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anyone seen wild turkey saw it in brick nj some 2 years ago is it around just wondering may be for sale brite yellow 35 cig

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Frank Lach owns it.......He bought it new & I doubt its for sale. He keeps his stuff. He still has a 1976 Eldo Conv. that he bought new.

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I THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE IT thanks

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I remember seeing WILD TURKEY at Inland Marine on rt. 46 in Elmwood Park NJ. back in the 70's when Al Giordano owned it----sure was cool lookin

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very nice boat really takes care of it any pictures around would be nice

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Frank used to just love it when he had a a full crew on board running up the bay WOT and then see me keeping up with him in the Bullet 130.... :evilb: :drink: :drink:

This gave him a new meaning to "INSTANT AIR" ... ;) :D

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I saw Wild Turkey raceboat two summers ago on a lift on Curtis Point in Mantoloking, NJ.

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I saw it in 1987 at the Point Pleasant Race. We were spectators at the North buoy. That is a beautiful powerboat!

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My friend had a boat called "Wild Turkey", 55 foot Ocean Yacht with Wild Turkey on tap, many rough nights

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thats where i last saw it also !!

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OK , So where is it now..........



Mike

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what he said and some pics would be nice

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It's sufficient that you look in Offshoreonly posts....
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2429/race12ck7.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5...key1979xe2.jpg

Now one question: Wild Turkey was a former something or a new boat?

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always been wild turkey since benihana days not sure before that. thanks for the shots the parade pic was in front of my house in point pleaseant at the time

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Jersey Devil,Wild Turkey was a 35' builded in 1978?

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Didn't he have a boat called "White Knight" previous to the Wild Turkey? I used to see Wild Turkey in and around Barnegat Bay back in the late 70's. Nice looking boat.

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Tripp,
He did own "White Knight". White Knight was Aronow's original "Maltese Magnum" race boat. This boat is currently being restored as the original race boat. Can't wait to see it when its done!

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hello

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Thanks for the reply Robert! I didn't realize that it was the original Maltese Magnum, very interesting. Please keep us updated on the restoration progress. Did it stay in NJ?

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Trip,
I bought "White Knight" a few years ago after finding it sitting (rotting) in a field in Heights Town NJ. I gutted the boat but lost interest in it. I sold it to a guy in Seattle Washington, he should have it completed next year. This boat had some unique history, this was the boat that hit a low flying heilocopter in a California race when it was "Maltese Magnum". It was later owned by Billy Martin from Bounty Hunter fame. I asked Bill about this boat at the Cambridge Md. race 3 weeks ago. This boat started off as a single engine hull, and was later converted to twin small blocks. When I stripped the inside of the transom, you could see where the 'patch' was covering the single drive.

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Some really interesting information Robert! I remember Billy Martin raced a Bounty Hunter that was a single engine Magnum. He was very successful with it. Is that the same boat? He also had a larger open class Magnum for a couple of years before switching over to Cigarettes.

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This is the Magnum that Billy raced that was formerly owned by Don Aronow. It was 27 foot and a single engine boat.

www.historicraceboats.com

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That's the one I remember, but I had forgotten it was called "Hustler". Is that the same boat that became "White Knight"?
Do you recall the larger Magnum that Billy Martin raced in the open class? He didn't have as much success with it against the Cigarettes and eventually switched over.

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This is not the same boat that became White Knight. The 28 Maltese Magnum was considered a "high deck" hull (deep freeboard). There is a great black & white picture of this boat in Michael Aronow's book "Thunderboat Row".

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And here the larger Magnums:
Hustler IV and Hustler V,33' Magnum with a couple of MerCruiser that Martin used in 1971-72 APBA seasons.
There was an Hustler III probably. Anyone have a picture of it?

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2...ivresizue8.png

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2982/hustlervmv3.jpg

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Look the difference:

That Magnum 28' of Robert I think is like this one. There was three type of this 28': double engine onboard,single emgine onboard and with outboards.
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/3617/5cp1.jpg
Magnum 28' double engines
Then there was another,less famous and less builded,(maybe only one) with single engine onboard and the cockpit on tandem and one feet less.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8720/24tz0.jpg

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That difference between 27' and 28' in the freeboards and decks it's better visible in this two pics.
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9130/23sk1.jpg
Magnum 27'

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/66/20ru6.jpg
Magnum28' in outboards version.

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Black Tornado is right. The first picture in post 27 is the one (or sister) of White Knight.

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Thanks to everyone for taking the time to answer my questions about the various Magnums. Very impressive level of knowledge, and in many cases first hand experience.

Sorry to have taken the thread off on a tangent. I'll have to keep an eye out for Wild Turkey if it's still in the shore area.

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Hello

Back in 1976 Billy gave me a photo of his 27 single engine Magnum that he raced, it was taken during the 1970 Miami race, it was a dark purple. I also had a 27 Sport that was purple , so Billy thought that mine was his and it was redone with twin SBC. Turned out it wasn't mine was 1973 Sport
not sure where it may be now was sold to a woman in Jersey in 1982 or 83. Was called Plum Crazy (M51)
was called Sea Wraith (P51) when I raced in 1976

Here is Billy's Magnum
Sorry for the photo being so small
Will work on getting larger
Thank you
Jim

Jim

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Cool pic Dammagnum!
We waiting one biggest!

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theres a purple magnum in nj in the back of traders cove marina, that a women owns. its all shrink wrapped , it has twin trs drives.

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Here is a photo of the boat I believe you are talking about.

www.historicraceboats.com