16 ' Dutchman tunnel hull

**largecar91** · 12-01-2016, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by bearclaw

I worked for Jon for a while during college, and then for the guys who bought him out. Jon was one of the nicest guys in the business. Culver Aeromarine was a Mercury distributor back in the day, until Mercury went to all factory distribution from warehouses in '73. He hung on for a while as a dealer, then sold in 1976. Yes, they were hooked up with the Old Man, lots of pictures around the marina of the Culvers and Carl. When I worked for the guys who came after, Jon helped us get in on the action when GG moved the racing div. We were allowed to take a big moving van and basically take as much sh*t as we could stuff in there, for pennies on the dollar. Motors (a couple 1500XS's, a few 850XS's, half-dozen 650X & XS, LOTS of Twister stuff), lowers, LU's, props galore. Basket skids of misc hardware, and just plain junk. If hadn't been a broke college kid, I could have scored big

. No eBay or Internet back then, but we had no trouble selling the stuff.

His Dad's place was over off of Western ave in Dayton and then they moved over off Needmore road.

**bearclaw** · 12-02-2016, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by largecar91

His Dad's place was over off of Western ave in Dayton and then they moved over off Needmore road.

Yeah, now that you mention that, I just remembered that he was a Glastron/Carlson distributor, too.
Boy, they sold the hell out of those things back then.

**hydrochicken** · 12-03-2016, 11:19 PM

Yep largecar my dad got yours
I guess i will get around to it eventually
I have a 115 tower for it for now

**Tom Smyth** · 01-27-2017, 03:07 PM

Boat is sold and being picked up for a long journey to the Northeast tomorrow. Gave it away( CHEAP) but it will be restored and have a second life on the APBA vintage and historic circuit.