Out of all the color schemes I have seen, my favorite by far is the White deck, White bottom and a solid color down the sides, just like the yellow boat above or Top Banana.

If I ever paint mine, that is what I am gonna do.

Classic look I think...

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LOL!!! You have no idea how funny that comment is!! My mother and brother will love this!

We have a long standing family joke about it - he still has it!! Actually it is Orange but these old color photos have lost thier colors...

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Air Dog

You have to remember that was the 70's and things like that were very much in ......of course the fluffy pink slippers that I had to go with the jacket are long gone but ...yes, I still have thejacket......it was my favorite duck hunting jacket under my dead grass color coat.

Gee, does the classic look of white deck and bottom with a boot stripe appeal to people in this age of multi color rainbow warrior boats???

Ever see a Cary grant movie....his suits were always the same classic style...no need for the latest trends. How can someone improve on the shape of a 911 Porsche or a 57 Chevy, or a GTO Ferrari.....your not sure what it is, but you know it when you see it.

You are seeing that now with the classic looks of Mark McManus new boat line....those boats will retain their value and 20 years from now, can still pull into a marina or club and get admiring glances.

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i thought those were mark donohue camaros...i seem to recall king of thunderboat row making mention of them...

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Yes - they were Mark Donohue camaros - Mitchell worked for Donohue at the time and after Mark passed away, he continued to make them...didn't mean to take anything away from Donohue - it's just that I know Mitchell personally and am used to referring to the car that way.

Mitchell went on to make many more rare camaros including my race cars in the mid to late 80's as well as the Mercedes my dad drove in the '79 Cannonball...

Mitchell's company is called "Special Vehicle Developments". He was reponsible for the 1LE development of the 3rd gen camaros etc.

Here's a couple of pics of our race cars...and one - well - not so good one.

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Hey you guys I called the paint scheme first! :( :D Now everyone wants it. Oh well.

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The windshield looks a little different ( better) than the banana's of the 80's. Is it ?

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Charlie's we should start a thread just for Banana pics with year and hull #'s

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I think I will

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i want to be involved in laying up the "new" Bananas..i work cheap :D