Odd Donzi for sale

[harbormaster]

Check it out.
Don't Look like no Donzi to me.
http://home.planet.nl/~huism592/

Hey Goldberg!
You out there? What do you think?

Scot
The Harbormaster

[Francis O. Saffell]

Of coarse thats a Donzi. Its obvious.

So is this,


http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=587280&a=4289178&p=20889321&Sequence=0

[seano]

I'm certainly not the Donzi expert you guys are, but I'm gonna guess that it IS a Donzi (16 or 18) that someone has added a windshield to...

[PaulO]

I agree. 16 with a bad windshield.

[Francis O. Saffell]

Where is the "donzi" hardware?
There aren't any cowlings on this boat.

[boxy]

quick translation:

Speedboat with trailer (no brakes) rated at 800kgs.
5 x 2 meters, 4 person seating.
Original 120hp Mercury outdrive.
Motor replace with a 150 hp Ford Mustang V8 (watercooled).
Extra's cover, 2 pair of waterskiis,
price $2457.60 USD

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boxy
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Smuggler's Cove
Ontario

[BERTRAM BOY]

Hey,
Doesn't the rub rail look a little "funny"?
BERTRAM BOY

[seano]

I certainly agree about the rubrail and the windshield...my conclusion was based on the basic hull design...but I don't know what cowls Francis is referring to...if bolted on, they are easily removed---if molded in(which i didn't think they were), that is a little harder to change. Same goes for that deck---it looks like someone added some teak or something to it. Bottom line, is that some people can ruin a perfectly good looking boat http://206.150.187.82/ubb/wink.gif

[Francis O. Saffell]

I looked at the images pretty close with graphic converter and none of the hardware looks
original. The foredeck cleat is a thin T design as are the stern cleats. The lights are wrong as is the
rub rail. The dark areas are applied non-skid. There are no vents (cowlings). Since Forrest has
a first run 16 with the merc, I compared the two boats and the Scan boat has a different hatch profile than the '72. The Scan boat has two gas tank vents, I don't think that was stock. Add all
this with an original engine being a 120 four banger and you get copy written all over this thing.

[BERTRAM BOY]

Owen,
You have waaayyyy to much free time!!!
BERTRAM BOY

[kingair]

Well it is not a Donzi. notice the lack of lifting eyes!
In the seventies there was a company that made speed boats similar in appearance to the Donz.
I believe the company was in Italy. another quasi copy can be seen in Moonraker...one of the Bond films.
Later
Philip
in So Carolina - Elian who?

[seano]

Okay,...ordinarily I don't have this much time on my hands, but---for a goof I emailed the guy selling the "non-donzi" and for what it's worth, he says it is a real Donzi which he has "customized". He also sent me a .jpg of the original brochure. I really need to get my boat in the water and seek professional help...