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So the morning i was leaving , CADILLAC asks me if i still want to down toRIVIERA BEACH and meet up with CHARLIE ONEIL ?????
Turns out Caddie and Chalie‘s dads were friends [back in the day] they grew up together —been friends forever —yet HAVENT seen other for over thirty years.
Asked Charlie why he was limping ———
ABOVE IS THE X-RAY—— HE HAS MORE METAL THAN A CONCRETE MIXER . I would limp with that amount of hardware .
Attachment 512443 Old boat racers travel back in time when they talk about this most revered name in Miami Restauranteering — then they have the first ORGASM OF THE DAY.
Attachment 512445 just another good friend of charlies.
Charlie was no slouch either Attachment 512447
Attachment 512448Charlie did own „“BLACK SILK“ for a while —says he won a shed load of trophies .
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CHARLIE again ——diverse mix of motors —-boats AND folks. Just the way it was ——-HE SEZ. !!!!
charlie o. Neil has a unique collection of concepts including one of the garbrecht/davie karelsons . Attachment 512450
keep ‚em coming ——-charlie is having a rough time at the minute ——
just listening to him and cadillac shooting the breeze was music to my ears .
Made a big mistake not recording it .
boats were flatties with 55O +horses —- centre console [not the way it is today]
names were legends —-race meetings were straight out of „“speed-n-spray.
somebody needs to get a film crew together and get this down in the annals of boat racing history before its gone forever and totally forgotton .
Just a few pictures —-ex wife burnt the rest—-sh-t happens all the time .Attachment 512464
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Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Brings back a lot of memories. Charlie must have run with a few GN friends of mine including Dave Stoller from Dave Stoller's Pass-a-grille Marine. Dave had the "Sorry 'bout that" and "Kinda sorry 'bout that" GN boats. On occasion his beautiful wife, Nancy, would drive one. Then there was Hugh James from Green Cove Springs and Gary King from King Marine Engineering in St. Pete. driving "Hot 'n Nasty." Wayne Dokken from Clearwater driving "The Magic Christian."
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53 years--REMEMBER??
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Gene That looks like the right hander at Havasu—- where all the timekeepers were located —-first time i met Molly and Kenny Ballou [lived in HIALEAH CAL.] YEAR WAS 1969. and Billy SEEBOLD .
Renato was racing „“MISS TITTY“. [i think].
Scotti won with a dually [ mike mullens owns it now]——-
Met Art Kennedy and his dad [Luther—i think] -he was racing a single RON JONES —ran very fast indeed until he blew it over.
Was there with DON ROSS. DEITER Schultze always ran pretty good at Havasu. Clive Curtis and James Beard ran there too.
I ran out of money very quickly and Don bankrolled the rest of the adventure.
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Benny Robertson asked me to make him a concept of his F1 JOHNSON powered craft —- reckon i can get it to him in time for Christmas ———
For a fair concept of your own boat —prices start at $500 using all metal [aluminum]
At the moment —turnaround time is four weeks —— from January 1st 2023.
do have a couple of dithering tyre kickers — who knows —they may come up good . Both are poker run boat owners , so its not as though dinero is the problem ?????
Back home in the fold — normal service will be resumed after the weekend . A tad pooped after a hectic two weeks in Florida .
Crammed a hell of a lot in —but of course its simply never enough time . Constant catch up—-all a tad BLUE ARSED FLY !!!!!!!!
Got to meet AMBERJACK —was touch and go but we got there in the end .
Another chapter for the book —hoping to get stuck into it today —been banned from SUPERSHED and machinery until after the weekend !!!!!! Thats the time i get stuck into the book .when all other avenues are closed !! Grandson BEN tells me i have enough literature —-too many pictures —- too much ambition without actually achieving much . Need thick skin and a mature nature just to survive after you wake up in the morning.
Like a fish and sinker I never have to worry when I fall in the water I always float head upQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Who wouldn’t have an orgasm when you start talking about Mike Gordon and all the racing that we did in Miami. Had some awfully good food at the restaurant great meetings in Mike’s house and what a character he was he attracted characters Jackie Wilson would’ve fit right in