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04-11-2008 | 05:41 AM
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Could you post a pic of that boat if you have one. That is one of the offshores that stick out in my mind from when I was a kid. A couple of others are:
Bunbuster
Bone Shaker
Truckin
Billy the Kid
Water Fountain
Ditch Witch
Nytro
Ghetto Way
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04-11-2008 | 05:43 AM
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04-11-2008 | 08:43 AM
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I asked Larry Once, at that point he had been to 104 and said he still had plenty left. This was before the nitrious trick
Jon
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04-11-2008 | 08:45 AM
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The owner of "homewrecker" installed 427CI 500HP mills, he said the boat had 540CI's in it back in the day and broke 100, but was scary. He yanked em and said with the 427's it still runs 90-92. The boat is really awesome though.
04-11-2008 | 10:54 AM
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04-11-2008 | 02:15 PM
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Jim Ariola owned three different boats at 3 different times. ALL were named "SAVAGE". The first was a 9M Carrera w/TRS drives, then 32' Hustler with Arnesons, and finally the 38' Cougar with #4 SSM's. It was after he came off that wave that he sold the Hustler to Matt "Malandrino" and bought the Cougar. He said that 32' Hustler with Arnesons was a very dangerous boat.
04-11-2008 | 02:28 PM
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Jon, you're close, but you have the wrong guy. Just to set the story straight....It was Jimmy Ariola ("SAVAGE") with his 38' Cougar who was pretty well bent after being beaten by Larry with his 41' Sonic and 700+ cubed nitrous engines.
Larry was an EXTREMELY SERIOUS offshore boater---always wore what looked like a race driver's jump suit while working on his engines in his boat---saw him many times with it on in Saugatuck and South Haven while pleasure boating or tied up at the dock there. And he pretty much knew that Jimmy the "SAVAGE" was one of the top dogs on Lake Michigan. Jim was a pretty cool, but confident guy and probably one of the premier guys on Lake Michigan to have superchargers for a marine application on his 598cid engines. I remember many people didn't believe it until they actually saw it. Anyway, it took the nitrous for Larry to finaly beat Jimmy, but I think it took place in August over in Chicago during the air show or Venitian Festival. It was after that summer Jim put his boat up for sale and ceased his fearless roar!
Larry was an EXTREMELY SERIOUS offshore boater---always wore what looked like a race driver's jump suit while working on his engines in his boat---saw him many times with it on in Saugatuck and South Haven while pleasure boating or tied up at the dock there. And he pretty much knew that Jimmy the "SAVAGE" was one of the top dogs on Lake Michigan. Jim was a pretty cool, but confident guy and probably one of the premier guys on Lake Michigan to have superchargers for a marine application on his 598cid engines. I remember many people didn't believe it until they actually saw it. Anyway, it took the nitrous for Larry to finaly beat Jimmy, but I think it took place in August over in Chicago during the air show or Venitian Festival. It was after that summer Jim put his boat up for sale and ceased his fearless roar!
Ready to get that loud beast out yet ?
Jon
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04-11-2008 | 03:30 PM
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I remember many of those names myself!!! A few others were "Wet N Wild" (42' Fountain), "TOP BANANA" (31' Excaliber), "Conquest" (38' Wellcraft flat deck), "RAMBO" (32' Baja), "The Dealer" (31' Excaliber), "Malandrino" (9M Carrera), "Offshore Horror" (30' Scarab), "POLTERGIEST" 38' Wellcraft w/tripple engines, "ME BAD" (42' Excaliber),...
04-11-2008 | 03:47 PM
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Ghetto Way was my uncles boat and now a good friend still has it . 26' Left hand drive Donzi with small blocks . 65mph all day long .. Funny thing is Donzi tried to nut it back a few years ago but claims they never built it.
