Help with 1976 Mirage ID
03-02-2017 | 06:05 PM
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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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03-02-2017 | 09:01 PM
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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
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
03-02-2017 | 09:25 PM
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Yes I'm back not enuff water in AZ for me..
03-05-2017 | 09:49 AM
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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 ?????
03-05-2017 | 08:00 PM
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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
03-07-2017 | 07:39 AM
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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 ????
