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wolfeguitars 08-20-2008 09:34 PM

Velocity Ad
 

Originally Posted by Revelocity (Post 2659055)
Here is a vintage Velocity magazine advertisement.

Yes, I put that ad together. Must have a copy in a file somewhere. The 3 boats pictured- upper left was our sales demo triple 2.4 efi merc 30'. We played with that baby for about a year & sold it to a hay hauler who made the news that same night, chased by a chopper up the FL coast while tossing odd looking square packages over the side(?).
Upper Rt. the 1'st 38 from the mold we made from Big Red. I sold it to Ted Elias from Boca. The 22' was mine & the driver in this pic is Bob Nordskog during his review/test for his magazine, taken at Cypress gardens. I took that shot of Steve (cool do Steve) posing in Big Red. Mo Memories, thanks for posting the old ad.

suntimes 08-21-2008 10:54 AM


Originally Posted by Revelocity (Post 2659055)
Here is a vintage Velocity magazine advertisement.

Cool brochure. What does the "100" in the Velocity logo stand for?

ThruHull 08-21-2008 11:22 AM

This is a great thread, Thanks guys

Velocity Tom 08-21-2008 03:54 PM

Wolfeguitars -- What velocity do you run now?

VinMan 08-21-2008 08:09 PM

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Wolfe, you know aything about this 32 TBred?
Apparently its the only one ever made.

Revelocity 08-21-2008 09:00 PM


Originally Posted by suntimes (Post 2659588)
Cool brochure. What does the "100" in the Velocity logo stand for?

Pretty sure it refered to the 100 MPH Kilo record.

Jammin' 08-21-2008 09:09 PM

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I bought a 1987 Velocity 22 center console to use for the summer since my Sutphen is taking so long to put back together. I spent last week boating around Annapolis with my 7 year old son. The power is the original 200 Black Max. It gets up and goes pretty good and is a perfect picnic/ski/tubing boat.

I'm keeping it.

This is a picture anchored at Hart/Miller Island where we camped last Thursday.

wolfeguitars 08-22-2008 04:06 PM


Originally Posted by VinMan (Post 2660223)
Wolfe, you know aything about this 32 TBred?
Apparently its the only one ever made.

Sorry- I left the Company before the Thoroughbred days.
Jay Wolfe
www.wolfeguitars.com

wolfeguitars 08-22-2008 04:09 PM


Originally Posted by Velocity Tom (Post 2659928)
Wolfeguitars -- What velocity do you run now?

I currently have a fleet of canoes (3), a 16' skiff & a 26' Center console, oh and a "peddle" boat. I'm thinking of "cupping" the paddles on that baby for more "bow lift."
Jay Wolfe
www.wolfeguitars.com

wolfeguitars 08-22-2008 04:23 PM


Originally Posted by Revelocity (Post 2660275)
Pretty sure it refered to the 100 MPH Kilo record.

You are correct Sir. We had just set the record & Stepp wanted to publicize it. This was quite a feat for the day. The big names like Cig., Scarab, etc. had yet to approach that number, even with tons more HP than we used for this run.
I realize 100+mph ain't much today, but it was an attention grabber back in those ancient times. When we featured that number, as an addition to our logo in our little Miami Boat Show booth, it generated quite a stir among the other better known marks. "Motor Mouth" (RF) had steam coming from his Elvis hair do, which gave Steve lot's of pleasure. Utilizing D. Allison's designs we were achieving numbers unheard of for V bottom heavy offshore craft, and we were on top until those "pesky" new fangled Cat bottoms popped up like mushrooms in our yards after a spring rain. But that's another (long, but interesting) story for another time & forum.


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