Do you think there will ever be a time when you think you've seen everything in a Speedster?

Now that's cool.

Just a few more pieces and you'll have this:

My uncle Pete built a few boats in his day. Those boxes look just about like what he always did. Except one would be glassed inside and have a pump for use as a live bait well.

edsnova posted:

My uncle Pete built a few boats in his day. Those boxes look just about like what he always did. Except one would be glassed inside and have a pump for use as a live bait well.

That's the first thing I thought, it looks like a Duke or Greavette boatwork.

An ice cooler would have been nice    It's kind of cool. 

WNGD posted:

That's the first thing I thought, it looks like a Duke or Greavette boatwork.

There's worse things to aim for.

Saw this a few years ago up in NH.  Really really quite cool.  I love all that bright-work and mahogany. If this doesn't look like a Speedster on water, I don't know what would.

Even formed wood "Speedster" bucket seat and a Banjo wheel.

Good Lord that is gorgeous!!!

Suby powered?

Good eye there Wolfy.  These were the elements that struck me. Could not find the owner to ask what he knew about Speedsters, but the influence was clear to me.  There were many glorious wooden runabouts at this show up on Lake Winnipesauke.

Here's another:

I grew up on Lake Hopatcong,  NJ, they had an old wood coat regatta each July ..they were the most stunning wood craft one could imagine, the few that sold there were commanded super high prices.

In latest pic, pls note the TWO dashboards and instrument clusters, one fore, one aft.  I guess one is to drive with and one is to use when tinkering/tuning -?-   Holy carp.

We have an antique wooden boat show here every July 1st weekend.  In addition, they have a car show.  I was asked to attend a couple of years ago, but had to defer.

It would be a fun weekend.  My ancestors both in Ireland and in Canada were boat builders, so I appreciate nice wooden boat, whatever size or type.

There are hundreds of these beauties in the lakes around our cottage and a few excellent boat shows every Summer.

What a thread drift These looks a little Speedster-like to me in varied ways:

This is actually a Gatsby Speedster 

If ever there were even sexier objects of motorized lust than a Speedster, these are they.  I need a moment...

You can buy this right now for the price of a top end IM  

Bob: IM S6 posted:

We have an antique wooden boat show here every July 1st weekend.  In addition, they have a car show.  I was asked to attend a couple of years ago, but had to defer.

It would be a fun weekend.  My ancestors both in Ireland and in Canada were boat builders, so I appreciate nice wooden boat, whatever size or type.

Bob are you referring to the show that the ACBS puts on every year in Gravenhurst? That's 10 minutes form my cottage

Maintenance on those beauties is not for the faint of heart.

I can see DrClock sitting in a rocking chair on his log cabin's porch in WV carving the Porsche models with his Barlow pen knife!  Maybe he could do a few black ones in WV coal? Otherwise he will get bored and turn to making moon shine!  He already did full size wood Fuchs a few years ago!

The wood Fuchs -

WOLFGANG posted:

The wood Fuchs -

Needs a nice walnut stain but I like 'em 

Those Fuchs were a true craft in the making I have one set of 4 with specific bolts left...and will be autographed ...great for replacing your real deal Fuchs while car is being painted...free Carlisle delivery...don't miss out on this rare opportunity ....may trade for 2 consecutive morning Carlisle egg Sandwiches :-)

Those are excellent, Alan; love 'em! Wrong bolt pattern for Fuchs, though...

ALB posted:

Those are excellent, Alan; love 'em! Wrong bolt pattern for Fuchs, though...

I was thinking the same thing.  4 bolts instead of 5 will cut the value of those

Wood (see what I did here) these be called wood wheels or timber tires?

Maybe 1 ply(wood) wheels?

Did someone say egg sammiches??  

Lane:  Wooden boats may be closer to you than you think.

A good friend from my EMC days lives over on Kiawah Island and he has invested in a bunch of Chris Craft runabouts like those shown above, all between 18' and 30'.  Last I knew (around year 2000) Kevin had 16-18 of them stored all over the place.  Four were on Kiawah and the rest between SC and up in RTP.  He collects them as an investment.  

You should visit your relatives in Kennebunk this summer.  I'll let you know when they have the wooden boat show in Owls Head, ME or over on Lake Winnipisaukee (an easy drive from Maine).  Either show should be on everyone's bucket list (and the shore dinners aren't bad, either!). There is a local "Cottage Industry" that has grown up around the wooden boats from the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.  There are a lot of wooden boats, but only very few people left working on them and their work is amazing.  One of Chris' friends lives on Winnipisaukee (he is still running the original engine from Pearl in his '72 Beetle Convertible) and has become one of the engine guys for those old boats.  

We also have an annual wooden boat show in Georgetown just an hour north of here.  I've been meaning to go for several years but something has always come up.

With a Speedster, you just need a simple garage to house her.

With these classic wooden boats, you need a million dollar boathouse to go with you $10M cottage ....

Check this last pic for your classic sailboat!

wow. But you don't really "need" all that. Couple years back I visited a guy with a 1927 Chris Craft for sale. He kept it in his warehouse he used for the several Hallmark Stores he operated. Really classed the place up, I think.

Those homes are really beautiful.  Obviously my grandparents, my parents, and I made some poor career choices.  Sigh...

The homes only need a nice seaplane tied up at the dock.

Yeah, I really like the go for the dream concept but at times at 40 y.o. one may realize that the wrong dream can be costly.  

edsnova posted:

wow. But you don't really "need" all that. Couple years back I visited a guy with a 1927 Chris Craft for sale. He kept it in his warehouse he used for the several Hallmark Stores he operated. Really classed the place up, I think.

Nice article.  I didn't see the pictures that were mentioned in it, though.

Chuck Martin posted:

The homes only need a nice seaplane tied up at the dock.

Even better:

That looks a lot like Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire's "Lakes Region" - often now called "The CEO Lake" as it has more retired CEO's there than any other place in New England.  One of the guys in my local 356 club has a place up there with a two-story "Carriage Shed" on the shore that can store 6 cars on the upper level plus room for a workshop, and in the lower level his three boats.  The carriage shed is even more beautiful than the cars.

Well, the way I look at it, is that those structures are 'houses', not 'homes'. 

I never envy others' lives until I know how good their lives really are. 

this thread went from cool to defeating pretty quickly.

those are some uber sweet boats and insane boat houses.

Lane Anderson posted:

edsnova posted:

wow. But you don't really "need" all that. Couple years back I visited a guy with a 1927 Chris Craft for sale. He kept it in his warehouse he used for the several Hallmark Stores he operated. Really classed the place up, I think.

Nice article.  I didn't see the pictures that were mentioned in it, though.

Yeah, sorry. There were pictures when I published it, but a lot of things have happened to our web site since then, and nothing I can do about it.