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Originally Posted by Perfectmix
it's pretty cool if your the only one in the group with an 18 year old boat that turns more heads than the new stuff does. Perfectmix |
Re: Hats off to older Formulas!!
And you thought about selling the 302. For shame, for shame.
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Re: Hats off to older Formulas!!
Originally Posted by ThirdBird
I see my old "Bird" in the same way people see older cars. These older Formulas (and Cigs, Fountains, Apaches, etc) are like classic muscle cars. Sure, the new stuff is faster and nicer but, like you said above Perfectmix, our old boats still turn heads. They certainly turn my head. . |
Re: Hats off to older Formulas!!
Originally Posted by Formula Outlaw
And you thought about selling the 302. For shame, for shame.
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Re: Hats off to older Formulas!!
Originally Posted by cuda
Put it this way, which would turn more heads, the latest greatest hot Ricer, or a 62 Vette?
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Originally Posted by bford1
I have never had anyone guess how old it is. Usually people think it is 10 years old not 20 (mine's an '85).
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Not to mention I doubt there were many 1986 boats in similar size with stock power that could run away from mine.
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This boat was my first taste of performance boating. I didn't want to spend a bunch of money, because I wasn't sure I'd like this kind of boat. I couldn't believe the ride, and the rock solid feel of this boat. I paid $3750 for this boat, complete on a trailer and running perfectly.
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Then one day, Deb and I were out in the boat and we knew there were Apba races going on farther up the bay so we headed that way. As we were headed there, bunches of other performance boats passed us headed to watch the races. Deb told me to put it to wide open. I told her it was. :(
Well then, off course I decided that it wasn't fast enough and pulled the 305 with the Type1 drive and swapped it for a 350/330 engine and a totaly rebuilt alpha drive. That's when the madness started. Then I bought the 242, but somehow I forgot to sell the F20 first. :) |
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After I bought the 242, I decided since I had couldn't afford to sell the F20, I'd just keep it to work on a little at a time as a project boat. I've had the cockpit completely apart and recovered it all myself, and I was very impressed with the quality of the materials used in it. Most of the 23 year old bolts and screws still looked like brand new. All the wood used on the side panels was still as solid as the day it was made. When I had the outdrive off it, the transom was solid as a rock. By now I was a full fledged foaming at the mouth Formula fan.
We went to the Miami boat show, and I fell in love with the 292 Fastec, and was about to pull the trigger on one, when I came on OSO to cry about the cost of engine upgrades for the 292. That's when Bill, the previous owner of my boat, sent me a message that he'd sell me his 302. I had seen this boat in person once before and fell in love with it, so Bill took me on a test ride, and we struck a deal. The rest is history. |
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