Vintage Boat, Vintage Tow?

JimS123

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Re: Vintage Boat, Vintage Tow?

dbuffington said:
Hmmm, is this too modern?
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Depends on what you want to do with it. Are you looking for a cool ride, or do you intend to enter it in a judged ACBS boat show?

If the latter, you better have a period correct rig. When you get up in the 95 point range those judges are brutal. One year I flew a printed nylon flag on my stern light and got 4 points deducted. (Back in the 1950's flags were sewn cotton.)
 
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JimS123 said:
One man's cool is another man's ugly. Its all up to you!
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Try Hemmings.com -they are the largest listing of old or odd cars and trucks in the U.S.or maybe The world. If they don't have it ,it's not for sale. Good Luck.
 
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Now here's something you could drool over....period correct and mint condition. A Packard Woodie, Lyman post war and a Johnson classic.

This is from last year's ACBS show in Grand Island, NY - the second largest in the country. There were too many boats too close together so I couldn't get a single shot of the rig. It WAS displayed with the boat attached to the car.

Not your average Vintage Tow, and certainly not priced for the faint of heart....LOL.
 

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freshness247

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Re: Vintage Boat, Vintage Tow?

I like the Apache or Nomad idea.

Here's out vintage truck and boat.

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i dont know how to copy the pic into the post. it's in my profile though.
 
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79Glastron said:
Love the Studebaker Lark. I would recommend a V8 and auto, very tough. Studebaker had pretty good brakes back then, of course, drum all way around, but big drums!
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Why V8 and auto? Towing capacity? (My rig weighs less than 1,000 pounds.) Thanks!
 
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Why V8 and auto? Towing capacity? (My rig weighs less than 1,000 pounds.) Thanks!
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The inline 6 at the time didn't have a whole lot of power, around 100HP. The V8 would make the experience better in my opinion. I recommended an auto because I think you would burn the clutch out pulling the boat out of the water because the ratio is too high. They didn't offer a "creeper gear" in the cars. The auto would make life easier. Of course, this is all my personal opinion.
 
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On a travel trailer forum I frequent, several gentlemen have restored, vintage travel trailers with color coordinated 60'd PU's. It's really sweet looking!
 
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Re: Vintage Boat, Vintage Tow?

Here's another option, a 1957 van :eek:
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I do think that since you can tow that rig with a bike, just buy whatever you like from the era you like. (I'd get a wagon).
 
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