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h2oboater 03-02-2017 06:05 PM
Originally Posted by rjewell1988 (Post 4532824)
I'm looking at buying another boat to work on over the next few years.... and restore. I found a 1976 Mirage and after talking to the current owner he had also did some digging and was told the boat was the the old race Mirage "Lil Rhino". It currently was set up with staggered small blocks. I just dont have alot of knowledge about some of these old race boats and would love to hear someones input or opinion
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This Mirage I believe belonged to Mike Johnson out of Sagatuck Michigan & was raced as Rage M-73. I dont believe it raced in many races but was listed to race in the 1982 Stroh Light down river Detroit race. Some where I have a color pic of this Mirage, but it is not the Rhino..

ironhead 03-02-2017 09:01 PM
WELL IM GLAD YOUR BACK- THE KNOWLEDGE VACUUM FOR THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN IN- MEASURABLE
Rino got striped for the blue max, it got sold off and i think it went to NJ, re rigged and i remember it breaking up bad in the keel area , never to be seen again

h2oboater 03-02-2017 09:25 PM
Originally Posted by ironhead (Post 4534069)
WELL IM GLAD YOUR BACK- THE KNOWLEDGE VACUUM FOR THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN IN- MEASURABLE
Rino got striped for the blue max, it got sold off and i think it went to NJ, re rigged and i remember it breaking up bad in the keel area , never to be seen again
Yes I'm back not enuff water in AZ for me..

justbassing 03-03-2017 01:53 AM
The hull I'd numbers are 1 up from mine that is number 4 built

rjewell1988 03-03-2017 04:42 AM
Yes it's 290040476 is the HIN so would that be built April of 76

h2oboater 03-05-2017 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rjewell1988 (Post 4534123)
Yes it's 290040476 is the HIN so would that be built April of 76
Wolverine & Rhino were hulls 1 & 2 so this confirms that this Mirage is not the Rhino. There were other staggered engines Mirage's like Silver Streak & The Hawk, all from Lake St Clair today where are they ?????

rjewell1988 03-05-2017 06:05 PM
Well atleast we can confirm that it's not rhino then. It's amazing how much silver streat looks like this mirage other than color. Any way to tell them all apart other than Hull ID?

ironhead 03-05-2017 08:00 PM
could be the silver streak , it had small blocks-- and the manifolds are small blocks and the tail pipes look very familiar , god knows i saw the rear end of it for a while , the dash and cabin could of been added or changed

rjewell1988 03-06-2017 02:44 PM
I guess the only way to know for sure is sand down the paint to see if you can find silver.....its definitely been resprayed

h2oboater 03-07-2017 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ironhead (Post 4534889)
could be the silver streak , it had small blocks-- and the manifolds are small blocks and the tail pipes look very familiar , god knows i saw the rear end of it for a while , the dash and cabin could of been added or changed
Rob this Mirage had the SBC Crusader log manifolds & dry pipes that many of the Lake St Clair boats had, it could be Silver Streak ????


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