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HydroSkreamin
08-03-2016, 06:42 PM
I'm restomodding a 1987 23' Eliminator Daytona right now, and my buddy Crash pulls out a catalog from 1988 when he was looking at purchasing a 20' Scorpion. We live about an hour and a half from Shawano, WI, where Eliminator had a second factory. He had driven up there with his dad to learn about the Scorpion, and came home with this catalog and some brochures.

I will post a few pics a day. I scanned them in hi-res so I could use them for reference while working on my project, so if they are too large, I will reduce them. They'll be posted full size for now so they can be enjoyed/scrutinized. The original print is only so good, so this is the best we can do!

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eli
08-03-2016, 08:27 PM
we used to go to the races in shawano and stop and look at the evinrude v 8 's at a shop along the way
my 23 was shawano built i dont think you could break it .

RikuY
08-04-2016, 01:00 PM
Thank you for these!

HydroSkreamin
08-10-2016, 06:50 PM
Here's another dose.
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scott reierson
08-16-2016, 02:14 PM
Hey,

How are you doing?

I got a bunch of Eliminator brochures if you need a reference. i can remember crawling around in freshly laid up 23 daytonas in Shawno. I bought my first V8 from them. It was the motor you saw in the 1985 catalog.

Thought of you the other day when we found out the 400R is now available from the factory on a 25 Q series Bennington ESP...stated at 60mph. Who'da thought!

Jim_Pat
09-05-2016, 04:39 PM
Hey,

How are you doing?

I got a bunch of Eliminator brochures if you need a reference. i can remember crawling around in freshly laid up 23 daytonas in Shawno. I bought my first V8 from them. It was the motor you saw in the 1985 catalog.

Thought of you the other day when we found out the 400R is now available from the factory on a 25 Q series Bennington ESP...stated at 60mph. Who'da thought!

Do you have a catalog from 1988?? Or anything on a 1988 23 Daytona. If it is for sale I would like to purchase what you may have.

HydroSkreamin
09-05-2016, 07:54 PM
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Another dose!

HydroSkreamin
10-29-2016, 11:47 AM
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More blast from the past

HydroSkreamin
11-19-2016, 09:30 AM
A few more

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doc_texoma
11-23-2016, 07:55 PM
Boats from the late 70's through the 80's were the sh*t..

Thanks for sharing these!

HydroSkreamin
11-23-2016, 08:36 PM
Boats from the late 70's through the 80's were the sh*t..

Thanks for sharing these!

Amen, brother!! Glad you like.

HydroSkreamin
11-27-2016, 10:46 AM
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Capt.Insane-o
11-28-2016, 07:02 PM
A local marina had a BEAUTIFUL blue/white 21 daytona in the showroom. I was maybe 7 or 8 and used to drool all over it, later that summer a blue metal flake vector or v king went sailing by on the lake. Life was all over then. :)

HydroSkreamin
12-04-2016, 12:57 PM
A local marina had a BEAUTIFUL blue/white 21 daytona in the showroom. I was maybe 7 or 8 and used to drool all over it, later that summer a blue metal flake vector or v king went sailing by on the lake. Life was all over then. :)

An HST did it for me, so I know what you mean.

Capt.Insane-o
12-04-2016, 01:07 PM
To this day I can still perfectly picture that Daytona, the gel on it was incredible.

HydroSkreamin
12-04-2016, 01:13 PM
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That's it for this catalog. I'll include the brochures in this thread in another post. Hope you liked it, and if anyone else has literature from the same area, feel free to post it in this thread.

HydroSkreamin
12-04-2016, 01:16 PM
To this day I can still perfectly picture that Daytona, the gel on it was incredible.

I'm kinda reliving the teenhood dream with the boat in my avatar. It really still looks good for almost 30 year old gel. I could never afford a boat like this back then, but searched one out to own now. Some people don't get it that I like the "retro" graphics, and wonder why I don't paint it. In my opinion, that would be sacrilege!!

HydroSkreamin
12-31-2016, 10:29 AM
Here's a flyer for the 19 Daytona

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One thing I noticed on all of this literature is they never tell you where the weight number was derived; some seem like bare hull w/interior, others seem like with engine, so it is very hard to compare even between their own literature, so beware if you are using this info for historical fact, use best judgement. Or weigh a buddy's boat!:D I'm sure they varied throughout production as well, especially if someone wanted the "light layup".

Wayne Cammidge
04-07-2017, 02:26 AM
Never knew about the Comp Direct Drive model

Davidlake
04-14-2017, 10:16 AM
I was a tournament water skier through that period in Oklahoma and Texas. Saw alot of inboard ski boats, but never an Eliminator Comp Direct!

Tripps
06-26-2017, 08:52 PM
I'm doing a 23 now ill get some pics later

Rsissom918
08-02-2019, 10:00 PM
446017 I know the threads old this is my all factory down to the vinyl 1988, amazing how well they were built and this thing turns more heads than most new boats

Flatlander
08-06-2019, 06:12 AM
I guess if we are sharing... I bought this brand new in 1987 from a Boat's'port marina in Eagle River. It is still sitting in my garage....however, it did have a white motor on it when I bought it
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Rsissom918
08-06-2019, 07:45 AM
Love the seats, wish mine were the back to back. The matching graphics on the 2.5 really look nice

Flatlander
08-06-2019, 11:39 AM
Love the seats, wish mine were the back to back. The matching graphics on the 2.5 really look nice

Thanks, it is a very comfortable boat. I need to get it back in the water...haven't run it since I picked up the Liberator

kellytheaker
08-08-2019, 09:34 PM
These old Eliminator owner threads are of great interest . These hulls I believe were very nicely built . Gel coat was excellent and build quality was high . I personally own a 19 and like the exposed core and stringers . This hull was built with a setback bracket and comes back over transom and ties back into stringers - sort of like the bracketry they were doing for the inboard v drive setups . Please take a look and comments if you seen this old piece in the California area . 446359446360446361446362so I'm basically just started getting this wet and figuring out where the drive wants to sit and run well . Had lots of help reading setup posts and getting the most out of this 80 -19 .

Beak Boater
08-09-2019, 02:11 PM
Very Cool, I had a 86 21 Eliminator Daytona. 14 years we owned it. We put 2 trailers under it 2 interiors in it and 3 motors on it. They paint work and gel looked as good as the day we bought it. Came with a 200 Merc, which I ran for a while then added Land and Sea's nitrous kit to it. Ran a ton of nitrous through that motor.