Just A Rare Donzi Pic

[Carl C]

From another forum. On Lake St. Clair.

[Just Say N20]

Nice flat air.

Bottom condition. . . .

. . . .not so nice.

[penbroke]

Nice find Carl! Thanks for posting it.


Frank

[mattyboy]

been posted here before , the mythical yet quite real twin 427FE V drive 21GT

[Morgan's Cloud]

I know what automatically comes to mind when you see that but did they have full length inner strakes ? ?

[mattyboy]

800 hp in a 21 foot boat bet it was a kickazz ride

[BUIZILLA]

I thought Lk St Clair was cleaner water than that?

[craigdskilling]

I think the passenger is holding on to the holy $$$$ handle with all his might.

[mattyboy]

formerly referred to here as a "WEENIE BAR"

[johnnywhale]

I know what automatically comes to mind when you see that but did they have full length inner strakes ? ?

On my 77 they end about 2' shy of the transom, not like in the above picture.

[smidgen too]

That pic is from 1973 on Lake St Clair that I posted on OSO back in 2007. The owner is Jack Mathes Jr whose family owns Emerald City Harbor on Lake St Clair. I believe it was powered by two 302 Holman Moody Ford engines. Jack would later race with Wally Harper in the Li'l Smidgem Magnum & in the Maverick offshore powerboat after honing his skills in this Donzi.... .

[mattyboy]

That pic is from 1973 on Lake St Clair that I posted on OSO back in 2007. The owner is Jack Mathes Jr whose family owns Emerald City Harbor on Lake St Clair. I believe it was powered by two 302 Holman Moody Ford engines. Jack would later race with Wally Harper in the Li'l Smidgem Magnum & in the Maverick offshore powerboat after honing his skills in this Donzi.... .

would love to know more about this twin gt

they made a handful of twins and a few v drives but it looks like they only built 1 twin v drive hull 13 July of 69 it looks to have had HM 400 HP 427s when it left the factory . Could it be possible that the 427s were pulled shortly after the boat was built for either the desire for the 427s or for the lack of room. Judging from a 351 twin volvo setup the exhaust risers almost touch making plug changes and tune ups a royal Pita. I would imagine with two 427 and trannies it brought a new meaning to tight

[Ranman]

I thought Lk St Clair was cleaner water than that?

That's what your bottom looks like on LSC after 2/3 of the summer leaving the boat in the water with no bottom paint. My Formula looked a tad worse than that in October at fall haul out. A quick power wash and acid bath took care of it.

[mattyboy]

I know what automatically comes to mind when you see that but did they have full length inner strakes ? ?

yes it looks like the twins had full inner strakes

[Morgan's Cloud]

yes it looks like the twins had full inner strakes

Very interesting .
Somehow I accidentally enlarged the picture of the pale yellow one (above) and I could just make out that the inner strakes just about go to the transom .