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TOPIC: Mystery Boat?
Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42655
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I just picked up this cool finned mini-boat the other day, and need to know if it looks familiar to anyone. This was originally used on The Grand Basin at Forest Park here in St. Louis, MO back in the late Fifties as part of the rental fleet for the Forest Park Boathouse. It seems very well-built, and will fit two adults. Here are some pix...the boat is 9'10" LOA (5' of that is foredeck!) and about 50" wide. No build i.d. plate that I could find.
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42656
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Pretty cool looking, whatever it is Kmarty!
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Mark
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42661
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No idea who made it but I like it. It certainly looks longer than 10' on that trailer. I think it would look much cooler with the wind screen off. Put a little outboard on it and fly.
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42665
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cute...fix her up and put a 15 to 20 on her and have some fun
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42666
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I bet that thing will be peppy with a 20.
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42669
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thats a cool little boat! No clue on info though.
Could be like the old disney boats and be "one offs" they built for the park. |
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42671
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love the "half" steering wheel...or is it just broken?
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42680
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It would be real cool if you could come up with a pic of them in their heyday.
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42684
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That is going to be a hoot, nice find.
Neil |
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Neil and Mary Ousnamer
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42701
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I think that is an automobile steering wheel that has been hack-sawed in half!!
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Jim Savage
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42707
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cool little boat . Ild lose the windshield to . It would look like a little racer .
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42768
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Cool looking boat. I'm with Larry, it would look sleeker without the windshield, more race like. Not familiar with the hull though.
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Re:Mystery Boat? 13 years 10 months ago #42786
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Windshield is one I had laying around, the boat never had one originally. Steering wheel is an Atwood, similar to the dual steering wheels I had in my Powercat 12C, and has not been cut down. Atwood possibly offered variations on their wheels, I'm guessing. Here is a photograph from the Fifties of the Forest Park Boathouse rental fleet. My boat has F-7 painted on it.
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