New Pics of my 1964 FE Powered Lavey Craft from Elsinore.

[dmontzsta]

The pics were taken on a crappy throw away camera and then scanned in with a dirty scanner, sorry for the low quality. This actually has me searching for a digicam right now.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/dmontz,GP,PopsandNate.jpg
Me on the left, my grandfather in the middle, father on the right and my little boy down below me.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03onTrailerPassSi.jpg
On ther trailer before launching.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03onTrailerDriver.jpg
some lady that wouldnt go away taking pics of the boat.

[dmontzsta]

http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03PassSideinWater.jpg
My father holding it in the water.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03PassSidebyWater.jpg
Parked waiting for us to set up the tarps.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03PassEngineShot.jpg
Engine shot in the garage the night before.

[dmontzsta]

http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03InWaterdmontzAn.jpg
Me and my GF coming back, my father is ready to catch it.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03InWaterDadHoldi.jpg
My dad holding the boat once more.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03InGarageFront.jpg
Angled front garage shot from the night before.

[dmontzsta]

http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03IdlingOut.jpg
My grandfather and dad idling out.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03GaragePassSideM.jpg
Pass. side shot of the engine in the garage.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03CloseUpBackInWa.jpg
Close up of the back in the water.

[dmontzsta]

http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03BackinWater.jpg
Far back shot, just looking at the Elsinore water makes me want to puke.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03Back.jpg
On trailer ready to go back home in the garage.
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Dad,GrandpaAndLavey9-21-03.jpg
My grandfather and dad.
We all had a great time. It was a VERY nice day cause we got to get my grandfather out on the boat for a slow ride. He has been down the dumps since my grandmother passed away a few days ago and it was good to get a smile on his face. The boat ran VERY strong and it has been very "turnkey" the past few trips. Just a few more trips until we yank the engine and interior this winter and redo the wiring, gauges, seats and floor and hopefully a few stress cracks and then we should be ready for next season, then the season after than comes "project FE build up" beware :)
On the way home there was a SWEET flatty with a blower being pulled by a HUGE motorhome, the guy was checking ours out as we were checking his out.

[DaveA]

dmontzsta,
I get a kick out of seeing family pix with the boat...it's great you guys can get together and enjoy that Lavey together! We feel for you on losing your grandmother, too, and know that you did alot to light up your grandpa's face that day.
A guy in this area has one of the original Lavey Sidewinders...has Chevy power now.
DaveA

[dmontzsta]

Thanks, actually I just read the post, my grandmother passed away a few months ago, I said days. He keeps telling us he is going soon, so those pics are priceless.
BTW: what is a sidewinder? I was thinking of chevy power, but for the price to convert and get a stock chevy in it, I could build up the FE and be more rare and less stress converting. :cool:

[Dog]

Awesome pictures man. Great to see 4 generations all together.
Have fun with it.

[missboatnam1]

its nice to see a restored lavey!! its a beauitful boat.....have fun and be safe!! wink

[DansBlown73Nordic]

Very nice pictures. Is the motor a 390 or a 427? I built one of those 390's a few years ago. I put it in a 74 Ford pick-up. That thing would really burn rubber..... eek! Passed anything but a gas station..... :rolleyes:

[blown428fe]

seen 7 fe powered boats in the last 2 months.you could do alot to these motors. waiting on mine now. your boat looks mint, keep the fe.
mike in ct

[rrrr]

Keep the FE! Everyone has a BBC, and having something different is fun.
Almost everyone that looks at my boat comments on how cool the FE 427 is. It's fun to tell 'em it's the same motor that was dropped between the stringers in '67......

[mickeyfinn]

dmontzsta:
http://dmontzmax.maximaclubca.com/Misc...Stuff./Family%20Pics/Lavey9-21-03onTrailerDriver.jpg
some lady that wouldnt go away taking pics of the boat. Don't you love it when they do that. Makes the work you put into it seem like it is worth it...LOL

[THE VIKING]

It sure is nice to see someone having some family-fun.
Nice family, nice boat, it seems you've got it made DMonzta.
But your dad needs a Haircut :D
The viking.

[dmontzsta]

Yeah, it makes me feel even better when little kids are like "wooooo". :)
I am definately keeping the FE, it currently is bored .30 over with a Chet Herbert cam, edelbrock street master manifold and a couple of other little goodies. I am going to scrap all that in a year or so and do a full build up with heads, stroker kit, etc...
Thanks for the comments everyone, we bought this boat for $2750 it had been sitting in a driveway uncovered for 2 years and the kid just let it sit. We had to do ALOT of work to get it like this, now the worst thing is a crack along the drivers side, but I am hoping to fix it this winter.

[dmontzsta]

THE VIKING:
It sure is nice to see someone having some family-fun.
Nice family, nice boat, it seems you've got it made DMonzta.
But your dad needs a Haircut :D
The viking. lol, I will be sure to tell him.
:)

[Rivertoys]

Great Photos!!! Have you seen the old Lavey Flatty in Lavey's Showroom? It's a bit rough right now, but they plan to restore it. I think it's a 1963, but I could be wrong. It was Al Lavey's old race boat. They found it (or it found them rather) and LaveyCraft is going to fully restore it. I'll snap some photos when I'm out there next time.
Are you going to the Lavey regatta this weekend??? I leave tomorrow!!! :D
RTJas :D

[dmontzsta]

I was at Lavey craft headquarters around 3-4 years ago and they offered $7500 on the spot for the boat, this was when it was stock and we had cleaned it all up, it was oxidized and rusty. We had a sentimental feeling for this boat and rejected the offer. They gave a great tour though. PLEASE snap some pics, I would love to see it.
I have been planning on going to the regatta for a year now and just as it happens I wrecked my car and didnt want to report it to insurance so I had to come out of pocket on around $2,000 to fix it. So I have to go next year cause money will not allow. :(
Will you take some pics of that as well?
[ September 25, 2003, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: dmontzsta ]