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FrenchPhil
07-28-2012, 09:46 AM
Found some full tunnel wood boat plans on the internet but couldn't find Mod VP ones.
Any tips ?

Dabull1919
07-30-2012, 04:03 PM
Prolly not gonna find any wood plans for that. Only wood Mod-VP i ever saw was a buds in Houston and the plans came from his head. It looked sorta like a Mirage.

DB

Ron Hill
07-30-2012, 07:20 PM
What do you want to know? I have some knowledge of MOD VP boats.

tahawk
07-30-2012, 08:58 PM
the wood one was built by david baker in houston

FrenchPhil
07-31-2012, 02:18 AM
Actually I was toying with the idea of building my own full tunnel cat. Then I figured why not build a modv as it would carry weight better & be more stable at speed.

wolfgang
07-31-2012, 02:32 AM
Actually I was toying with the idea of building my own full tunnel cat. Then I figured why not build a modv as it would carry weight better & be more stable at speed.
Fully agree. Been looking myself for plans for a modv for my modded 5-cyl Force (2.1 ltr., quite a clunker).

Ron Hill
07-31-2012, 02:20 PM
This is a Baker/Stoker, a 1982 model. I love this boat, just had Fidencio update the bottom. Boat is ready for Long Beach this weekend, August 4-5, 2012.

Tony Scarlata is driving it.

Thanks to Mickey Schwarzenbach for getting the boat ready. You can always depend on Apple Valley marine for great service. Vickey and Mickey both own the SoCal Boat Business.

FrenchPhil
08-01-2012, 01:31 AM
Do you have pics by any chance ?


Prolly not gonna find any wood plans for that. Only wood Mod-VP i ever saw was a buds in Houston and the plans came from his head. It looked sorta like a Mirage.

DB

FrenchPhil
08-01-2012, 01:18 PM
Found this beauty on SnF

wolfgang
08-01-2012, 11:09 PM
Ron - did you not personally build the plug for that boat which you ran at Havasu with the V8?
Would you have any plans, sketches etc. of that hull archived somewhere?????

FrenchPhil
08-03-2012, 08:13 AM
If there are no ModV plans out there, then it should be easier to start with 18-19' full tunnel plans & add a centre pod.
Maybe the wood boat building experts out there can give some pointers on the framework modifications.

slowverado
08-06-2012, 12:00 AM
are you planning on running a mod vp class with this boat?

FrenchPhil
08-06-2012, 02:34 PM
In France, very unlikely...

slowverado
08-06-2012, 10:09 PM
then why not just build a true tunnel if you already have plans for such a thing?

FrenchPhil
08-07-2012, 12:36 AM
Already answered that, hence this thread...


Actually I was toying with the idea of building my own full tunnel cat. Then I figured why not build a modv as it would carry weight better & be more stable at speed.

slowverado
08-08-2012, 12:01 AM
oops, missed that

KG4
08-12-2012, 06:08 PM
There is a guy that was building a mod vp rc boat for racing.Would it be possible to get plans for a rc boat and enlarge them for a full size?Just a thought.

Ron Hill
08-13-2012, 05:45 PM
The 20 Baker pickle Fork, which many called The Darth Baker, Baker called it Rampage.

Tim Soares built the plug, designed it himself. I gave the "PLUG" to Baker, he finished the deck, and made a mold. He gave Tim Soares the first boat out of the mold.

My 19 Daytona that I ran a Havasu about 1978, was a hand layed up boat by Bob Leach's son and myself. We made regular tunnel runner, and a center pod to the size the rules stated...It was a ROCKET....didn't turn too well as the motor was about 8 feet in the air..

I first picture is the 19 Daytona


Second picture is a Lavey with a V-8. We bought, with Lavey's money, a Baker Bass boat bottom with the rights to splash it. John Castelli consulted on the making of the plug. The Lavey suffered from too wide of tunnels.

Mark Poole
08-18-2012, 03:34 PM
I don't have a degree, not a hydrodynamic engineer or anything else on paper that says I can design and build boats. Fact is, is does not take a rocket scientist. The first one of these that I built about 25 years ago ran pretty good. With some refinements the current one runs great.

I would not start by taking a full tunnel and turning it into a Mod-VP. I would begin the whole process from scratch with Mod-VP in mind.

slowverado
08-19-2012, 10:19 PM
that things pretty cool Mark, it's like a Stoker and a Seebold tunnel smashed into eachother in the black hole and that's what came out! I dig it!

Smokin' Joe
09-30-2012, 07:55 PM
Found this beauty on SnF

What's SnF? Your photo was taken at Love's Marina outside Houston, Tx., where 'Big Steve'
(Mercurymeister Steve Coleman) and all the hot boats gather every weekend in warm weather.
Mirages, STVs, an occasional Hydrostream, all with V-6 Mercurys and an occasional OMC V-8.
Speeds up to 115 mph.

Photos 2 & 3 are taken south of Love's Marina on the San Jacinto River. Photos 1 & 2 are Steve Coleman.
Photo 3 is May Fly III.

Dabull1919
10-01-2012, 05:59 AM
S&F stands for Scream and Fly or

screamandfly.com

Smokin' Joe
10-01-2012, 06:21 AM
S&F stands for Scream and Fly or

screamandfly.com

Yeah, alzheimer at the keyboard here ...