Matty, I told you this from the very beginning. My personal "1964 build time-line" write up (shown again below) also reflects that the Jacksonville show boat was probably the 3rd or 4th 16 Ski Sporter hull produced NOT the first. What did you find out there that forced you to agree with me? Can you post it up for all of us to share in?
November 15, 1964 - Living legend Allan Brown (now 81) as Sales Manager for the new Donzi Marine, brings Hull #4 (or 3) to the Jax boat show on 11/13/64 rigged with a Volvo/AQ200, the first 200 imported into the US market, but not the first Ski Sporter hull built as has been assumed by master blasters for decades. Boat is white with a blue deck stripe according to AB. No information on if it had a boot stripe or not.
Mr. K's team at Mercury (Bill Steele and Joe Swift) tries to bribe Brownie with money and ho's for a closer look at the brand new sandcast Aquamatic 200 technology at Lake X. Brown tells them to piss off.