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Hemicbx
11-20-2005, 05:07 PM
OK all you Tahiti owners and vintage jet connoisseurs, I thought it was lost and I finally found it today. My dad got this shirt when he bought his Super Tiger in '76. It was always one of my favorites so I thought I'd share:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/521/1341100_1378s-med.jpg
It's pretty rough now, but it was bad when he gave it to me and then I wore the crap out of it. I always thought it was a cool shirt. The chick losing her top is funny, but I like the driver giving the peace sign. Classic!
Larger version here (http://www.***boat.com/image_center/showphoto.php?photo=93348&size=big&password=&sort=1&thecat=)
Hemicbx

sifocalpoint
11-20-2005, 05:50 PM
That shirt is cool, that is not an official company shirt was it? or just a dealer shirt who sold tahitis. I have a buddy who lives in New kensington.
Also my dad was showing me some olds pics of his first jet which was a tahiti, not sure what model 74-75 model i want to say, well it had some really neat graphics in the gelcoat and it said fuedal attempt in gel on the front with a pic of some sort. He bought it when it was a year old.
Did they ever have any custom designs from the factory or was this maybe someones creation after they bought it new?
I never did ask him

sifocalpoint
11-20-2005, 05:55 PM
just called my old man and he said the boat was a 69 if he remembers correctly and the boat came from the factory with the fuedal attempt letters on the front in factory gel. Maybe a special order?? who knows, but does anyone have any experiance or have ever seen a tahiti from the factory in this form. I wish the pics were clearer then i could post them.

atxwrangler
11-20-2005, 06:11 PM
you might want to have some more of them made, and sell them to guys with tahiti's. if i had a tahiti i would want one! :cool:

kcsteck
11-20-2005, 06:14 PM
yeh Il take a couple..hint hint.
K-dog

Hemicbx
11-20-2005, 06:58 PM
Thanks! I've always thought it was great. I can't say if it was a factory Tahiti shirt design with the dealer info added or if it was a dealer's design with the tahiti logo added.
When you get right down to it, the cartoon is cool enough for any jet boater. . .
Just for reference, this is the one he bought back then:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/1341100_0163-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/1341100_0166-med.JPG

tahiti cowboy
11-21-2005, 06:17 PM
yes I want one of thos shirts you should scan that shirt then have some one silk screen them off let us all know or just scan it too paper and I will go have it silk sreened but either way thats a cool shirt