Great old pics.......

[superhatz]

A guy over on the OSO Magnum forums posted these old photos and I thought you guys would like them......I sure did.

:)

[DonziFreak]

Damn these are cool!

[superhatz]

It's really what it's all about.....isn't it?

:)

[waxman]

Those pics remind me of when I first fell in love.
About 1972 we went on a family vacation and my dad rented a houseboat and we cruised the inland water ways of Florida for 4 weeks. We went from the top to the bottom of Florida by boat and I was probably 13. When we hit Ft.Lauderdale, parts of it were like streets and you could see all the "rich" kids in Donzi's tied together partying.

Ahh, young love.

[BlownCrewCab]

Wow, It Looks like the Brownie "Boats I Built" collection... Is that a Nova in the background on the 2nd pic

[Forrest]

Wow! Now that is cool. I have to wonder where those boats are today. Maybe someone here owns one.

[VetteLT193]

There is just something about candy striped interiors that really gets my heart pumping.

[BlownCrewCab]

"Candy Striper's" Get My heart Goin!!!!!!!:eek:

[superhatz]

Lake St.Clair Mich..........

I agree.....it's all about the candy stripes!!

:)

[Ted Guldemond]

Those pictures look remotely familiar. If you look at the 16 with black sides and yellow deck , you'll see 4 carb stacks and 4 individual side exhausts. It belonged to a kid I knew at The Clinton River Boat Club, Lake St. Clair. Same with the white and red striped boat. My guess is this is a gathering Of the Lake St. Clair 55 mph club, circa 1972-3, at the mouth of the South Channel The 16 with the carb stacks had an autolite inline 4 barrel on a ford cross-boss manifold. It was fast.

[superhatz]

Those pictures look remotely familiar. If you look at the 16 with black sides and yellow deck , you'll see 4 carb stacks and 4 individual side exhausts. It belonged to a kid I knew at The Clinton River Boat Club, Lake St. Clair. Same with the white and red striped boat. My guess is this is a gathering Of the Lake St. Clair 55 mph club, circa 1972-3, at the mouth of the South Channel The 16 with the carb stacks had an autolite inline 4 barrel on a ford cross-boss manifold. It was fast.


That's awesome!!......I was wondering what that stuff was?

Thanks for the story...:)

[rustnrot]

The one above the yellow and black striped interior Donzi is a Chris Craft XK19 I do believe.........

[Ted Guldemond]

Does anybody know who posted the original pictures and might there be anymore.

[Carl C]

Where are all the people?:smash:

[Rob M]

Cool Benchseat Hornet. Wonder if it's still hiding out on the lake...

[ygrowup]

Does anybody know who posted the original pictures and might there be anymore.

Mark / "h20boater" posted them.....unearthed from the Emerald City collection. He's a walking (well, sometimes stumbling) encyclopedia of useless Offshore information, especially strong in the Magnum / Donzi / Mirage history departments. Attaching a picture of him from his formative years on Lake St. Clair. Check out his OSO classic thread, 'back in the day' & of course the Magnums on LSC. If ya pm him, he just might post some of his Donzi menagerie here.......

[superhatz]

Thanks......I should have given credit to Mark in the original post......he keeps me "in" vintage boat pics all winter.

:)

[ygrowup]

A guy over on the OSO Magnum forums posted these old photos and I thought you guys would like them......I sure did.

:)

Here's the #1 from the center of the pic....tailstandin' it old school...twin Holman & Moody 302 inboards!!

[ygrowup]

Thanks......I should have given credit to Mark in the original post......he keeps me "in" vintage boat pics all winter.

:)

Marky's an original....been in the Offshore wars forever. Attaching their somewhat less svelte family wagon....musn't muss that Fabio hair up!

[McGary911]

Very cool old pic. Anyone know what that one in the back is? the one with the 999? That boat has great lines.....

Looks like that pic was taken with that old 125 cartridge film. REmember that?

[superhatz]

Very cool old pic. Anyone know what that one in the back is? the one with the 999? That boat has great lines.....

Looks like that pic was taken with that old 125 cartridge film. REmember that?

It's a Magnum 27 Sport with the optional pointed windscreen......a true classic!

[chappy]

It's a Magnum 27 Sport with the optional pointed windscreen......a true classic!

Dayumnnnnnnnnnn Hatz. That's got to be one helluva photo collection ya got on your machine.:computer:

[superhatz]

Dayumnnnnnnnnnn Hatz. That's got to be one helluva photo collection ya got on your machine.:computer:

Some would say I'm obsessed with Magnums......:)

[Ted Guldemond]

Thanks Superhatz, those are some great old photographs. The Blue sided 28, I believe resides near New Baltimore, Mi. just off 21 Mile Rd. The GT 21 with the twin v drives has got to be a one of a kind. I wonder what became of it? As a kid growing up on Lake St. Clair in the 60's & 70's I remember seeing I lot of cool Donzi's around Harsens Island. Everything from a powder blue F-14 to a yellow and white Corsican. Some of the board members from Michigan must recall some of these boats?