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Since this is a performance boat site let me share a little about mine. I have been cleaning up and doing a face lift to my 21' Challenger. This boat is the Grandpappy to performance hull pad boats. It was built by George Linder and Rich Luhrs up in Long Island for offshore racing. After about three years of production the molds were sold to Coen of Superboat fame. Shadow, Intimidator, Apache and lots of splashes came from this hull one way or another.Its a 1976 and was in pretty rough shape. The hull is solid but the deck was a mess. After last season I decided to strip the deck of all hardware and rigging and fix the hundreds of spider cracks caused by the screws that held all the teak down. Hopefully I will be back in the water next weekend once I rerig this motor. I ran it last year with a Merc 2.4 225 to a best of 70.1mph. Hoping to see a little more than that with the 3.0 250efi thats hanging on her now. We will see. Thanks for looking.
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great restoration job!!!! Looks good!

Thanks
 

Its a labor of love. Going outside now to finish off that stupid glove box. Some one glued it to the dash and I have to finish the teak with it on the boat. Mike

Nice retro resto.. Should run like a scalded dog with the new power :) :)

Just great
 

It could be one of the last boats built in Long Island, what a piece of history, thanks for not letting it lay there forgotten.

Philip

Looks great Mike.

Thanks Guys
 

Just finished glove box and on to rub rail and rigging the motor. Mike
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Looks good!! Nice job.

Very nice resto job!

Very cool boat!
Nice job on the resto.

Nice job! It's a great looking boat that you can be proud of. How about posting some of the pictures that you took during the process.

Roger

nice! i bet its a rocket!

PRIMO JOB!!!!!!:ernaehrung004:

Mike she really looks great.

Mike,
Boat is looking great.If your done by the weekend...come down to Tices Shoal.Justin should be there in his Challenger too.

Mark

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Mark Im gonna hit her hard everyday after work and try to get in for Sunday. Frank if your ever driving by and see me in the driveway stop by. Always have plenty of brew in the fridge. Mike

Ok
 

This is the thread on Scream and Fly that I started last winter. Thanks for looking and the kind words.


http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...d.php?t=147798

Hey
 

Interior mostly finished hope to be prowling the bay on Sunday:party-smiley-004:
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There is definately something to be said about the old school rides.

My friend Bernie raced the 21' Challenger with a pair of 2.4L back in the 80's in the Lobster Shanty 200 race. There is video of it in the Big Seas Linder Luhrs DVD. Needed some BIG SACK to drive that boat!

Excellent job on the resto. That is one sweet ride! :boat:

Very cool boat! You're going to have a blast with that one.

Michael

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Two 2.4's thats 800+ pounds must have been dangerously close to slipping under the water backwards when she wasnt moving:eek: must have gone like hell though. Mike

looks great....

Like this.

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Yup! here is some video (pardon the Trial Version Watermark)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bdIfQvZ5HY[/YOUTUBE]


People can buy the whole Linder / Luhrs DVD here: http://www.historicraceboats.com/dvds.htm

Lookin good!

Damn. That looks like it was a scary ride and I thought I was crazy with the 22 Donzi. I remember that boat. You know they made one great hull to run twins on the back of a 21.

Mike was that boat from Brick area?

Frank I dont know. Looks like any back yard in Brick or Long Island. Thanks for the site and Youtube Dave. I am going to order DVD tonight. Hope to meet George Linder in the fall up at Tanner Park in Copiage, Long Island. Rich Luhrs was down here a couple of weeks ago but I missed him because of a softball game. At least we won.

Looks great Mike. Just finished cutting the dash holes on mine. See you at the Ct. run.:cool:

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See you there. Post some more pic on S&F. Rigging my engine now. Mike

Johhny did you check out the vid DaveP posted above. Pretty cool huh?

Hell ya it is!