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Originally Posted by Rice Hauler (Post 2015297)

Hey Jack,
Nice Seeing your Voice. And the Shots of the the Boats both Mine and yours look GREAT too.

The Boat with the "Bat out of Hell" Graphics originally belonged to a Gentleman out of Indianapolis and was powered by HP500's. It was a LipShip Boat.
It was one of the Last Straight Bottom 2000's that Phil did.
Mark sold it to a Physician on Lake Erie and that's where those shots were taken.

Jack may know if the Doc has since sold it or not.
He loved to put all his Kids, Grandkids Included (Like 9 people in all,) and head to the Casino for Breakfast in the Mornings.
That was where I usually would catch him.

Tank, Sorry I've been a bit busy. I always check in, and I've loved seeing your boat in Print the last few months. I know what a "Fan of the Brand" you are and I'm tickled to see you get the recognition that you've received.
Look forward to seeing you and the Left Coast Gang again. Hopefully Sooner rather than Later. East Coast or West.

Best,
rob..
a.k.a. Rice Hauler

Rob,
Great hearing from ya....................... Hope to see you and angella on the apache run this year!
Jr.

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Originally Posted by J-Bonz (Post 2021854)

I was just thinking.......................... Was this the one you were thinking of??? What tipped me of was the sun bad on the engine hatch

That is exactly the boat. But it's not the same in the pic, it's a twin step. Had the exact paint job though before this paint.

Good investigation skills!:drink:

Now, where's it at currently?

I remember seeing "Rice Hauler" back in 00-01 it was just when we were getting into offshore boats and had the PQ. Sure was one sweet boat.

Robs a good guy. He was always willing to talk about the Cigs! :D

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Originally Posted by J-Bonz (Post 2011521)

Had some pics I finally scanned in........................... One of sharpest cigs I think before they got a little to crazzy for my taste...............................
Jr.

Great pics Jr.!

That's old Casino in the back ground! Sure has changed that past few years. :drink: :D

David

David,
My pops still talks about how nice it was meeting you and you Dad at the Bay. He is still humboled about how nice you guys thought his boat was.
Rob was and is one of the greatest guys you could meet in boating. He is truly genuine. I will never forget when he told us how he took that boat out the sandusky channel on of the roughest days and skying past all the pasengers on the rocket. The famous qoute he coined, When your faced with nasty Lake Erie water "its good to be the cigarette".