Tony
03-22-2003, 10:08 PM
I'm searching Google for info on Volvo E-Drives and I find these two posts. They look to be the first and second posts ever by one of our "originals". Can you believe it's been over 6 years for this site?
Mon Sep 8 11:13:57 1997, Forrest Coile. I can't believe that I missed this web site until now. This is where I want to be. I am the original owner of a '72 Donzi 16 Ski Sporter with factory MerCruiser 888 (302 Ford), bought it new for $7200, I even have all of the brouchures from back then. Also, I recently picked up a '77 Donzi X-18 with 350 Chev and TRS outdrive. The X-18 need some work before it ready fr the water. It's missing the chrome-plated bronze stern lifting eye. If anyone has an original lifting eye that they would like to part with, or knows where to find one, please let me know. Also, in the Aronow family, I have a fully restored '72 Magnum 27 Sport, that is often seen running around the Big Bend area (Apalachee Bay) of the Florida panhandle.
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9/9/97 5:24:38 PM Forrest Coile. Robert, The 18' is a better boat. Handles rough water better, doesn't bounce as much, handles higher power betterthan the 16. Don't get me wrong! I love the sixteen. I'm the original owner of a near mint 1972 Donzi Ski Sporter with a factory MerCruiser small-block Ford. Also, I have a few friends with 18' Donzi's. One of these is a X-18 . He keeps a built 400 small-block under the hatch powering a speedmaster equipped 280 Volvo drive with power-trim. This boat nothing short of fantastic. No doubt it will walk all over my 16' Donzi but a the same speeds in rough water he will be sippin' a "cool one" and I will soaked in with my "cool one." The 18 Donzi hull is essentially an extended 16 Donzi hull.Forrest Coile,Tallahassee, FL
Mon Sep 8 11:13:57 1997, Forrest Coile. I can't believe that I missed this web site until now. This is where I want to be. I am the original owner of a '72 Donzi 16 Ski Sporter with factory MerCruiser 888 (302 Ford), bought it new for $7200, I even have all of the brouchures from back then. Also, I recently picked up a '77 Donzi X-18 with 350 Chev and TRS outdrive. The X-18 need some work before it ready fr the water. It's missing the chrome-plated bronze stern lifting eye. If anyone has an original lifting eye that they would like to part with, or knows where to find one, please let me know. Also, in the Aronow family, I have a fully restored '72 Magnum 27 Sport, that is often seen running around the Big Bend area (Apalachee Bay) of the Florida panhandle.
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9/9/97 5:24:38 PM Forrest Coile. Robert, The 18' is a better boat. Handles rough water better, doesn't bounce as much, handles higher power betterthan the 16. Don't get me wrong! I love the sixteen. I'm the original owner of a near mint 1972 Donzi Ski Sporter with a factory MerCruiser small-block Ford. Also, I have a few friends with 18' Donzi's. One of these is a X-18 . He keeps a built 400 small-block under the hatch powering a speedmaster equipped 280 Volvo drive with power-trim. This boat nothing short of fantastic. No doubt it will walk all over my 16' Donzi but a the same speeds in rough water he will be sippin' a "cool one" and I will soaked in with my "cool one." The 18 Donzi hull is essentially an extended 16 Donzi hull.Forrest Coile,Tallahassee, FL