v-drive cruisers

[Bob Hostetter]

How about posting some pictures of V-drive cruisers? I need some ideas for this winters projects.....

[lucky]

it is a winter project :D it was blown budget now its just blown

[lucky]

roller lifter went - now its a metal flake wonder !

[lucky]

did with my friend ( opps did i say that )

[lucky]

if you look you can see flames

[WILDERTHANU]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/275connolly3.jpg

[WILDERTHANU]

JUST GOT BACK.....

[msmeads1]

this is my cruiser

[GofastRacer]

Originally posted by msmeads1
this is my cruiser
That is badass!...:cool: You wouldn't by chance have a pic of you're hair dryer setup would ya??....:)

[schiada96]

here is mine not quite as nice as that yellow one

[Dimarco21]

Here's my 1976 DiMarco Cruiser.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1693d6-med.jpg

[GofastRacer]

Originally posted by schiada96
here is mine not quite as nice as that yellow one
Ain't nothing wrong with that one !..:cool: :cool: :cool:

[Boatmike]

The Dimarco is awsome!:cool: :cool:

[GofastRacer]

Yep!..:cool:

[Dimarco21]

Thanks You, After my cfw BANG!!! Its just collecting dust. Thanks to 21rayson's engine donation I should be back on the water in 2 weeks.

[DUNDUN]

Sweet Cruisers everyone!!!
I love graphics on the Dimarco!!!:)

[Boatmike]

Good luck P.

[Fiat48]

21 Sanger with a blown 541.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/374DSCF0012-med.JPG

[spectras only]

72 Spectra 24 , 454 LS-6 , B/W tranny Champion V-drive http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/Boating_055%20copy2.jpg

[repo man]

is it a cruiser? it's not a flatbottom.

[DUNDUN]

Semi-V?
Is it yours?

[repo man]

it's all mine

[VD CRUISER]

My 21' Howard, 1983.

[Dimarco21]

Very nice ride VD CRUISER. What size motor,gears,prop?

[msmeads1]

here you go!
That is badass!... You wouldn't by chance have a pic of you're hair dryer setup would ya??....

[VD CRUISER]

547 ci Chevy, 48% gears, 11 3/4 x 16 two blade Menkens. Also use an 11 3/4 x 16 three blade for cruising.

[Dimarco21]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1693motor-med.jpg
VD CRUISERS bitchen' motor. top speed?

[VD CRUISER]

Best of 109 mph on radar. With 2 blade of course.

[Jrocket]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/23203_Boat_show_002-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/23203_Boat_show_003-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/23203_Boat_show_004-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/23203_Boat_show_010-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/23203_Boat_show_011-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/23203_Boat_show_015-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_002-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_003-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_006-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_008-med.jpg

[Jrocket]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_004-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_005-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_009-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_010-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_013-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_014-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_020-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/232Parker_ski_races_3-9-02_021-med.jpg
Theres a couple river cruisers for ya.Schiada 21 RC is probably my favorite boat of all.

[VD CRUISER]

Them Schiada's are some sweet looking boats. Lets see some more cruisers.

[BLUBYU]

Hallett cruiserhttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/50DSC01731-med.JPG

[BLUBYU]

Hondo cruiserhttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/50DSC02128-med.JPG

[BLUBYU]

Howard cruiserhttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/50DSC02215-med.JPG

[superdave013]

My rig before I started the forever ongoing re-store.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/48davescruiser.jpg

[schiada96]

Originally posted by HUFFPOWER
:D hopefully at the '05 la boat show lee will have his dads new 21 v-drive done, it looks pretty trick right now, was gonna have a falconer v-12 with quad turbo motor in it, i saw the motor, unreal !! with i would have had my digital, now will have a big turbo setup in it, just wait till lee finishes the '43, it is gonna rock, especially with the motors going in it !!:D
My friends schiada has a tt bbc that Ryan built. I'd love to have a Quad turbo 12

[77Eliminator]

77 Eliminator Sport
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/4482905497-R1-008-2A-med.jpg

[fourspeednup]

77 eliminator,
Did your boat leave the factory without cav plates? or was the hardware just removed at the time of the pic?
-four((trying to learn about these prop driven craft))speed

[J540]

mine COLE 20'
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/502/1062fag_boat-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/1062j540_one-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/510/1062101-0182_IMG-med.JPG

[spectras only]

1972 24 spectra V-drive http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/24spectrahelm1%2520copy.jpg

[spectras only]

one more http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/Boating_055%20copy2.jpg

[lucky]

Originally posted by 77Eliminator
77 Eliminator Sport
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/4482905497-R1-008-2A-med.jpg - no cav plates and brass gear ? what power do you have in it ?

[bocco]

77Eliminator,
Checked out the pics of your boat. It looks great. I've got the same boat but I still have the traditional daycruiser interior. I would like to change over to a full back seat but I'm not sure if I'll have enough leg room in the back seat. My engine is placed forward quite a bit. Can you post some better pics of your interior? Is your back seat smack up up against the back of your motor?
Thanks
Gary

[77Eliminator]

Here a couple of pic of the motor, she's a 460 with modified C6 tranny set by Connelly way back in 1977. Never had cav plates and it been 27 years now but they are on the wish list for next year. I currently run a solid 60 MPH on the GPS with a bronson hill stainless prop. I'll take some closeup of the interior to show the leg room. As a reference my wife drives a mustang and the boat has more leg room than her back seat.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/448DSC00716-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/448DSC00707-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/448DSC00705.JPG

[RUSHIN ROULETTE]

1990 20' COLE

[RUSHIN ROULETTE]

Here is a pic of the motor....

[MudPumper]

Originally posted by J540
mine COLE 20'
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/502/1062fag_boat-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/1062j540_one-med.jpg http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/510/1062101-0182_IMG-med.JPG
J540, Do you Charter that dive boat???;) :D

[lucky]

ride-sweeeeeeeet

[RUSHIN ROULETTE]

THANKS...LUCK:D

[RUSHIN ROULETTE]

Nice Cole MUD, I wish I had more seating....

[RUSHIN ROULETTE]

I am happy with my Cole....I used to have a Hallet Vector also..loved that one too...By the way..J540..it looks like your motor is set farther back than mine?? How does it handle with all that H.P. Just curious, I am trying to find a way to put a back seat in mine. I do miss the roominess of the Hallet Vector..

[WILDERTHANU]

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[J540]

Originally posted by RUSHIN ROULETTE
I am happy with my Cole....I used to have a Hallet Vector also..loved that one too...By the way..J540..it looks like your motor is set farther back than mine?? How does it handle with all that H.P. Just curious, I am trying to find a way to put a back seat in mine. I do miss the roominess of the Hallet Vector..
Iam sure it needs to be up 10+''. over 100 it walks sideways, cuz the prop, was 12-16 . but do to that rock in needles marina:D its a 11-16. she dont walk any more;) both of my props got junked up, kinda hard on equipment. now one is 11-16 an one 11-15. but it runs good, but as you can see just a little to ASS heavy:D A lot. Can you call me sometime, like to talk to you about yours.
Thanks John.:) 213 798 8574

[garrett]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/1035our_20_1_1_.jpg
My dad's 20 foot miller v-drive. The bottom design is like the 19 foot miller but a little more refined according to the designer Dave Miller. In unblown gas jet the 19' broke the world record by 17 miles an hour in 77'. In 1980 another one was built for competition jet. It took the comp. jet record to 114 miles an hour and kept the record to I think 1982. Some time in the 80's OMC used the 19 footer in there advertising. it was the most efficient design they had tested back then. They took it to 62 miles an hour with 230 horsepower small block chevrolet. Fuel efficiency was way up there. The design has been proven to work well with a jet, io, or v-drive. The 20 is my favorite all glass design.

[garrett]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/103520v-drive.JPG
another picture at our favorite lake.

[garrett]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/524/1035our_20_2-med.jpg

[garrett]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/521/1035dave20jet.jpg
Okay sorry guys it's not a v-drive. This was the last mini cruiser built by Dave Miller. If jet's weren't so popular back then I'm sure he would of made it a v-drive.

[RUSHIN ROULETTE]

Thanks for the info John, when is a good time to call??