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Thread: Life at Lake X in the '60s
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07-22-2008, 08:03 AM #376
Daily Pic
OK - maybe the construction shots are too boring. How about a NASCAR shot? Here are the drivers in their uniforms getting some words from the boss on the beach at Daytona.
jeff
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07-22-2008, 08:20 AM #377
Hey, Jeff, since the collection includes a lot of stuff away from the lake, why not start its own thread? You could call it something like "Pics from the Merc Archives" or something like that.
To me, even the construction photos are interesting!
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07-22-2008, 10:29 AM #378
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07-22-2008, 10:37 AM #379
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07-22-2008, 10:39 AM #380
OH, and by the way, I too like the construction shots - Steve
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07-22-2008, 10:42 AM #381
Hi Steve,
I see it now. Did they leave an earthen dam at the entrance so the water could be pumped out to pour the cement wall?
Hi Mark75H,
I'll just go back to posting Lake X related stuff.
jeff
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07-22-2008, 01:56 PM #382
I never meant for Jeff to stop putting pictures on this thread, I meant to also do another thread, if possible. I think both ideas deserve life of their own. As the Stock car picture shows, there is a lot of stuff in the archives outside the gates, too.
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07-22-2008, 08:25 PM #383
Sam - I concur. - Steve
Jeff - I was not there until 3 years after that 1959 photo was taken. If you look closely, you can see a twin outboard (white motors) in the background. That leads me to believe that the slip was still navigable. Also, it looks like some sort of raft with a tube float directly behind the guys standing in the mud. I am thinking that it was only the small area where they are standing that was above water and you could still get in and out of the slip. The shop with canopied monorail was already there and the boat is in the water. It is likely that the boat was in the water because you could get out of the slip and into the lake. Also, as I remember it, the old slip only had a concrete seawall along the side that was adjacent to the shop. The rest of the seawall was vertical wooden planks with interspersed vertical wooden posts. Several posts ago, someone asked about the electric power house just behond the fuel dock. There may have been an electic room in that building, but it also was a laundry and mail room. The maids (Rachel) that took care of the trailers also operated out of that building - Steve
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07-22-2008, 09:15 PM #384
This photo taken at the fish camp just outside of the Siesta Key Test Station. My test to see if I can post larger pics - Steve Sirois
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07-22-2008, 09:27 PM #385
Hey! It works. Sam - Thanks for the help. Now I can post BIG pictures! All I have to do now is to find worthy pics - Steve
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07-22-2008, 09:33 PM #386
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07-22-2008, 10:03 PM #387
A legend from the past...My one and only Brother with my 2 daughters..Mid 80's - Steve
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07-22-2008, 10:16 PM #388
Who's Who in Boat Racing and Lake X History? Here are some pics I took at June Legends Reunion in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com</st1:PlaceName>Sunny <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Isles</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType>. I will let you guess. Don't lie, because I know the answers. Have Fun - Steve
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07-22-2008, 10:17 PM #389
Getting tired. More tomorrow - Steve
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07-23-2008, 07:34 AM #390
I know the answer so I won't divulge........ But a hint....he's one of my heros...and there ain't many of those. I will say that your brother is also on that list.
I have said many times that the two greatest boat racers in my lifetime share the same initials......and first names........
Billy
Sirois
and
Seebold20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it