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mattyboy
12-05-2012, 06:38 AM
With question posed in HM's recent benchseat thread I figured it would be a good time to database the hornet models and try to determine the total number each, benchseat and 2+3 models made out of the 96 total. If anyone has any valid info to add please do and I will not be including the names of owners at this point due to the nature of these models i don't want to invade the owner's privacy with prospector's digging for gold. hopefully we will be able to track down most of them , it might be different from the other models that have been databased as this model started in the begining and record keeping was not a priority. I have other boats but don't have hull numbers not sure how to list them.
please if any hornet owners( not hornetII or III) or others have more valid info add it or contact me .

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

38 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

Rob M
12-05-2012, 06:59 AM
Awesome project, thanks for starting this. Perhaps adding a column for year would be informative too.

To clarify, St. Tropez models were not counted in the 19' hull number count correct?

Will forward any other hull numbers I come across.

Rob

mattyboy
12-05-2012, 07:30 AM
Rob
yes to clarify the St T is another model although their share the same hull and not in the 96 total . the Hornet model to the best of my knowledge was never officially called a benchseat or 2+3 it was just called the Hornet and the total of 96 includes mine benchseat at 38 and yours 2+3 at 93 . when they went to the hornetII the LOA changed and is considered another model.

72Hornet
12-05-2012, 05:37 PM
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Got to thinking and I believe my hull is actually #C19H62. Out in Ohio for work and could not remember for certain. I think you have it accounted for.

mattyboy
12-05-2012, 05:40 PM
Royce
yeah i thought it was 62

mario
12-05-2012, 05:52 PM
Matty thanks for the info and the copy off build sheet via paul on the two i had being hull # 31 and 32 how cool was it to know the boats were made back to back and to know what eng,s they had org. how many bs were build in 1967 ? hope to start work on the red one soon and old yeller has a new home so glade to see it getting worked on

72Hornet
12-05-2012, 06:52 PM
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Hats off to all of you guys, both Scotts, Matty, Mario and all who have shared the info on the Hornet models. Pretty cool stuff! Mario, hope to see your progress as well as Berts! Can the windshield be reproduced?

mattyboy
12-06-2012, 05:12 AM
looks like possibly very late 69 might be the first 2+3 but will confirm

Morgan's Cloud
12-06-2012, 06:06 AM
Matty , don't forget the Bench Seat that made it over here in the very early 90's

I think that there's a refence on it here a long time ago by the new owner who had just got it and was restoring it. It's been about 10 years since it went underground. I think I need to try and dig it up and meet the guy and see what he's up to with it.

It was number 39 if I'm not mistaken and had the original 289 Holman Moody with what was either a 250 or 270 outdrive.

mattyboy
12-06-2012, 06:22 AM
Steve

yes i didn't forget just don't know how to categorize as of now, no confirmed hull number, don't want to list owners name? there are other benchseats like that too. early boats raised deck vents probably no numbers ever found . I think as we fill this database the primary reason would be to find the ratio first then try to enumerate the entire production list. The later might be tough as some boats are long gone and never had hull numbers to begin with. Then throw the rumor that hull production numbers were said to be inflated for the sale to Teleflex and we will probably never get an exact number, but the journey sure is fun.

how about just tropical benchseat?

Morgan's Cloud
12-06-2012, 06:45 AM
No , this one did have a number .The new guy (not my friend who bought it in) found it under the dash and posted it when he was just about to start his resto.
I'm positive that it was 39.
But I don't have a clue who he is and only a rough idea of where he is located.

I checked the member's lists for him and posts but all I could go by was that he might have had a user name that began with our location out here. There are a few of them that answer that description but I couldn't find him so he might have a different user name than I'm thinking of.

Maybe one day in the not too distant future I'll go 'exploring' at the other end of the island !

mattyboy
12-06-2012, 06:50 AM
Steve

yes thanks I think that info is confirmed now I was searching today and found his posts he posted info that is consistant with hull 39 list updated to reflect this info


List Updated 12-6-12

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

38 BS i/o

39 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

Morgan's Cloud
12-06-2012, 06:59 AM
Matty , can you pm me the link to his posts or give me his user name ? It might help me track him down later and see what he's been up to .

mattyboy
12-14-2012, 09:19 AM
some more info it looks like the bench seat deck mold was changed to eliminate the raised deck vents in 1967 with hull 32 or 33 there was also almost a 6 month layoff in hornet production at that time as well

bertsboat
12-20-2012, 09:30 PM
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If this really is number 31 then it has the raised vents. We also found markings that indicate H12.74152

mattyboy
12-21-2012, 08:25 AM
Bert,
welcome to your first Donzi restoration, with your cigarette it was cut and dry it had a HIN stamped on the transom ,you knew exactly what is was and when and where it was born.

with early Donzis it is not always so. You need to gather facts as sometimes numbers are never found.
I was contacted by Aaron who had some questions about those numbers, what hull number it really was and the build differences he noticed in this hull and Mario's other hull number 30 .

Aaron said the hull color scheme and the drive train match the info on the build card for hull 31.

he noticed that the stringers were thicker on hull 30 Mario's red boat than on this boat so he thought it might be an earlier build. I told him it could be that the red boat had worked done over it's liftime or it could be that hull was a fully cored hull. They fully cored the hull on the higher powered boats, in the sales brochures this was referred to as "high impact fiberglass". So a fully cored hull would give the appearance of thicker construction. Not all benchseat hornets were cored , mine is not, Pearson's which was a turbo v drive is cored .

then onto those numbers I have never seen an S in any of the hornet numbers plus the 19 is missing from it. Also this was found laying under the cut out ski locker so who knows what it is or when it got there.

now onto the color scheme yellow and blue is a very uncommon color combo , the early hornets were all green . so in order for this to be hull 12 it would have to be the same colors as hull 31 and would have had to have the drive train from hull 31 donated to it. That is highly unlikely as the v drive is very stout and not prone to failure

Also according to your post #21 in this thread

http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?68163-Baby-has-a-big-brother!-Hornet-on-it-s-way-home-!&p=633574#post633574

""""Stringers OK


Stringers and deck core (foam) good and strong. Deck will stay on. Will be a V drive again.
Lives next to another V drive. """


that construction method ( foam) would not have been used on an early hornet like hull 12 . that method was seen in 67 and later.

he also stated that the v drives hardware looks to be installed in different spots. looks like different length shafts were used. I have noticed that too , not sure if it has to do with what vdrive , tranny or power plant it was using or not, but after I gather this database maybe we will find out. the v drive setup on Harbormaster's boat is different from Pearson's and even Pearson's two v drives hardware look to be slightly different .

I am going to send him a couple of pics I have of v drive setups to see if that helps him.

BOT

yes we know that hull 34 has no raised vents we know hull 30 and 31 do have raised vents so the change happened on hull 32 or 33 as I stated early in this thread.

Hull 33 was also the first I/O boat powered by a Holman Moody 225 hp ford 289

mattyboy
12-29-2012, 06:06 AM
updated 12-29-12 to reflect hull 46



Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

38 BS i/o

39 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive

46 BS v drive

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

mattyboy
03-25-2013, 08:04 PM
updated 3/25/13 to reflect hull 50

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

38 BS i/o

39 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive


46 BS v-drive


50 2+3 i/o

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

mattyboy
05-07-2014, 07:41 AM
updated 5/7/2014 to reflect new benchseat found number 47

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

38 BS i/o

39 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive


46 BS v-drive

47 BS v-drive

50 2+3 i/o

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

jl1962
05-07-2014, 02:57 PM
Matty-Where did you find this one?

mattyboy
05-07-2014, 03:04 PM
someone emailed the club he sent me some info he had and we found it in the records,

I am working on another boat for another person who contacted the club with a 1965 21foot benchseat race boat registered as a donzi but is not a production Donzi may have been one of Don's projects more to come on that one

Greg Guimond
05-07-2014, 03:30 PM
I am working on another boat for another person who contacted the club with a 1965 21foot benchseat race boat registered as a donzi but is not a production Donzi may have been one of Don's projects more to come on that one

I never knew that Don A might have done "non production" Donzi's in early 1965.

jl1962
05-07-2014, 03:47 PM
Great!

I'm glad people w/ cool old boats are finding the Club.

Morgan's Cloud
05-07-2014, 04:20 PM
Matty , am I correct in assuming that '47' is the guy who made one post on OSO and is not in the US ?
Unfortunately he's said nothing else there since his initial post/question.

mattyboy
05-07-2014, 06:58 PM
Greg

Brownie said that Harry Schoell made a 21 footer for Don around 1965 don't think it is in anyway a Donzi could be a magnum donzi or just a one off prototype that never found a family

MC yes someone recommended he contact Me I got an email thru the club then I saw the post on OSO yes in europe looks to be hull 47 1969 waiting confirmation but from the info he gave it is Ivory soap . Also helping him with resto questions and motor and parts questions. he has a ton of questions will be sending him detailed info on the sting and ultimate projects

Jay yes it is an encouraging sign I have gotten a ton of emails with people buying and restoring older classics especially in todays dead economy

mattyboy
05-03-2015, 06:15 AM
update in doing some more research on the 19 it looks like between May of 68 and Feb of 69 is the time frame where the deck mold was reworked for the introduction of the Hornet 2+3. The dash well was reworked on the benchseat . the lip of the dash on the older benchseats sweeps around the side and into the seat base, on the newer benchseats that lip sweeps towards the floor as it does on the Hornet 2+3 and H2 and H3
look at the pics in the area of the shifter on the white boat(newer) and the passenger grail rail on the orange boat(older) . Now I have to research to find the demarcation point.

the list as of May 3 '15

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

38 BS i/o

39 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive


46 BS v-drive

47 BS v-drive

50 2+3 i/o

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

bertsboat
05-03-2015, 09:59 AM
Just my observation, but, I think the seat bucket was added in the early deck and the seat became part of the deck mold in the later boats.
What do you think Matty?
Bert

mattyboy
05-03-2015, 12:28 PM
I think they wanted standardization , they did not want to have different components for different options on the same model.

so when the fuel capacity on the hornet dropped from 60 to 45 and they were making both the benchseat and the 2+3. the 2+3 required a different locker it could not be the 10 foot long one the original benchseat had but a shorter version needed cause the helm was closer to the front . so they made one locker for both and where the deck and the locker met they needed to be redesigned so I would bet that if you find a late model benchseat like the white one I pictured it has a short 2+3 floor locker.

one tank, one floor locker, one hull two decks/

the key is the floor in the early boats the floor is part of the locker not the deck. the reason the dash lip goes to the floor on the newer boats is the floor is part of the deck mold not the locker on the newer boats.

Scott Pearson
05-03-2015, 06:25 PM
I still have a mint plug for a Bench Seat locker if anyone needs to make a new one. We needed to make one for The Ultimate. It's sitting in my shed and I would be willing to sell it. Or just bolt a small outboard on it and use it as a dingy!

mattyboy
05-04-2015, 06:11 AM
Scott
I was looking for the pic of the 2 lockers side by side when the Sting was resto'd I can't find it do you have it?

so unlike the 16 and 18 where the floor is part of the deck the 19 had the floor in the foot well locker component, I would think when they went to the classic 2+3 style seating having the floor in a separate component didn't work hence the rework

mattyboy
05-05-2015, 07:00 AM
found the pic so the locker is placed in the hull and then the deck is placed over the floor , the floor lockers in the benchseat run port to starboard not bow to stern

basically the locker just needs a 9hp johnrude

Scott Pearson
05-05-2015, 06:05 PM
The one to the left is the new one we made for The Ultimate.

Scott Pearson
05-05-2015, 06:10 PM
New locker just sitting in hull and not attached.

Scott Pearson
05-05-2015, 06:12 PM
Shot of lockers with me standing by them. You can see how tall they are.

olredalert
05-06-2015, 09:19 AM
----Lotus would look cool in orange pearl! Just sayin!......Bill S

Ghost
05-06-2015, 08:32 PM
Great collection of toys. Pic is asking for a urinal joke though. :)

mattyboy
05-16-2015, 10:25 AM
The first edition of documenting the production changes on the Hornet.

info on this model and all of the Donzi classic models can be found on our website

Donzi Classic Models (http://www.lgdonziclassic.com/pages/Modals.asp)

Production Changes on the 19 Hornet (http://www.lgdonziclassic.com/pdfs/19changes.pdf)


well all except the Lotus ;)

mario
05-16-2015, 03:32 PM
nice job matty

mattyboy
05-16-2015, 06:39 PM
Thanks Mario

still need to find a few "missing links" to fill in some blanks

mattyboy
05-13-2018, 11:08 AM
found another one trying to get the hull number

Gerk
05-25-2018, 02:51 PM
My buddy said he has hull #70 and it is a 2+3 with 454 and volvo drive.

Hope this helps your list

mattyboy
05-27-2018, 07:29 AM
Thanks yes it does does he need a copy of the build card ?
Let me know got any pics I am trying to get pics to go with numbers

Gerk
05-29-2018, 09:30 PM
The build card would be great.
He got it and it was painted. Think he would love to know all the original stuff

Thank you86578

mattyboy
05-30-2018, 04:00 AM
originally white bottom light blue sides white deck light blue stripe 1973

454 flag jet

so you should see signs of transom work

judging by the invoice date and the start date I would say it was a custom special order the jet drive number is missing perhaps that was not added at the factory but was rigged by someone else

solitaire
08-04-2018, 07:10 AM
Hello from Oxford in the UK

I am new to Donzi ownership and hope I may be able to fill in one of your blanks.
It seems I have Hornet number 37! - 19H37 Completed 5-22-68 - fitted with her original HM 225hp engine, number B8HM-2114-1-RW, Volvo drive (I think it's a 250) B220816.

She spent all of her life on Mountain Lake Virginia, but thanks to a very friendly gesture by some dear friends who have know for years I love classic boats, I previously worked for Volvo Penta in the 60's, they bought her and shipped her to the UK in March this year.

One thing I need help with - she is a 2 plus 3 boat and from my limited information on the Hornet they were only made as bench seat boats in 1968 - is this correct.

There is some evidence that the deck has been changed! - A redundant/inaccessible battery box under the rear seat, some evidence that a bulkhead has been removed about a foot forward of the 2+3 aft deck and seat back, and impossible fuel sender access in cockpit floor.

I am looking forward to bringing her back to life, shes been painted - (originally green and white) and need some TLC, buts mostly all there and original fittings - but, such a shame the windshield is absent.

mattyboy
08-04-2018, 10:24 AM
if this info is correct you would have the first 2+3 produced very cool let me go thru my stuff and see what I can find
are those the original colors?

mattyboy
08-04-2018, 10:28 AM
would love to see more pics

yes confirmed those numbers are from Hull 37 so this is the first 2+3 19 foot hornet very cool

looks like the bold was consigned for some time and finally sold in 1970

Thanks for posting this is a BIG piece of the puzzle

mattyboy
08-04-2018, 10:32 AM
updated info as of 8/4/2018

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

mattyboy
08-04-2018, 11:10 AM
as I said this is a big piece of the puzzle with the production changes documented earlier in this thread the change was made around may of 68 I would assume your hull 37 would be a first go-round and might have some non standard build features until they refined the molds

would love to see more pics especially of the area where the dash meets the side of the deck near the shifter and the locker

this probably means that my benchseat is the last one popped out of the original molds and any benchseat popped after was the new deck molds

solitaire
08-04-2018, 12:09 PM
Hi. I, m pretty sure this may be the only Hornet in the UK (possibly Europe). Hull was originally green. Engine and Drive numbers are from the fitted units. There has been work done on the motor, for sure it has a 351W bottom end. Offy manifold and 750cfm Holley, but heads are still 289 HI perf.
I haven't run it, but the previous owner says it runs the Volvo "elephant ear" 14x23 at anindicated max of 55mph. no idea of rpm. - is that about right?
I will send the pictures you requested. Is it best to post them as a reply? it will certainly be nice to complete the puzzle and know more about this boat.
Thanks for your help.

Morgan's Cloud
08-04-2018, 01:56 PM
Gotta love how the info in this site can solve puzzles and bring people together .
(Matty , you must have a more detailed list than what you put up above ? C39H-B was out here for a while but 'someone' else on your side of the pond has it now .)
Out of interest , where are you in the UK solitaire ?
I'm not there , just have a lot of family ties over there .

mattyboy
08-06-2018, 01:34 PM
yes I have more details but not all in one place just wanted to update the list



with a ford powered hornet and a volvo outdrive 55 is being a bit optimistic not impossible but at the high end of the performance envelope

i do see a nose cone that can help a bit

as for props I would get a solas titan 21 do a search here you will find a big thread

I have hull 38 a benchseat
am running a ford 302 with about 240 ish hp a volvo 280 with trim a solas titan 19 1.6 gears to 5000 rpm at just around 50 mph

my boat is a bit heavier than yours and i have more weight aft then a normal benchseat with a true belly tank

so if your motor is north of 300 hp you may be able to turn a solas 23 but a solas will handle very well and be well mannered

mattyboy
08-06-2018, 05:47 PM
it would be interesting to see they changed the bottom on the hornet i would think that would have happened when the went a foot longer with the Hornet II
Solitaire take a measurement from the end of the inner strake to the transom the Hornet II was around 2 feet the Hornet 2+3 and benchseat was closer to 4 feet

mattyboy
08-11-2018, 09:20 AM
solitaire

next time you are working on the boat if you wouldn't mind could you take a few measurements nose to dash dash to back seat bulk head transom to back seat and the opening for the hatch thanks might as well document these for the record I will do the same when the rains stops

Thanks

solitaire
08-16-2018, 04:30 AM
Apologies for the late reply - we have been on vacation for a couple of weeks (in the UK).
We live at OX135LP
Here are a few pictures - and like I mentioned, - she is rough! and has had a hard life - but all on fresh water. Could it be that this boat was built as a bench seat boat and changed at the factory? - some pictures taken looking along the inside of the hull from aft indicate a bulkhead or some grp has been cut away from the hull in the area that would line up with the aft of the bench seat both sides from deck and across the floor, - plus the mysterious battery box that sits (glassed in!) under the current aft seat.

Another mystery is the fuel tank - the gauge is like something I have never seen (truck!) , the tank is the full length of the ski locker and extends about 6 inches into the cockpit (see picture). - This is a real b*gg** because it appears original (but clean) and the sender is dead. I am in no position to remove the deck to get at the tank, plus the cockpit floor is glassed to the stringers.

The inner spray rails are short! and end some 68 inches fwd of the transom! (sadly, they have some cracks in the gelcoat on the outer edges against the hull and will need to be ground out and epoxied)
Having said all that the engine bay is now clean and painted with bilge paint new battery bases are classed in the engine is de-greased and painted.86808868098681086811868128681386814
I have plenty of pictures but don't want to block your forum (they are all low res.)

re. your comments on speed and performance, I agree 55 mph is optimistic, speed isn't everything here in the UK where fuel is about $5.0 per US gallon, a 30 mph cruise will be nice. I have a couple of brand new, old style Volvo Penta stainless performance props 14x19 and 14x22 - they look similar to the old quicksilver choppers, quite rare to find but worth a try - anyone else used them?

mattyboy
08-17-2018, 07:47 AM
Thanks the pics of the dash confirm that is the new mold style deck and the old bottom mold

as for the props the Volvo SS are probably ULTRAS which where good props only weak point was the hub they were prone to spinning the hub I would run her and get a baseline for performance. they are also high in slip so if cruise is your goal the solas might do the trick.

nice find good luck with her keep us posted and if you have questions ask away

mattyboy
11-14-2018, 06:08 PM
updated info as of 11/14/2018 to reflect hull 44

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o

36 BS i/o

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

40 BS vdrive

41 BS vdrive

44 BS i/o

52 2+3 vdrive

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

mattyboy
11-30-2018, 11:53 AM
updated info as of 11/30/2018 to reflect known boat names

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive The Ulitimate

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o The Grinch

36 BS i/o The Sting

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

39 B/S i/o

40 BS vdrive Pzazz

41 BS vdrive

44 BS i/o

52 2+3 vdrive WaLo

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

70 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

Rob M
05-07-2019, 07:24 AM
Matty,

Another one (hull 69, May 1973) surfaced for sale in Maryland on Donzi restoration’s Facebook page. It is:

DMR1969573H. Pretty sure that’s accurate.

Blue hull. White deck. Blue deck stripe. No power or drive, but was I/O based on the pics. Falls logically in line with the previous post from Gerk about hull #70.

Keep up the great work on cataloguing the Hornets - lots of great info shaping up!

Rob

mattyboy
05-07-2019, 06:40 PM
Rob 2+3 ?

Rob M
05-07-2019, 06:48 PM
Sorry - providing that info would help....

Yes it’s a 2+3.

Do you think the total hull count for 19s includes St. Tropez’s? I find it hard to believe all the sequential hulls aren’t more accounted for. Unless people were trashing and dumping Hornets in landfill.

mattyboy
05-08-2019, 12:24 AM
No the St Tropez is not part of the total

mattyboy
05-08-2019, 06:22 AM
updated info as of 05/08/2-19 to reflect Hull 69

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive The Ulitimate

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o The Grinch

36 BS i/o The Sting

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

39 B/S i/o

40 BS vdrive Pzazz

41 BS vdrive

44 BS i/o

52 2+3 vdrive WaLo

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

69 2+3 i/o

70 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 i/o

mattyboy
05-09-2019, 04:25 PM
Sorry - providing that info would help....

Yes it’s a 2+3.

Do you think the total hull count for 19s includes St. Tropez’s? I find it hard to believe all the sequential hulls aren’t more accounted for. Unless people were trashing and dumping Hornets in landfill.

Rob
I am actually surprised we seem to have the 30s covered and most numbers represented the early boats total was inflated but how much I don’t know I have other boats I know but don’t have exact hull numbers to add
But it is cool people are posting hulls online it helps a lot tracking down the missing hulls

mattyboy
10-16-2020, 12:03 PM
updated info as of 10/16/2020 to reflect hull 43

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive The Ulitimate

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o The Grinch

36 BS i/o The Sting

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

39 B/S i/o

40 BS vdrive Pzazz

41 BS vdrive

43 BS Vdrive

44 BS i/o

52 2+3 vdrive WaLo

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

69 2+3 i/o

70 2+3 jet

88 2+3 vdrive

mattyboy
10-17-2020, 01:53 PM
little video of hull 43


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cLf7qAjq_tt2mWtXti28hNMdUfH1mNyf/view

Morgan's Cloud
10-17-2020, 02:50 PM
Very cool vid ! I would have gone nuts there .
You've got my alter ego @ 1.45 :biggrin.:

yeller
10-20-2020, 01:56 AM
Thanks for keeping this up to date Matty. :beer:

Tried to view the clip a few times and I always get a loading error.

mattyboy
10-20-2020, 12:29 PM
Thanks for keeping this up to date Matty. :beer:

Tried to view the clip a few times and I always get a loading error.

yeller try this link the video is also there actually there are a few vids but not all have the hornet in them


https://acbs.org/autumn-colors-in-the-ozarks/?fbclid=IwAR192RLN_ZM51UltH6eAO2IWQnr2Y9h4VYhzRgDH WvpeilYa5KGFzbWxgbk

mattyboy
10-23-2020, 08:24 AM
so as of now 10/23/2020 it looks like the build ratio

44 Benchseats

52 2+3

but there are still unverified hulls

yeller
10-24-2020, 04:22 PM
Thanks Matty. Video still wouldn't work, but I followed that sites link to heartlandclassics and was able to play it there.

mattyboy
08-05-2021, 01:56 PM
to add to this database a list of production changes on the 19 Hornet


http://www.lgdonziclassic.com/pdfs/19changes.pdf

mattyboy
08-26-2022, 07:26 PM
updated info as of 08/26/2022 to reflect hull 73 which is a walk thru bench so now we know they made the hornet in 3 versions

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive The Ulitimate

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o The Grinch

36 BS i/o The Sting

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

39 B/S i/o

40 BS vdrive Pzazz

41 BS vdrive

43 BS Vdrive

44 BS i/o

52 2+3 vdrive WaLo

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

69 2+3 i/o

70 2+3 jet

73 walk thru bench I/O

88 2+3 vdrive

mattyboy
08-27-2022, 08:20 PM
another update it may be that the later model 19 hornets were not always 2+3 but setup with the walk thru bench front seat but this has not been confirmed still investigating

mattyboy
09-01-2023, 12:14 PM
updated as of 9/1/2023 to reflect hull 80


Hull Number

23 BS vdrive The Ulitimate

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o The Grinch

36 BS i/o The Sting

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

39 B/S i/o

40 BS vdrive Pzazz

41 BS vdrive

43 BS Vdrive

44 BS i/o

52 2+3 vdrive WaLo

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

69 2+3 i/o

70 2+3 jet

73 walk thru bench I/O

80 2+3 I/O

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 I/O

mattyboy
10-01-2023, 06:47 AM
Updated as of 10/1/2023 to reflect Hull 47

Hull Number

23 BS vdrive The Ulitimate

30 BS vdrive

31 BS vdrive

34 BS i/o The Grinch

36 BS i/o The Sting

37 2+3 i/o ( first 2+3 produced)

38 BS i/o

39 B/S i/o

40 BS vdrive Pzazz

41 BS vdrive

43 BS Vdrive

44 BS i/o

47 BS Vdrive

52 2+3 vdrive WaLo

59 BS vdrive

62 2+3 i/o

67 2+3 jet

69 2+3 i/o

70 2+3 jet

73 walk thru bench I/O

80 2+3 I/O

88 2+3 vdrive

93 2+3 I/O