Originally Posted by
mattyboy
In the info i have gathered on the 16 the first few were all white some had colored stripes. Brownie tells a story about taking the first 16 an all white one with blue stripes to the Jax boat show in 64. it had a 4 cyl volvo and a volvo drive on it. he goes into great detail( as only Brownie can ;) ) on how Karl and the boys at lake X would like to see what the new drive was all about cause at that time Karl only had eggbeaters. The first prototype 16 was all white with red stripes and also a volvo in line 4 cyl . It was a in Sweden and I believe still resides there with a board member. In Michael's book they show an all white one being tested it was also a very early one.
The story behind this one is true, I think the years are a scue a bit.
Many of the tell tales signs of being an early boat have been covered up by what seems to be a very complete modernization. Still a very nice classic
Boldts i wish we still had a friend in VA. not sure why they didn't take the tuck and roll thru to the seat cushions?