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Picked up a 1964 Barron flatbottom

Discussion in 'Motorcycles & Boats' started by Choptop, May 5, 2012.

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  1. Choptop

    Choptop F1 Rookie

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    390FE, Casale, Glenwood wet logs. Will do a little bit of restoration and repaint and its time to put it on the lake... 60's style


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  2. JasonMiller

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  3. Choptop

    Choptop F1 Rookie

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    NICE!

    hot rods for the water. Noisy, uncomfortable, fast... perfect.
     
  4. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    My ears ring today, no kidding, after I drank a case and lost my ear plugs! 72 Sanger true flat bottom, about 880HP with those short Basset Headers. Damn that was loud....I thought about this just the other day. In or out gear with a short red paddle for reverse. If you like these boats you should come to Augusta GA for the worlds richest Drag Boat Race. It is insane how loud and fast top fuel is on that high banked river.

    This really separates the men from the boys!

    http://www.augustasouthernnationals.org/

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    It's really kind of strange. I remember back 5 years ago or so and it seems maybe 6 people got killed in drag boats. With the addition of the F16 Canopy and capsule, it became much safer. Even with all the deaths, I don't remember them talking about shortening the "drag strip" or slowing the boats down. I guess I am saying it would appear to be a different mentality in some regards, almost like it was with F1 and racing in the "blood sport" days, vs asphalt. I find the boats to be much more of a spectacle that the cars, with the huge roster tails and noise in the canyon.
     
  5. etmracing

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  6. DallasGuy

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    #6 DallasGuy, May 9, 2012
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    My grandfather started manufacturing drag boats back in the 60's and my dad and uncle raced them for 20+ years. My earliest memories were sitting in the pits at the boat races and being scared of all the loud noises.

    It is definitely a dangerous sport today but far safer than it was before the advent of the canopies. Before that, they relied upon a parachute, a life jacket. and a helmet to save them.

    My dad was lucky to survive a crash back in the 70s racing one of the boats my grandfather built. He spent more than a month in the hospital recovering from several surgeries, including on his brain, the loss of the eyesight on one side, plus countless other injuries. The boat sunk and was not recovered.

    Despite all that, he kept racing for almost 10 more years but had someone else drive for him until that boat crashed in 1987. The propeller lost a blade at 136 mph while still accelerating and the sudden change in centrifugal force essentially barrel rolled the boat upside down. His driver was ejected but survived relatively unscathed after a short stay in the hospital.

    My dad found an exact copy of that last race boat and now keeps it as his weekend toy.
     

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