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    any KT boats left ?

    i went into a new restruant today in clearwater , walked in and saw the prettyest KT boat ive ever seen hanging upside down from the roof , i was shocked , it was like i was on candy camera .......i couldnt belive it i stared at it for 2 hours took a bunch of pics from my camera phone ..... the APBA stickers were the old flag type ones and they sat 1989 on them the boat # was 80 ET, i forget the name of the boat already , but was in top notch condition , looked like it had a big block in it with chrome bassett headers and an older # 3 speedmaster with 2 steering arms comming off the top of the drive going to each side of the trandsom, had a nice big cleaver on it too!, if anyone ever gets the chance go to QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE ON 49TH ST N CLEARWATER FL u wont belive it
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    Quote Originally Posted by HAMMER DOWN RACING
    i want into a new restruant today in clearwater , walked in and saw the prettyest KT boat ive ever seen hanging upside down from the roof , i was shocked , it was like i was on candy camera .......i couldnt belive it i stared at it for 2 hours took a bunch of pics from my camera phone ..... the APBA stickers were the old flag type ones and they sat 1989 on them the boat # was 80 ET, i forget the name of the boat already , but was in top notch condition , looked like it had a big block in it with chrome bassett headers and an older # 3 speedmaster with 2 steering arms comming off the top of the drive going to each side of the trandsom, had a nice big cleaver on it too!, if anyone ever gets the chance go to QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE ON 49TH ST N CLEARWATER FL u wont belive it
    Saw the same thing last sunday. I sat at the nearest table facing it, had 4 different football games in view on different tv's, some strong drinks, hot azzzz wings... I told dawn all this place needed was a stripper pole and I would call it heaven. I guess I thought it was funnier than she did, but I call them like I see them.

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    KT Boats

    Apparently there is still one KT boat left; the one hanging upside down in Clearwater. I'll have to check on it when I'm down that way.

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    raymar youll freak when u see it ! thing is beautiful , im gonna go talk to the mgr and find out who owns it ! ill offer 30 grand for it ! thing was so trick i didnt even eat my lunch , just stared at it for 2 hours

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    yea, that thing is sweet... The GTO boys meet up at that quaker steak fairly often. They were asking me all kinds of technical questions about that boat (because I'm "the boat guy") like it was one of mine or something. LOL.
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    KT Boat

    Action, be sure to tell the guys that most KT boats started life with TWIN
    OUTBOARDS or were meant to have them for power!!!!

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    Kt

    I have a dumb question. What's a KT boat? Anyone have a pic of one? What's the story behind them? Thanks. Smitty

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    A KT is a large tunnel hull with an inboard engine and offshore racing Mercrusier Super Speedmaster racing sterndrive



    Last edited by Mark75H; 11-19-2006 at 06:09 PM.

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    LakeTrash has one and runs it.

    On the By-U-Boyz site.

    Was one that had twin in-lines on it.

    He put a 502 in it w/a Speedmaster drive.
    Didn't run.
    Leaned on the 502 (can't remember if he super charged it or N2o) and got it to run about 100 I think.

    He is now installing a turbine and surface drive.

    I've personally seen the boat run.
    It is huge!!
    With what the owner has done to it in attempts to make it run it really, really makes me wonder about some of the performance/speed claims from it's era.
    I think with twin in-lines on this boat it would have been lucky to see 60!

    Neat class though.

    Take an O/B tunnel and bolt on an I/O and a car motor.

    Bob Nordskog was big into them (bottom left picture in 75H's post) back in the day. He ran one with a diesel for a while.

    Remember one guy ran one w/a V-12 (Lamborghini I think) too.

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    Dick O'dea ran one in the 7 liter/Grand Prix Hydro classes....(a converted 20' Jones hull).... It did the biggest back flip I've ever seen at Valleyfield one year. Jim Caldwell built a 32' version for offshore racing and it killed a guy named Sky Gillespie.

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    I seem to remember them being ET class boats for Endurance Tunnels. They used to run in Miami at the Mike Gordon races. Never heard them called KT?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff_G
    I seem to remember them being ET class boats for Endurance Tunnels. They used to run in Miami at the Mike Gordon races. Never heard them called KT?
    They were originally called KT's and later referred to as ET's...The K may refer to unlimited inboard as in a KRR.

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    I went last night to Quaker steak. here is the boat parker was talking about. Sorry for the poor image, it was from a cell phone after a few drinks


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    Can't tell for sure, but it looks like a Seebold Tunnel !
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    ET 80 - Sasquatch

    The ET-80 "Sasquatch" was owned by Art Williams. In 1994 it was driven to fame by Greg Foster in the Parker Enduro 500, powered by a Paul Pfaff big block chevy. Greg, who normally drove OPC tunnel boats, took an early lead and never gave it up despite a late charge by Ron Wilson and Todd Bowden, taking turns at driving duties in Fred Bowden's OPC tunnel entry.

    The boat was purchased from the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent Washington by Best Wings (USA), the parent company of Quaker Steak & Lube.
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