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01-03-2018, 07:25 PM #167000 RPM
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Sorry to hear! Still a lot of GL's and a few of their 24 "offshores" running around the area. My first "fast" boat was a Switzer 16 foot Hugger with a tower of power. I thought I was the **** until a guy in a GL 21 with a 235 OMC ripped by. Prayers sent! Later, Dave
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01-05-2018, 10:48 AM #17
Good ole days
Dave ....if it was orange metalflake the boat belong to a guy named emil and he had that boat running 90mph.
his first switzer was a 16 hugger with 80 hp mariner....ran 60. tony schiebe bought it from emil. same color as the one you and john ran i think. good ole days on the lower fox....
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01-05-2018, 11:11 AM #18
Test location.
I would like to know where that "test" location was ...i believe it was the lower fox river about 1 mile from where i grew up...only a few years earlier 1962 i was born in 1970. mom popped me out and dad and gramps were moving us in to the river house. 5/14/70.
Switzer built boats in crystal lake and the lower river was only maybe 6-7 miles from them, so i would guess it was the place they would test, and smooth as glass perfect spot in my opinion
Switzers had a dealer right there at rt176 marina for years so it would make sense to me.
alot of good memories down there. Switzer boats is a huge part of that nostalgia...THANK YOU BOB! R.I.P.
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01-05-2018, 01:52 PM #19
Last edited by Jimboat; 01-05-2018 at 05:26 PM.
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01-05-2018, 03:57 PM #20
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01-06-2018, 11:45 AM #21
Rt 176 ran from crystal lake to island lake over the river, prob 10 min ride back then and the marina on the west side was a switzer dealer for many years.
I would assume they launched there, you know it was smooth as glass down there, lot of fast boats still run there.
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