The Strange Era of Tiny High Revving Vee-Hulls

[skialot2]

Found this on YouTube. Thought it was perfect for this site

[XstreamVking]

I lived thru that era. A newer, faster boat was always in the works. Better props. Bigger engines too. Worked at a merc dealer and sold Streams and Glastrons. It was a special time indeed. A new Viper with a 150XS fully rigged on a trailer was only 7000 bucks. We all pulled our boats with Mustangs, Camaro's and other hot rods.

[LakeFever]

I towed my old Boat with a Camaro for years. Sleds too! Should have seen the looks I got dragging two sleds at 75mph through a blizzard. I knew a guy who had a newish Volvo who totalled it. I bought his snow tires. 165/65/15 Nokia hakapelitas. I believe these are what inspired the blizzaks. Amazing snows I could drive that thing like a rally car

[XstreamVking]

The stang still pulls it good...

[XstreamVking]

This pulls it good too...450 HP and 460 TQ. This is what I used for a lot of years. It's an 81. Still have both carz....

[ctobias1984]

good old days, now all boring pontoons and wake board boats on the small lakes

[Greg G]

Although I was not alive during this period I can only imagine how frigin cool it must have been to have all those super fun, simple hot rod options. Thanks for sharing!