Well put and a good ending indeed. Happy owner, happy seller.
The sell price was a bit under 40, but not by much. It's not my business to post exact numbers, just an update on a cool old Donzi.
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Well put and a good ending indeed. Happy owner, happy seller.
The sell price was a bit under 40, but not by much. It's not my business to post exact numbers, just an update on a cool old Donzi.
And it ran fantastic!
Just a quick update, the boat sold for the asking price about 3 weeks ago to an extremely thrilled Donzi fan. He grew up on Lake George in the late 60s, enamored with what a...
Emailed Bobby those pics a few days ago, let me know if youd like more!
Johnny
http://s116.photobucket.com/user/fastfun2/library/Team%20Saris?sort=3&page=1
Just realized some of the pictures vanished...that link should contain all of them.
Idling out in Ocean City78512
Thanks! Almost as cool as a 22 009.....
I have a video of the motors on the dyno somewhere, will find it
Cant wait to play it! Will have to start practicing my chicken picken
Coming in from winning the worlds, and the awards ceremony. Jason Saris- Owner/Throttles Johnny Saris- Driver
Verne French- Navigator...
Some of the under dash wiring, another bilge shot and sitting on the trailer after our first real test session in the boat....the Atlantic City Grand Prix
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All the dash panels were custom made and painted by us, including fabricating our own trim indicators
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Thank you! As a lot of the guys here know, our family business is Performance Marine in Lake George. Its nice being able to promote the business AND go racing. Jason has been racing since 1982, raced...
Hey Jay,
Im hearing a rumor that Santa is bringing you a tele? :D
Yeah, shes been all over. 2014 were going for a National AND World Championship ;)
Id go with two 300xs, im afraid Verados might be too heavy for it
After we finished the glass work in the bilge we could paint the bilge and the tanks
We also did some glass work to the windscreen, and decided on white rather than yellow for it....
Test fitting the bolster. Upholstery was done by Precision Patch Werks, Tim Duerr.
Of course we needed cool Tee-Shirts to go to the Worlds with too :biggrin:...
More rigging....some pictures of the Saris Racing Engines going together too. They are a de-tuned version of our 700hp "SR1 Stacker" engine. 650hp each....
The aluminium hatches that came on the boat weighed a TON. One of the reasons the deck was so stressed cracked towards the rear. So we welded them together, made a mold, and made our own, lightweight...
A LOT of sanding, filling, sanding, filling later....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o21/fastfun2/47647_511497702207039_951376456_n_zpsba722c92.jpg
Let the rigging begin! We talked to Mr....
This is how it looked when we bought it.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o21/fastfun2/406621_318453888178089_100000404403560_1123911_1369622395_n_zps640e6d71.jpg...
This is the finished product, how it looks today-
The 32 Cobra went on to become the 33 Powerplay, and is the same hull as the 32 Cary, which is what Don's "The Cigarette" was....
Heres a link to the OSO thread, but ill post a lot of it here
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/classic-offshore/266663-1982-32-cobra-raceboat-restoration.html
Its kind of a cool story why we...
No the Avanti is single engine. Thats the Cobra, we just finished a 3 year resto on it this spring. Ended up winning a world championship in it this year, what an amazing hull....
nice boat, nicer truck
Not a donzi but it is old.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o21/fastfun2/1002770_593895027300639_251035323_n1_zpsd12918b8.jpg