The Mirage you gave away, was it red and white, and did look like this.

According to my Mirage brochure the 29's weight is 5200 lbs.

5200 lbs with twins ,pretty light .Should do well with tw 383's
if it did 60 with much less power before .

I think my twin big block Trs Mirage is more like 5800 lbs.

H2O , twin BB with TRS's must weigh close to 2500 lbs .
Your hull with all the rigging weighs 3300 . What's
the layup like on these older Mirages , some kevlar ?

No kevlar, just good old polyester resin and glass cloth. Remember these old girls don't have sinks, refrigerators, and the extras most boats have today. I guess that's way there still around 30 years later. Make it simple, but make it FAST,& Last,, at least to the speeds of the 70's.

looks pretty close ....no race numbers though

H2oboater , I thought you may want to save this picture I found in one of my mags from 1978 .

If this boat was originally a blue hull with a blue Eagle tri-axle,then later painted red with multiple colored taped stripes,I have this boat in my shop. I have gutted it completely,put a new transon in it,cut bravo openings,and it now has a white hull and ared sheer. Kick-ass small blocks are being built and should be ready to put in this year.I have a ton of pictures to post soon and would invite all and any backfeed on this really cool boat!

That is my old Mirage, I painted her sides red with the stripes. This Mirage's first owner was Bob Johnson who also owned Eagle trailer at the time. I believe he raced her in the ABBA P-class in the late 70's. He had her untill the mid 80's, and then sold her to a guy in Port Huron Michigan. I bought her in the spring of 1988, by then the deck was already repainted white. I ran her that year with the faded blue gel side's, and just a good clean up. Over the winter I did a rebuild on the engines and a mild cam change, and also cleaned up the bilge & rigging. Ran her in 1989 in APBA A-class that year in calm water, with full interior and had FUN. Sold her around 1995 for a 38' Scarab and always regretted that. Sold the Scarab this year and went back to a 29' Mirage and hope this one run's as good. I talked to John [jet] and even bought from him the old trs wing plates just to have a pice of that great boat. Post some pic's, love to see her be reborn again.