,Roger Munn put big blocks in his current sport and made a new larger rear hatch to accommodate the engines. Bud
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10-23-2011 09:11 AM
Pictured below are several Mags. If you look at the Miss America, it really looks like the "Starfire" boat George was talking about. The green 28' Maltese, "Tweedy Pie Too Too II" owned by the Krells, won the NORA national championship in 1973 or 4 I think. The red Sport, "Loco Motion" was our first race boat.
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10-23-2011 10:02 AM
I have some pic,s of the Starfire ,,and Bobby Krells tweety ,,,and i think some of Bobby Moores " Wolverine " I,ll dig them out and post..I put the motors in and out of Starfire so many times i wish i had a dime for each,,,Story !! I was towing the Sarfire to Key West one year , hit a stop sign on the side of the trim , it bounced down the side about 15 feet ,,knowing Hazel like I did,, got their , dropped off the boat , ran back to Magnum ,,back to the K.W. spent all night replacing it ,,before Keith and Guss got their the next day,,when they got their , the first thing Guss said was ,,Good Job Jr,, I was like damn how did he know,,fun days,,
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10-25-2011 11:25 PM
George still need to find info on Magnum Force facts and pictures.Check with your dad as well as his picture file he might have something. It is a 1974 Maltese that raced on the West Coast,and had no cabin or cockpit liner.Stripped down for racing,flat front floor & aluminum 3 man bolster.Used Stewart Warner Mechanical guages. See earlier in the post on what it looked like. Had a dark hull with large bottom striping,originally was orange when it left the factory.Running out of time need to get the graphics made before the weather sets in. Bud
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10-26-2011 07:30 AMDid the name look to be painted on the dark hull? Or did it look to be on a later repaint?
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10-26-2011 10:38 AM
Bud, no luck from my end; seems that no one that I know has any old pix. Jeff
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10-26-2011 12:33 PM
We think it was called Magnum Force by what we could see before the boat was getting ready to be painted.According to the build list it came from the factory in a orange colored paint scheme. You can see on one of the first photos that they painted the hull a dark color,and left and orange stripe. That would not of came from the factory like that.
The boat is a 1974,do not know when it raced however all its wiring and other improvements put it in the racing category.We know some work was done in 1983,however again don't know was it for repair,rigging or new for racing.Check the pictures for additional clues. Bud
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10-26-2011 02:54 PM
Hey Bud, I know you are trying to make it look like she did when she was racing. But if it was me, I would pick a nice bold faunt in red and make the F in force look like a 9 milimeter gun. Then I would make the rest of the graphics period correct. Something like this one.
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10-26-2011 03:41 PM
Any sounds like a good idea...have a call into Bob Teague and some other West Coast racers see if they remember it. Bud
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10-26-2011 07:40 PMThe oldest OFFSHORE official program is 1986. The boat is not in there as a contestant in 1985.
I'm still digging through old magazines.
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11-08-2011 09:22 PMBud, will you be in Key West????
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