This is a pic. of Mike and Art Girards 35 Survivor with a 6 man bolster and twin 650 HP carburated Expert engines.

JO

While were talking Number's, What kind of speed did you get out of the Viper powered race boat?

Hey Jesse James,

Mikes 35 Survivor was built as a poker runner in mind.It has twin 588 CI 650 HP motors with 8 1/2 to 1 compression running on pump gas.The motors were bbuilt by Rick at Expert engines here in Hollywood, Fla. and has Imco advantage Bravo 1 drives.

The boat has run 96 on GPS with fuel and several passengers.
This 35 was my first and had no stepps.A full 24 degree deep V with a half cabin.

My goal is to get 91-93 MPH out of our new F2 35 for APBA next year with twin stepps.This boat will be a front runner in the class.


Hey Fun Home,

The best speed I got with the Viper motor was 81 MPH on the 28 I ran in Miami race this year.This was a last minute deal we put together so this 28 was not as light, and not much time was used to play with props and set up.

I ran it back to back with a 500 EFI Merc. and they were within 2 MPH of each other.

Natrix Marine shipped the motor back to France after the race and are working on some changes on the exhaust system and fuel delivery.This was the problem with the motor when we ran it here in Miami. I think it has potential.

Regards, JO

This boat was for sale this summer. Another OSO member drove a long ways to look at it. He passed on it, I guess it need allot of TLC and it only has 310HP 454's now.

Brian

This pic . was taken here in Miami this year of the first 35 Survivor delivered by us.

We are very excited this coming year racing one in F2 class.

I always told my Family the day we would build a new 35 I would call it the "Survivor" due to the fact that we had Survived many years in a tough buisness to be in.:D

And If that was not enough, deck 001 came out of the mold on 9/11/01.

We do take pride on every boat that we deliver whether a customer purchase a new or pre-owned Pantera.It is still our name on the side of the boat.

We are looking forward to building a new 42 in the very near future.

JO

This is a pic. of the custom made 6 man bolster we did on this 35 Survivor for Poker Run use.

We are offering the 35 Survivor now in a full pleasure design with a half and full custom cabin.

JO

This is a side shot of the 35 Survivor.

This is a back end Pic.

Prices???
 

What will the base price be with a 35 with HP 500's?

Nice looking boat, it has some classic lines. Lord knows I want a boat that not many other people have.

This is a pic. of the motors that powered this 35 Survivor.They are 588 CI stroker motors with 650 HP and alot of torque.They run on pump gas sice they have 8 1/2 to 1 compression.They also have Keith Black alumium heads and blocks.

They were built by Expert engines here in Hollywood, Florida.


We are building several new 35 Survivors now with twin steps and powered with 525 EFI Mercs.I will post pics . soon as we complete them.They have full pleasure cockpit and cabins.

Hey Panther,

With stock 525 EFIs in a full pleasure configuration retail pricing is about $ 200,000 out the door with all the best parts.

I would need for you to be more specific so I could give you an exact quote.

My email is: [email protected]

Regards, JO

survivor: cool boat!

This just has to be the one of the most beautiful boat pics I have ever seen:

That picture does have attitude.It was taken by Powerboat Magazine last year off of Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys.

It was 4-6 footers and 20 MPH winds.Bob Teague is driving.

This is a 28 powered with a Single 500 EFI.It is located in Pennsylvania and owned by Guy Caswell.

Regards, JO

This is a great close up picture of My Father and I at last years APBA national in Texas.

We were in our all black 28 F1 race boat.

It is just a little warm in the Summer months!!!

:D

JO:D

This has to be one of the coolest threads I have seen on here to date. Thanks for the great pics and history lesson Jo.

Maybe one day I'll be fortunate enough to own one of your great boats since they are definetly one of my favorites.

Les

This is a picture of a 1995 28 footer powered by a single 525 SC Merc.The boat is called Taz No Mercy and located in Maryland.


This pic. was taken outside of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale during a taping of a high performance boating program that aired in Cable TV in 1995.It was 6-8 footers out in the gulfstream and I was heading straight into them doing 60-65 MPH.

I had a friend of mine that is a Model here in Miami with me for the photo shoot and it was her first time going out in a High performance boat.

She picked the wrong day to go out!!:D :cool:

I saw her feet in the air most of the time.:D

JO

This picture was taken of BJ and I racing in F1 in the West Palm Beach APBA National in 1999.

There was a Hurricane approximately 50 miles away and was kicking up 10-12 foot swells.You would just surf them down.:D

We ended up taking a second in this race after leading most of the race.


JO

more pics!!!!

jo do you have anymore pics?

Here is a pic. of the crowd gathered at the 1979 Key West World championships along the sea wall.

JO

This picture was taken in 1991 while we were located in 188 st. "Thunderboat row" working on a hard top 28 footer.

JO

This picture is of a design to build the 28 Hard top model for military use.

JO

This is a picture of our Red, White, and Blue 28 back in 1992 going in the water at Ft. Apache Marina in 188 St.

JO

This pic. was taken at Lake X in March of 1995 testing props and set up before racing a regional race in Orlando the following day.

This is a 28 powered with triple 2.5 Mercs. I raced and won many races in Puerto Rico with my Customer.

Top speed back then was in the low to mid 90s.

JO

Here is the pic. at Lake X.

JO

This is a pic. of a 1992 24 Pantera called Plum Loco.It was powered with a single 650 HP small block.It won a few races in APBA A class that year and was always a top three running boat in the class.

The headers would run out over the deck.

Top speed was in the high 80s.

JO

This is a picture of a 2000 28 Pantera located here in Miami powered with a single 900 HP blower with a # 3 Speed master drive.

It has custom paint work we designed for our customer exact specifications. It has a 3 man bolster with a back bench and no cabin.

Top speed on GPS has been in the mid to high 90s.


JO:D :p

This picture was taken of an Island near Puert Rico of a 1991 24 Pantera powered with a single 454 Magnum.


JO

This is one of my all time favorite Pantera Pics.

It is a 1978 24 Pantera that was located in New York State pictured with a Pantera car owned by our customer at the time.


JO:D

This picture was taken in San Juan, Puert Rico in 1995 out in the ocean showing two Pantera 28s battling each other even though in two diffrent classes.The red 28 is powered with twin 2.5 Mercs. and the white 28 is powered with twin big blocks.

They both won their classes on this day.:)


Puerto Rico waters are always on the rough side.


JO

This is a picture of a 1978-79 24 Pantera called Double Cross raced by Michael Cross on the Great lakes Circuit in the late 80s early 90s.

It won many races in the Great Lakes series.


JO

Jo,

Your pm box is full..

Hey Body Shot,

I cleared them already.

Regards, JO:)

Here is a picture of the # 3 28 Pantera ever built that was displayed at the 1979 Miami Boat show.

This boat was powered with twin 454-330 TRS packages and would run 70 MPH.

JO

This is an ad from our dealer( Sailmotorboating ) in Italy back in the late 70s that would represent our line and would import 15 - 20 Panteras a year thruout Europe.

Many of these boats located in Europe are still running around today.

JO

This is a picture of an article that was done on a 24 footer in a magazine called UOMO MARE VOGUE magazine in 1978 in Italy.

This 24 Pantera was powered with twin 4 cylinder Mercs. 170 HP each and would run 55 MPH.We would do 12-15 yearly with this power to our distributor located in Milan , Italy.

JO

Here are a few more pics from the article.

Check out the swivel sit down seats and teak cabin doors that were very popular at the time.

We still build many of these 24s today.

JO

This is an article that was done in August 1980 in UOMO MARE magazine in Italy on the 4 most popular brands of Hi performance boats imported to Europe at the time from the U.S.

The tests were done on this 28 Pantera with twins, 27 Magnum ,
36 and 41 foot cigarette , and a 38 Scarab.

JO

great boats, great history, can't wait to see the new 35 CC in the coming years!

Here is a pic. of a 1978 24 footer all Kevlar lay up powered with twin 200 Mercs.It was raced up in the North East in the late 70s to the mid 80s.

It was called Mr. MEAN and originally owned by Harold Trieber of North East fiberglass and later sold to the guy in the picture Marty Perlow who later raced a 28 Pantera with triple Mercs. in Production class called High Stepper.

JO