Coming off the success of last year’s ACBS March Madness bracket, where Epifanes was crowned your favorite varnish, we’re back for another round of fun. This year, we asked our community to nominate the “Most Iconic Vintage Boat of All Time.” And wow… did you respond! More than 1,100 submissions poured in from passionate boat…
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by Lee Wangstad, BSLOL Chapter It wasn’t just the 50s cultural revolution in America that brought style into the American consciousness. Towards the end of the second Industrial Revolution as the last gasps of the 19th century tapered to a halt, the early stages of the 20th century brought a new renaissance in just how…
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By James Black, Chesapeake Bay Chapter After ten years of dedication to restoration, we consider Little Debbie herself to be a finished project. As is, she meets or exceeds all expectations for family fun in and around our lakefront community. However, as a test and evaluation platform for anything old to EV-Conversion, alternative internal systems…
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By Captain Don Leutz, Norther California Lake Tahoe Chapter Boating season is fully underway and there is nothing more sat- isfying than enjoying a day out on the lake. It’s even better when there are no problems that come up, but just in case it’s always good to try to be prepared. One way to…
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Exciting news! After Inland Empire Chapter’s Alan Wardsworth rescued a 1951 Ventnor runabout from a barn where it had sat since 1985, Paul Rodkey agreed to take on this hand-on learning opportunity as the official Inland Empire Chapter project boat. Inland Empire members and students from the local Central Valley High School are gaining experience…
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By Jean-François (Jeff) Chalut 1940 PORT CARLING SEABIRD “LOON” Boat Hull: #4008 Name: Glenadene Original engine: 1935 Buchanan, inline six-cylinder, 90 hp Actual engine: 1956 Buchanan, inline six-cylinder, 100 hp Construction: Mahogany and copper rivets “When you love antique boats, you truly love them. But when you see yours — the one that turns your…
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A HISTORY OF BOAT & MARINE ENGINE MANUFACTURING IN RED WING, MINNESOTA By Harry Munson and Virgil Mischke Harry Munson and Virgil Mischke, both of Red Wing, Minnesota, are the most recent in a long line of local business entrepreneurs who maintain a continuing interest in the story of one of Minnesota’s earliest, significant manufacturing…
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Every once in a while, the stars align for an ACBS Chapter where dynamic leadership and enthusiastic participation take things from ho-hum to WOW! Judy and Alan Hills, at the helm of the North Carolina Coastal & Piedmont Chapter, are working hard to create engaging opportunities for classic boating enthusiasts. Judy, a Florida native, has…
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By Rob and Maggi Cassell, SoCal Chapter Quite a number of years ago at an ACBS show, we overheard restorers comparing projects in their shops. These can be passionate conversations, and the description of one of the last Chris-Craft 19’ racing runabouts having the deck cut out so she could be turned into a utility/ski…
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by Kathryn Klos, Michigan Chapter The Island Calls. Hog Island it was once called; a place where pigs ran freely and fattened without falling prey to anyone or anything. Today, Belle Isle as it is now known, sits in the middle of the Detroit River with the city of Detroit on one side and…
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By Lew Dobbins, Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter The Model K and M series are the most commonly used engines built. The number of variations are staggering. The Model K is built on the Hercules QXD and QXLD series of blocks. The Model K was introduced in 1937 as a 221.4 cubic inch six cylinder. It…
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By Lew Dobbins, Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter Most of our club members are familiar with Chris-Craft, Century, Hacker Craft and GarWood boats, being the most common in our boating world. And a few are familiar with some of their engines. But even as common as these engines are, the varied model names, numbers and letters…
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