Blown509Liberator--your old Vampire

[Ron V]

Mike,

I think there might be some type of mixup on the name of the bottom design of the Vampire you had, and possibly the length. The reason I say this is I think you had my dad's old 13 footer. For one, I am not aware of them making a 14.5' boat. For another, they were fairly limited production, and his was a brownish gold metalflake (did you mean GOLD gold or a darker gold?). Also, we saw his old 13' at the service runabout and hydroplane races at Lamb's Farm some years later. Don't know why it was there but it was sitting on a trailer in the pits and had a Johnson V-4 on it. I don't know what the odds are of two Vampires that were described as similar in color and having the same motor being within a few miles of each other, but I suppose it's possible. Unless it is a coincidence and they did make a 14.5' model that I am not aware of.

Let me ask you this: Did it have an extra hole cut in the dash towards the left (port) side? That's how we knew it was his boat when we saw it, because that was where he mounted the tach.

Ron

[Blown509Liberator]

Ron
It had a tach in it. It also was a bow rider. It had the old black vimpire name rivited to the gunnel. It was a fun boat but to to small. and beat you to death in the chop. I will need to look to see if i have any pix of it. the only one i found was on on with it in the back ground ..cant see all of it. As for the 14.5' I thought that is what it said on the pink (or blue here in IL) slip.
MikeW

[Ron V]

Okay, then I know it was not the same boat. In fact, I never knew they made a bowrider, especially a 14.5' model, so that's a new one on me. I'd be interested to see a pic though if you can find one.