found my gladiator!!!!!
 

:D :D :D :D :D what a day, phill flew in from miami to sea trial ricks former gladiator, osg, with my son and i in ohio on the ohio river in cincinatti, i cant say enough about how passionate phill is about his boats and who buys them, phill had some family members there at the marina that had the boat all ready and launched us in the river, after a 45 miniute ride [ i still cant get this smile off my face] the osg is an awesome ride, the zul motors fired up and ran like a screamin eagle, we crused at 80 gps at 3900 rpm phill hit the gas and she hit 105 instantly! this boat has amazing acceleration, the river still had some floatin debris so i dont think he wanted to really air it out, logs and herring props dont mix well, again thanks to all the board members here for your help, thanks to phill and his family, and thanks to rick for having such a awesome boat built, dan.

Yeah baby!!!! Is my drool still on the steering wheel? :D

Congrats!

Nice boat, someday I will find my Gladiator also.

Congrats.

Congrats!! That boat is awesome!!! You love it even more once you get some seat time in it.

:D Sweet! Congrats:cool:

Congratulations! Beautiful ride. Gladiator... Humm, I'm thinking I want one too.

Dan
Congrats.
Enjoy it you have my number call me any time if there is any thing you want to know. It was nice talking to you the other day.


Rick OSG

Hey Dan here are some pic's for you


Rick OSG

Dan, congrats! We were with Phil in Daytona when he was working out the details with you. He was looking forward to the trip up to see you. Glad it all worked out....It's a SWEET ride!

Dan, Congrats!!!! I am stoked you ended up with Rick's Glad. That thing is Killer! Enjoy!

Daren

Awesome boat!

Congrats Big Dan!!! Can't get any better piece of equipment than one owned by Rick and built by Phil, with Richie's power, of course!:D :D

Really sweet boat with great performance...

Croozin,

Saw you idle by the lake bash Saturday, boat was looking great.

Thanks Jmeng. Yeah, the wife was working so I took a few of my buddies out. Didn't get out til late so we anchored out from everybody for about 30 minutes and then met some friends back on the Tickfaw side. Layin low this weekend but will be ready for the Royal Purple. :evilb:

thanks darren, sometimes things happen for a reason, where did your gladiator end up at?, also what motor oil did you run in your zuls, i still have breakin oil in mine where rick had them refreshed. And your right, this boat is like a top fuel dragster on water!!

Congrats!!! That is one awesome boat. Where will you be boating? Just out of curiousity, how many hours were on the engines before the refresh?

thanks oldschool, before rick sold the boat to dino, he had ritchie zul tear the motors down they did not need any thing done, but while they were there,he had some hp mods done to them, roller rockers, and some other things to bump up the hp, motors had about 80hrs. most of my boating is on lake cumberland and some indiana lakes. plan on gettin a lot of seat time to get used to this kind of power.

Congrats Dan! Awesome boat! I was beginning to think you were going to be scared away from a Glad! I'm sure you'll love it. I miss mine already.

Chad

Sweet! Enjoy it!!!

That is one of my favorite Gladiators. You are going to love it. Good luck with it!

thanks chad, phill gave me a good education on the water of what not to do with the stepped hull, a little common sense goes a long way in avoiding accidents, and im sure you miss yours, it is a beautiful gladiator.

Dan, our Glad went to Sweden. We ran Mobil 1 in ours with Werx filters. Enjoy and welcome to Cigarette!!!

Common sense does go along way, but unfortunately in today's world, it isn't so common. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Let me know if you ever make it to LOTO. Summer is just beggining and I already have a feeling the 370SS just isn't going to quinch my thurst. :D

Dan
MOIBLE 1
15W/50W That is what I always used in those motors


Rick OSG

hey Chad, your gladiator sold?

Doug

Yes, I sold it a few months ago. It is now in TX.