Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
02-05-2007 | 01:29 PM
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Re: Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
Stormrider you could take your plexi out and replace with alum plate as I did when I would race my Mirage,, pleasure boat.I just had it in the front, it work and didn't look bad.
02-05-2007 | 01:41 PM
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Re: Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
H2O, this is just a boat that was for sale locally a year ago.
I thought it was a good buy, just bad timing.
may still be around.
its a 29mirage pleasure from 1984.
I thought it was a good buy, just bad timing.
may still be around.
its a 29mirage pleasure from 1984.
02-05-2007 | 02:22 PM
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Re: Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
They are a great boat, more room for a family, my old 27' Magnum was not as kid friendly. The Mirage had twin 280's trs mostly stock ran 70, wish I still had it, sold it to buy Pete Smith's pleasure Wolverine Active cat.
02-06-2007 | 10:36 AM
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Re: Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
LEE I dont remember the lyman, is that the boat he first had after he inherited the tool shop's????? Check out my post under Magnun some great shot's of Lake St Clair Classic race Magnum's
02-06-2007 | 10:48 AM
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Re: Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
Ken's original "Whopper" was an old red and white wooden Lyman, with BIG motors in it, everybody was waiting for them to rip the bottom out of it, it was before the brown Cary32' open with the same name, there was also the "Shear Blade" his big boat and the infamous houseboat with the Tikki Bar
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02-06-2007 | 11:31 AM
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Re: Who was Lil Rhino's eng builder??
Ken's original "Whopper" was an old red and white wooden Lyman, with BIG motors in it, everybody was waiting for them to rip the bottom out of it, it was before the brown Cary32' open with the same name, there was also the "Shear Blade" his big boat and the infamous houseboat with the Tikki Bar
02-20-2007 | 04:29 PM
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Kenny Black sold the Rhino to Jerry Girschner who raced it in a few race's, then pulled the engine's to put in his new Active cat Blue Max, then sold the Mirage to some one out east to race again, that was the last I heard of it. The Wolverine hull wound up with Jim Cleym of Lance, Aero, Awesome boats, to make a new mold, I believe the project was scraped and the hull Too.
