It could be like my boat with a 351 Ford Cleveland block, The engine was produced by Ford in 1969.
It could be like my boat with a 351 Ford Cleveland block, The engine was produced by Ford in 1969.
Randy owner of Donzis since 1966
High Performance props 3, 4, and 5 blade. Turbo and Stainless Steel props. Props for old Volvo drives.
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1968 Donzi 2+3
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Some of the 16's has 260 CID interceptors in them. I did see a 1965 with a 260 interceptor with a Volvo with the external shift cable. This is the boat that helped convince my Dad to get our 16 for us. BTW we still have it.
Randy owner of Donzis since 1966
High Performance props 3, 4, and 5 blade. Turbo and Stainless Steel props. Props for old Volvo drives.
The reason congressmen try so hard to get re-elected is that they would hate to have to make a living under the laws they've passed.
I bought a 1965 16' in Jacksonville around 1979. I was living in Delaware at the time. It didn't have any hull #'s.
I hauled it back to Delaware and redid it. It had a 289 Intercepter. The motor was a 5 bolt engine too. The outdrive was a 200 Volvo, but had been converted from an Eaton drive. The seller gave me the Eaton drive also.
The boat had a red hull, white deck and red stripe. The interior was "sparkly" rolled and pleated red. The drivers seat was the flat style seat. It had the "heater vent" under the rear seat in front of the battery.
It had the SS louvered vent below the rear lift ring on the stern with a white lamp built into it and the bilge blower attached to the inside of the plate.
The hull had lots of "hook" built into it too.
Also, Rocket trailer.
I sold it when I moved to Florida. Then I bought an 18 here. I saw the boat for sale on this site many years ago. That was back when this site first started. Wasn't much activity back then. If I remember correctly there was probably only 2 or 3 boats for sale. Met GeneD back then too.
Use to run the Donzi 16 around the northern Chesapeke bay around the Sasafrass River and the North East Marina. Wasn't another Donzi at the "Flats" then. Miss that little boat.
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Dave
Always a Gearhead
ttt for Bob in Covington
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
That is pretty funny...I clicked on new posts and then read through this whole old thread and was amazed at all the info on the old 16s, most older than mine...then read the last post which said "ttt for me"...LOL
Mine is a 66 and dad bought it new at Balboa Marina in Newport California right after they did the Donzi boat test in Boating News. This boat has seen some real water back in the 60s on several trips out to Catalina Island and been in some serious big waves. Dad put the 289 HIPO engine in and changed out a few shafts/prop in the Eaton, but it runs and we are working on restoring as we can.
I have to say, the rotating Eaton sure turns heads at the boat launch or on the trailer, the more I work on and run this boat, the more I love it. I really want to learn more and love reading what people know about the old 16s...hopefully this thread continues
Bob
Covington, Washington
1966 Donzi 16' Hull #16-226
here are some short videos...
a little video clip of our boat idling over to the boat launch so you can hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/v/GSx8zAmi3R0
Eaton outdrive rotating 101
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auaFB...yer_detailpage
thread on our boat
http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=61975
Video of the boat on the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qXz4CJS8U
ttt for Bob
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
IMG_0026.JPGIMG_0047.JPGIMG_0046.JPGIMG_0061.JPGIMG_0042.JPGIMG_0039.JPGIMG_0032.JPGIMG_0027.JPGIMG_0022.JPGIMG_0019.JPGIMG_0017.JPGI attached some photos for Comparison
Samuel W. Ballinger
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Ballinger, with only his 3rd post, throws an epic "1964 Hull" fast ball!
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
Sweet little boat though . I think I'd hate to be in the position of having one that's in that shape + being hull 4
Do I leave it alone ? Do I restore it ?
OK , all you knowledgeable axpurtz , was there a year that they stopped using the 'air register' style ventilator ?
Just because something's old doesn't mean you throw it away !
my '72 - 16' had the air vent
Great old thread.
I think you have to keep an old 16 as original as possible - unless it's the "pulled from the weeds" variety......But this one's very nice.
I thought the HVAC vent was long gone by 1972. 1968 or 1969 for a guess.
Well, Since some of these posts I have acquired SEANO's very early Ski Sporter 16 and hauled it from Long Is, NY up to Toronto, Canada. It's a "pulled from the weeds" kind of boat but, an early one nevertheless. (I think SEANO got it from Connecticut)
I'd love to glean the early hull card production records for a blue/blue, w/white stripe, Interceptor-Eaton production. There can't be that many... subtract the known boats and see what's left to do some detective work.
Of course, the other alternative is... it could be one of the Shepherd built Donzi 16's that came out of St. Catharines Canada. Shepherd had long time customers (dealers/marinas) all over eastern Canada and North Eastern USA that would have been able to retail these boats in both countries.
The original Donzi vision for these designs was to build a boat, test it and then race it while selling licenses for others to build boats for general distribution. I think Shepherd was the only party to get on board with this business plan.
Shepherd Donzis 1965-69 are very similar to early build Florida boats (with a light layup, HVAC vent and no factory clamshells). They were made with the original 16 moulds (shipped up from FLA in spring 1965). The only distinguishing factor I have found is the support tubes in the engine hatch run fore-aft and not port-starboard like the USA built boats. All hardware/rigging was sourced through the Florida operation. I have not been able to ascertain IF Shepherd numbered their production of Donzis. I have also been unable to ascertain how many boats Shepherd produced in their 5 year contract.
I am near the head of the list when it comes to preserving "original" boats of significance. However, if you cannot find supporting evidence (i.e. hull #), the boat has little significance, is not the 1st, 2nd, last or one of half a dozen ever built, and not owned/raced by a notable person, no notable feats etc... there is no point in going to additional expense to keep it all original. In this case make it the boat you want.
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Sean Conroy,
1964 Formula Jr. (hull #2) project
1972 Greavette Sunflash III
1981 Kavalk Mistral project
"A man can accomplish anything... as long as he doesn't care who gets the credit."
the pics I have seen of the shepard boats the hatch looks to be smaller than I remember my 16 especially on the yellow pic the width of the deck next to the hatch looks to wide
wonder if Ed D could measure his 16 that would explain why Donzi went side to side with the support trying to keep the ends from flattening out
this is just looking at pics never seen a shepard in person
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