A. Aguilar
Upland, CA
1965 17" Sanger flat bottom, Mahogany and Walnut wood deck, 1966 Corvette
427 HPerf model (500 + HP) Hall Craft V-Drive, This is an old photo. The
boat has just been fully restored and received a new paint job. New
photo pending. Bought this turn - key boat for $3500 from an 90 year old
man who lives in the Nevada desert. It was a steal! Never raced. Served
the old man's sons' family as a ski boat for 32 years. I got lucky finding
this boat at this price.
Editors Note: Why
can't we all be so lucky?
Levi Susoev
Kerman California,
21'-6" Fresno Day cruiser. Blown 468 chevy, Casale w/ 29% gears,
perfect
all around get up and go fast cruiser.
18' Di marco, First boat ever. Bought in original gel coat that was
still in
perfect condition, but couldn't stand that 70's yellow and maroon for
long.
So all things must change, as did the interior, motor. Sold this for
the
cruiser above, but I'm ready to get back in a flatty. Something about
the
instant speed and exhilaration. The next when will be faster yet. HMMM,
maybe start putting the alcohol in the tank!!!
name:Jim Hendrix
location: Ione,CA.
boat builder:Di Marco
hull design: 7/8 runner bottom
year built: 1974
engine: 396 bored .30 over=402 BBC
gear box: Casale 10 degree w/ 15 percent grs
prop: Radiece 11 1/4 x 15.5
about the boat: I have 10.5 to 1 compression ,comp roller cam
,roller everything on top, 990 open
chambered heads that have been massaged,Wiend tunnel ram w / two 650
dbbl pumpers, ignited
by a Hunt mag. The boat is in the 90s,I enjoy the heck out of it. To
me there is only one kind of boat,
V-DRIVE BOATS from nostalgic to present,from day cruiser to drag hydros,
you got to love them.
I usually run at camp far west, or new hogan reservoir that is when
the law is not around!
The boat shown here is my 1974 Nordic v-bottom v-drive. I purchased
it in
extremely rough condition when I was 16 and spent a year restoring
it with my
father (including putting the bare hull on a giant hand-fabbed
bbq spit,
spinning it over and blueprinting the bottom). Power comes from a balanced
and blueprinted 468 with a steel crank, forged H-beam rods, JE 10.8:1
pistons, 990 casting bowtie heads, and a full roller valvetrain. It
made 585
horses on the dyno. A manual valve body reverse shift pattern TH400
tranny
transfers the power to a split case casale box with 15% overdrive,
turning an
11 1/2 x 14 two blade stainless menkins prop. It goes around 75 or
80 mph,
and has been featured in Hot Boat magazine as Hoat Boat of the Month.
1974 Hondo runnerbottom, 454 .030 over with comp. cam and matching valve
springs, polished tunnel ram with two 450 holleys, Bassett headers.
Casale
V-drive with 22:1 gears, 11 1/2 x 15 stainless prop. Boat and most
of the
parts to finish it were bought off the internet. Boat runs mostly on
the
Kanawha river in Charleston WV.
Owner: Butch Baird
Location:San Antonio,
Texas
Make: Rayson Craft
Year: 1972
Length: 19'
Engine: 454 Chevrolet
Drive: Casale
Prop: Two blade
chopper
Extras: N/A When purchased, this
boat had been sitting outside for a considerable time. A great deal of
work went in to the restoration of the hull and engine.
Owner:
Jeff Ernst
Location: Sacramento,
Calif
Make: Howard
Year: 1968
Length: 18'
Engine: Stroked
427 Ford
Drive: Casale
Prop: 11X14 Two
blade
Extras: C6 Transmission
Owner: Rich
Location: Novato,
Calif.
Make: Sanger Bubble
Deck 1973
Length: 18'6"
Engine: Chevy 454
LS 7
Drive: Lasale
Prop: 3 blade
Extras: 18' 6",
454 LS7 Chevy motor with tunnel ram intake and 850 Holley, two
seasons since new custom paint on boat &
trailer, won 1st place many
times at car & boat shows & shown in
various boat magazines. Total of 40
hours on boat since new. Estimated 500 HP. Top
speed est-90mph. 3rd
owner. Fiber glass bubble deck circle track hull
by Sanger, V-drive by
Lasale, Algon prop release, 3 blade power prop,
trailer is custom tandem
axle by V & M
Sent in by Danny Metz
The boat is an 18' , 1985 Sanger Ski Hydro, and currently runs
a 477 inch
BBC. The vdrive is a Casale with a whirlaway, and has 22% gears
installed. The prop is a 16 pitch steel Menkens cleaver, and
the boat runs
well into triple digits. I need more gear in the Casale, as I
can easily
bump the 7000 rpm rev limiter. The engine has Milodon gear drive,
Crane
solid lifter cam, a Weiand tunnel ram and twin Holley 600's.
I am
currently looking for an old mechanical fuel injection intake manifold
and
stacks that can be converted to EFI. I run the boat on Lake Hartwell
in
Anderson, SC, and am planning a cross country trip next year to one
of the
v-drive regattas on the river in Havasu.
Boat: Home built Glen-L Thunderbolt,
just completed.
Engine: Stock Mercruiser Bluewater
inboard with Velvet Drive.
V-Drive: Casale, 12% gears turning
a 12x14 3 blade prop
Builder/owner: Mark Dietel
1971 Sanger 17' 10" Flatbottom
I'm running a 454 .030 over, with an ISKY cam, ported oval port heads
with ss
valves, Edelbrock torquer-2 intake manifold and a 800cfm Holley carb.
It has a Casale V-drive 12% overdriven, with an 11 1/2" 14 two blade prop.
The boat is painted with corvette torch red, and summit white.(both GM colors)
Andrew Schear
West Hills, CA(Photo taken at Lake San Antonio, CA)
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