Interesting Photo...

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Originally Posted by pcrussell50

Sorry to take this off topic, but I keep seeing these badass fully enclosed fastboats like the one above, in the interesting pictures threads and elsewhere, but there is never much in the way of interior photos... And I have to wonder... Are they luxurious and comfortable, or harsh and racy? Also, is there air conditioning or are they sweat boxes?

-Peter

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...comfortable with a/c...

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.42cb3821...pid=ImgRaw&r=0

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

https://external-content.duckduckgo....3ed&ipo=images

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Anybody have an idea on what the upswept exhaust snout is intended to do?

Allow it to start faster when you're standing on the transom working on it

"On December 29, 1958, along old HWY 84 in Hollywood, FL, I as a 14 year old boy, stood on the shoreline and watched in amazement as Sid Street’s 266 cubic inch hydro, Z-Z-ZIP, F-4 broke the World Mile-Straightaway Record to an unheard speed of 146.945 MPH. The records that this Joe Guess raceboat set still stand today as historical performances".
Tom D'Eath “It was a foggy morning, and we had trouble starting the Desoto using those injectors on methanol. So we borrowed a heavy duty battery out of a taxi cab. The engine was turning 7000 rpm with the 10% O.D. when Sid set that record in an irrigation ditch that wasn’t more than 50 feet wide. It was a sight I’ll never forget, seeing that boat go so fast.” The amazing thing, besides Street’s record shattering 146 mph run, was that “Sid was really disappointed that he didn’t go 150 mph! He was such a great competitor".
Bobby Sykes, Sr. remembering the Dec. 29, 1959 record attempt in Hollywood, FL.
https://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/b...zzip_flyin.jpghttps://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/b...3rearmotor.jpg

...new header exhaust system ready to be installed in any staggered big block offshore boat, circa 1980's...https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...xhaust-028.jpg

https://scontent-mia3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...iA&oe=64F65359

https://scontent-mia3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...Hg&oe=64F5C668

...whats going on here? surprised no one ever commented, since i have posted this elsewhere before...https://i.pinimg.com/736x/57/22/7c/5...10e7031edc.jpg

That sure looks like an original Checkmate??

It does not look like a Hydrostream Panther

Destin Florida, a part of the Redneck Rivera panhandle of Florida.

https://www.azcentral.com/gcdn/prest...pjpg&auto=webp

It's a soft landing.

https://images.trendymatter.com/src/...-20-itboat.jpg

The importance of maintaining a floating boat.


https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FxruTgdgr...-5-09+0832.jpg

They are about to rip the whole console out !!