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By the way It is NOT a Cig!!! It is Not a Nor Tech!!! It is NOT a Bayliner!!! Who cares It was (and is) a great boat with some cool history I too think if possable it would be cool to put somthing xxx on the boat to keep a reminder of it's roots
I drive a GM but i like Fords as well If we all liked and disliked the same thing you all would have been married and divorced from one of my ex wives LOL Why are we comparing this boat to other boats? It was, and is, a very cool boat that had some real history (good or bad) We now return you to the next cool boat bashing thread Seems some people arent happy unless they are unhappy LOL |
Originally Posted by omerta one
(Post 3221994)
Beautiful boat/F650 package though! |
Originally Posted by boatme
(Post 3222433)
Jim W who owned this boat is one great and generous guy
This is A little Video of XXX taking Make a wish Kids for a ride at Smoke On THe Water Poker Run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSa4pBc18zc Jim left his tow truck with me for over a month while having some maintaniance work done on the boat here with orders "Go have fun with the truck" we only took it out a few times but what a cool truck it was, and alot of fun to drive Pics are of My son by the truck and wife and I before a trip through town |
Originally Posted by Marginmn
(Post 3221028)
Well on Tuesday the fun began because as everyone was hauling their wares to Miami for the show Outerlimits puts out their own PR claiming that XXX had in fact made a speed run on the previous Friday and they had run 161 mph - one MPH faster than Fountain. The only proof to back up this after-the-fact claim was a photo of a GPS unit displaying 161 mph. Their lack of proof nor their lack of adherance to generally accepted rules for making a world record attempt did not stop OL from also going to the Miami show and claiming to have the fastest V bottoms in the world. To my knowlege XXX never ran in an official kilo run - before or after this GPS incident. So the only claim XXX ever had to being the worlds fastest V was solely based on a single pic of a GPS unit. Some bought into this, many others wanted to see XXX prove it on a kilo course - which it never did to my knowlege. |
Originally Posted by BLee
(Post 3222671)
Isn't that exactly the same way they posted Gino's Mercedes MTI is the worlds fastest pleasure boat? I only remember seeing a GPS photo, but they put it in the magazines, etc?
1. OL has never proved anything in any run. They posted a pic to cause trouble and they got it later that year when Fountain ran 171 (183 2nd pass after the trap). They got their azzes handed to them. 2. Gino is the one claiming fastest powerboat, not MTI as a company, to my knowledge. With that being said, I believe Gino and his numbers. |
Originally Posted by Hauling Trash
(Post 3221761)
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Originally Posted by DollaBill
(Post 3222678)
2. Gino is the one claiming fastest powerboat, not MTI as a company, to my knowledge. With that being said, I believe Gino and his numbers. I just found it interesting that no one made anywhere NEAR as big of a deal about it, as they did with XXX/Cat Killer/Speed Racer, for not having NASA approve his runs. |
Sorry to get in on the off-topic deal here, but....
I think Gino's claims have merit, albiet, they are not "official." Gino did have a video of the run showing that he held that speed for quite a distance (not just a short burst and then back it down), and the throttleman used for the run also happens to be imo the industry standard! |
Originally Posted by DollaBill
(Post 3222678)
2 things...
1. OL has never proved anything in any run. They posted a pic to cause trouble and they got it later that year when Fountain ran 171 (183 2nd pass after the trap). They got their azzes handed to them. 2. Gino is the one claiming fastest powerboat, not MTI as a company, to my knowledge. With that being said, I believe Gino and his numbers. |
Originally Posted by Whipple Charged
(Post 3222891)
Kinda funny, but didn't OL win the P1 world championship last year? Against Fountain, against Cig?
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