wat is my boat

mikesjohnson

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i have a 1970 17'8" boat, according to the title, but it dosent list a mnaufacturer. can anyone help me, i'll try to post pics, but i dont know if it's going to work
 

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mikesjohnson

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Re: wat is my boat

dosent look like the pics are gonna post. can anyone give me some help?
 

roscoe

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Sure, email the pictures to me, and I will post them for you.

roscoe33@mac.com

Being a 1970 model, it may or may not have a hull id on the transom.
If it has one, post it or include it in the email.
 

roscoe

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Here are the photos of Mike's boat.

Can anyone identify the boat manufacturer?


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tashasdaddy

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does it have a hull id number? without it it could be one of 100 70's style tri hulls. what's a Florida boat doing in Wisconsin?
 

roscoe

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Mike was having troubles with posting the photos, he emailed them to me.
Boat is in Port ST. Lucie

I agree, it is going to be hard to id the boat, unless someone recognizes it.
 

linesix

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The red is not original, but it looks like an MFG to me.
 

mikesjohnson

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i have looked at the transom for a hull id, cant find one. the red isnt origonal, it was re-painted before i got it. but after sanding away at the transome to fill some holes, i had found that there was quite a bit of red undernieth also. on the title, the "identification number" is :tt181020r. does that help at all?
 

mikesjohnson

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oh yeah, thanks for posting the pics roscoe. do you know why mine didnt post?
 

roscoe

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No problem.
Not sure why they didn't post for you.

You need to upload the photos to a web hosting service, like photobucket or imagestation.
Then you Come back to iboats, click the little yellow photo box above the dialog box.
Copy and paste the url from the photo hosting site.

You are posting a link to the photo location.
 

tashasdaddy

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cvvhttp://forums.iboats.com/bbBoard.cgi?a=viewthread;fid=37;gtid=1179789

when the box upper left appears, back space what is on the line, then hit ctrl v, the ok. should come up. if you want to just leave a link, don't use the yellow box, just down space 2 lines and hit ctrl v.
 

Jerico

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Re: wat is my boat

Hull lines, windshield, dash, glove box & steering wheel look identical to my 75 Galaxy.
 

tashasdaddy

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mike that the registration number off the bow of the boat, to the tax collector's office. they can run it in the state wide computer. they just did this for me on a sail boat. they have the complete registration history of the boat.
 
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Mike that registration number (TT181020R ) shows as the HIN/VIN on the title. Previous titles show the manufacturer as Tuppen. There is a Tuppen Marine in Lake Worth, FL and has been in business since the '50s. It is probably one of their house brand boats. My Father-in-law has one that looks exactly like it built by Flare in Bartow, FL. Here's a link to contact Tuppen. hope this helps.

Tuppen's Marine
1006 North Dixie Highway
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
Tel. (561) 582-9015
Fax: (561) 582-8652

E-Mail:

sales@tuppensmarine.com

customerservice@tuppensmarine.com

service@tuppensmarine.com
 

Jerico

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Hopefully I can get the pics to attach right. Here's one of the interior with the same design steering wheel design. Hope this helps.

mikesjohnson said:
you got pics to post?
 

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mikesjohnson

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finnaly found out what it is. i was cleaning the boat (deep clean), and found a little sealed flotation keychain. inside it was an old registration paper that called it a "Tuppen". so i guess they mystery has been solved.
 
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