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− | + | "Boats that look like boats" was the byline of Duratech's 1958 advertising. This company did not go in for the tailfins and other radical styling. This changed in 1959 when a division of Duratech Mfg. Corp., Duratech Fiberglass Boat Company, also of Peekskill, New York, produced and distributed [[Glass Magic|Glass Magic Boats]] in the Northeast through a contract with Glass Magic, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. The Glass Magic-designed models had wild tailfins and less traditional nautical styling. | |
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File:Duratecha58001.jpg|1958 Duratech "Duradeck" Ad | File:Duratecha58001.jpg|1958 Duratech "Duradeck" Ad | ||
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File:BHBPHOTO175.JPG|1958 Duratech S-148 Runabout [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 30]] Test | File:BHBPHOTO175.JPG|1958 Duratech S-148 Runabout [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 30]] Test | ||
File:BHBPHOTO176.JPG|1958 Duratech S-148 Runabout [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 58E]]Test | File:BHBPHOTO176.JPG|1958 Duratech S-148 Runabout [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 58E]]Test |
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Duratech Mfg. Corp.
Peekskill, New York
"Boats that look like boats" was the byline of Duratech's 1958 advertising. This company did not go in for the tailfins and other radical styling. This changed in 1959 when a division of Duratech Mfg. Corp., Duratech Fiberglass Boat Company, also of Peekskill, New York, produced and distributed Glass Magic Boats in the Northeast through a contract with Glass Magic, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. The Glass Magic-designed models had wild tailfins and less traditional nautical styling.
For more information, see http://www.duratechboats.com/index.html
Model Information
1957 Information
1958 Information
1958 Duratech S-148 Runabout Mercury Mark 30 Test
1958 Duratech S-148 Runabout Mercury Mark 58ETest
1958 Duratech S-168 Runabout Mercury Mark 58ETest
1958 Duratech S-168 Runabout Mercury Mark 78ETest
1958 Duratech S-198 Open Model Twin Mercury Mark 78E Test
1958 Duratech S-198 Fisherman Mercury Mark 78E Test
1959 Information
1959 Duratech S-179 Mercury Mark 78AEL Test
1959 Duratech S-179R Mercury Mark 58AEL Test
1960 Information