What Is It ? ? ? ? ?

[blackadder]

Just finished watching the original "Gone In 60 Seconds" [1974] on SPEEDTV.
In the first 10 minutes there is a boat I would like some help in identifying - it is a 20/21 foot PICKLEFORK day cruiser - can't tell for sure if it is stern drive, or jet. Don't believe it was a v-drive, because there was one shot with most of the hull out of the water - enough to see that there was not a prop shaft, but not enough to tell what was in the back.
It had an enclosed engine compartment with thru the transom exhaust, and a rear bench seat.
Watched the credits, and there was no mention of the boat.
Any ideas out there ? ? ?

[Cole Sanger]

I Tivo'd it. I will take a look, then take a picture of it. Give me a few minutes.

[Squirtin Thunder]

Kind of funny there is also a orange and white flat in the film as well !!!

[Squirtin Thunder]

Dosn't H.B. look like Rostwear with more gray ???

[Cole Sanger]

Couldn't get a good picture of it, but here is a link to the video. Good luck with your hunt.
http://media.putfile.com/132-3252_MVI

[olbiezer]

hard to tell adler but looked like a shallow v bottom jet but cant tell ya want kind.......there was no skid fin or shaft that i could tell

[blackadder]

Gentlemen -
I have TIVO'd the part with the boat, and after a frame by frame search, I have to conclude it is NOT a v-drive, and it IS some kind of picklefork 'air entrapment' hull, but that is all I can tell - no name shows up on the boat.
Strikes me it might be a good candidate for a very fast day cruiser.
Back in the 80's, former NASCAR driver Lake Speeds brother had a 21' day cruiser with twin turbos and nitrous that was supposed to be able to bust 100, but I believe it was a V-hull Sleekcraft.

[olbiezer]

lol when u said gentelmen i didnt know who u were talking to...... :D :D ok i will give ya the air entrapment hull lol awfull hard to tell what the heck it is though....

[taylormanss]

I don't know what kind of boat it is,but I'd love to have it!

[olbiezer]

adder check your pm's

[blackadder]

My first phone call in the morning is going to be to Greg Shoemaker - maybe he might know what it is, or know somebody who does.
My curiosity is killing me, and it is a damn fine looking boat with great possibilities - once it is painted something other than green.

[Sleek26]

A friend of mine owns the red Hemi Cuda in the movie. I'll see if he knows anything about it.

[blackadder]

Contacted Greg Shoemaker this morning, and he had a couple of good ideas, but the movie being made in 1974 ruined them.
I have sent him a clip from the movie with the boat, and hopefully he will be able to determine what it is - and maybe where someone could find one.

[spectras only]

I think it's a Sleek Craft . They've built 21 and 23 footers look alike . There's an ugly brown 23' with a jet on okanagan lake , original owner .

[Sleek-Jet]

I gotta buy me a suit like that before I go out on the boat next... :D :notam:

[olbiezer]

i agree sleek jet on the suit....i thought it was elvis driving it at first.........

[blackadder]

Greg Shoemaker just called - he took a good look and ran the picture by a couple of friends, and this is what they have come up with.
His first impression [based on the way the deck was done], was that it was a Glastron/Carlson, but after further consideration, he has decided that it is probably a HORIZON.
He said he thinks the son of the HORIZON builder is in Arizona somewhere - anybody have any clues?
His other comment was, that it was the first one he had ever seen in over 30 years.

[taylormanss]

find out cause I want one!

[blackadder]

TAYLORMANSS -
You and me both - I have set up my computers "search engine" to seek out "picklefork daycruiser", "Horizon", "Glastron/Carlson", or any combination thereof.
But if G. Shoemaker, and his buddy Dennis, had never seen one before, they must be rare.

[taylormanss]

who has the movie? you know at the end of the flick the producers usually acknowledge the boat and car makers.

[DeputyDawg]

One thing to keep in mind guys is that a lot of times they would modify a boat or build a special one off deal just for a particular movie.

[blackadder]

I have a copy of the movie that I taped off of SPEEDTV when they showed it - and the credits make absolutely no mention of cars and boats.
In the interview before the movie with his wife, most of the cars were supplied from the wrecking yard he owned, or were supplied by friends. My guess would be the same about the boat.
Greg Shoemaker also suggested it might be a "one off" - or that somebody stuck a picklefork front end on an existing hull - but that still doesn't explain why in the one semi-decent shot of the boat out of the water, the bottom appears to be air entrapment.
Also, this movie was made on a shoestring budget, so I don't imagine they would have spent a bunch of bucks sticking a "Texas Tunnel" type picklefork front on some kind of semi-V hull.
This is quickly becoming a case of "the more I learn, the less I know".

[ROZ]

Can you tape it again and close the drapes over the plant near the window behind you. Damn glare is making it difficult to see the picture ;) :D

[PipesClean]

You guys can get this movie at BESTBUY. They have it there all the time. It will be next to the Newer Movie of the same name. Greatest chase seen ever filmed. For real.....no fake explosions......all through the South Bay area. No way could that chase seen ever be replecated these days!!!

[Sleek-Jet]

Well, this answers one question...
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/10001/Vintage%20ads%203%20020.jpg

[Cole1313]

Well, this answers one question...
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/10001/Vintage%20ads%203%20020.jpg
That is a really cool looking boat.

[olbiezer]

hey u beat me too it ......i saw that add and couldnt remember who was looking for the hull type........thats sure it though.......

[taylormanss]

So the real question is has anyone ever seen one of these in person? and where the hell can I buy one at?

[Liberator TJ1984]

Taylorman,
I think Froggy has one under the Trident Label in dual jet drive , if ya gots da clams ??? :p

[myoung]

"It's the ultimate tunnel boat on the market."
Makes it all worth it right there. :cool:

[taylormanss]

I think that would be cool to cruise in at jetfest!

[taylormanss]

that trident boat is kinda weird looking!,How much?