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    The Black boat is at Dannys I was just there last week, leaned on it

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    I had one of those Blackbird boats barrol roll in front of me at Augusta back in the day. It was good for me because my trim wires on the wheel had come unplugged. Have you ever tried to plug wires together during a 15 boat heat of Mod-VP. It ain`t gonna happen!
    Fixed it at the restart dock.

    I allways thought that Blackbird deck looked cool.

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    So no one has any pics of the old BLACKBIRD??? I heard it looked like the Stealth bomber. Maybe it wouldn't show up on film anyway???
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    I remember talking to the guy that rolled his boat in front of me. He couldn`t understand why Al Stoker was upset with him for copying his boat hull. He felt like Al should have taken it as a compliment that he choose his boat to copy. Least that's what he told me anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dabull1919 View Post
    I remember talking to the guy that rolled his boat in front of me. He couldn`t understand why Al Stoker was upset with him for copying his boat hull. He felt like Al should have taken it as a compliment that he choose his boat to copy. Least that's what he told me anyway.

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    When my brother saw a rag over a prop, he'd always say in a loud voice, "We're proud of our props, we like people looking at them."

    To Stoker's credit, they really built an amazing boat. Their 20 foot, SST Tunnel handled (still does) like a dream.

    A guy came to the shop looking to buy a Volvo Propeller for his 289 Ford Cobra on a 270 Volvo outdrive. I said, "Wow, that is so cool, a perfectly restored Donzi, Sweet 16." He said, "Actually, it is a 'splash' of a Sweet 16. But Don Aronow, sued them, and got the molds. They only built like five boats."

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    Chip Wavro #33 races a Blackbird in Super Sport OPC. I can't seem to find any pictures of the boat but I know there are some on here somewhere. The boat runs very well for a green 150

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    So your saying they still run SS in OPC. I didn`t know that. It`s good tho.

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    They are still running Super Sport back in this part of the country. My Buddy races a Vision Craft. There are probably only about 8-10 Super Sport boats running but I know Chip has bought a few recently and they are trying to grow this class again. It's a neat class. Gotta have a roll cage or capsule. With the 150's They probably run high 70's down the straights in race form. I think its 1600 lb min weight. I drove the Vision Craft last week. It is a flighty hull even with a 150. I bet it was kick with a Mod VP motor on when they ran Mod VP with them.

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    The one`s I saw run did very well. SS need`s more HP. 150`s are boring. At least the class allows all type's of Mod-VP hull`s

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