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3chordcharlie

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Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
1975 Glastron/Carlson CV18SS with Olds 455
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/roost.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/rooster.jpg
I think I can the dying ecosystem in that rooster tail. ;)
Contrarily, it probably does more good than bad since the jet action oxygenates the body of water.

A jet doesn't go nearly as deep as a propeller driven craft - ignoring exotic surface piercing setups. Few, if any, manatees would die if everyone used jets.

I'm pretty sure that's not a jet...
 

keird

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Every time that I see Oldsmoboat's user name, I recall an old station wagon that was parked in Boston and painted a flat Navy gray with a white '109' stenciled on both front fenders.
 

seemingly random

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Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
1975 Glastron/Carlson CV18SS with Olds 455
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/roost.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/rooster.jpg
I think I can the dying ecosystem in that rooster tail. ;)
Contrarily, it probably does more good than bad since the jet action oxygenates the body of water.

A jet doesn't go nearly as deep as a propeller driven craft - ignoring exotic surface piercing setups. Few, if any, manatees would die if everyone used jets.

I'm pretty sure that's not a jet...
How can you tell - can you see the outdrive? Have ever been in one? Did you know that seadoo/wave-runner personal watercraft use a jet?
 

PlasmaBomb

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
1975 Glastron/Carlson CV18SS with Olds 455
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/roost.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/rooster.jpg

Excellent pics Olds :beer:

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

I am going to take waggy water skiing.

You are letting him out of the basement?

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I'm probably one of the few on here who's old enough to remember when Oldsmoboat was just another name for Oldsmobile...because they made cars that were big enough to be boats...and they handled like one. :p

I always though it was this...
 

3chordcharlie

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Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
1975 Glastron/Carlson CV18SS with Olds 455
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/roost.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/rooster.jpg
I think I can the dying ecosystem in that rooster tail. ;)
Contrarily, it probably does more good than bad since the jet action oxygenates the body of water.

A jet doesn't go nearly as deep as a propeller driven craft - ignoring exotic surface piercing setups. Few, if any, manatees would die if everyone used jets.

I'm pretty sure that's not a jet...
How can you tell - can you see the outdrive? Have ever been in one? Did you know that seadoo/wave-runner personal watercraft use a jet?

Actually, the reason I said that was I didn't think there were any full-sized jet boats that old, but I see that I'm mistaken.
 

olds

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Mar 3, 2000
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Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
1975 Glastron/Carlson CV18SS with Olds 455
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/roost.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/rooster.jpg
I think I can the dying ecosystem in that rooster tail. ;)
Contrarily, it probably does more good than bad since the jet action oxygenates the body of water.

A jet doesn't go nearly as deep as a propeller driven craft - ignoring exotic surface piercing setups. Few, if any, manatees would die if everyone used jets.

I'm pretty sure that's not a jet...
How can you tell - can you see the outdrive? Have ever been in one? Did you know that seadoo/wave-runner personal watercraft use a jet?

Actually, the reason I said that was I didn't think there were any full-sized jet boats that old, but I see that I'm mistaken.

It's definitely a jet. Berkeley JE
 

seemingly random

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Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
1975 Glastron/Carlson CV18SS with Olds 455
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/roost.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/oldsmoboat/rooster.jpg
I think I can the dying ecosystem in that rooster tail. ;)
Contrarily, it probably does more good than bad since the jet action oxygenates the body of water.

A jet doesn't go nearly as deep as a propeller driven craft - ignoring exotic surface piercing setups. Few, if any, manatees would die if everyone used jets.

I'm pretty sure that's not a jet...
How can you tell - can you see the outdrive? Have ever been in one? Did you know that seadoo/wave-runner personal watercraft use a jet?

Actually, the reason I said that was I didn't think there were any full-sized jet boats that old, but I see that I'm mistaken.
Ok - although, my second post was kind of a clue.
 

seemingly random

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Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I want MarioKart

I'll trade you a MarioKart for the boat.
oldsmoboat: I seem to remember reading that you sold it quite a bit ago, correct? Parts for the jet and fuel for the 455 would be very expensive and hard to find now. I had a friend who got one in '95 - for a good deal. The first time something broke, he had to bend way over to get it running so he could sell it.
 

olds

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Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I want MarioKart

I'll trade you a MarioKart for the boat.
oldsmoboat: I seem to remember reading that you sold it quite a bit ago, correct? Parts for the jet and fuel for the 455 would be very expensive and hard to find now. I had a friend who got one in '95 - for a good deal. The first time something broke, he had to bend way over to get it running so he could sell it.

Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.
 

seemingly random

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I want MarioKart

I'll trade you a MarioKart for the boat.
oldsmoboat: I seem to remember reading that you sold it quite a bit ago, correct? Parts for the jet and fuel for the 455 would be very expensive and hard to find now. I had a friend who got one in '95 - for a good deal. The first time something broke, he had to bend way over to get it running so he could sell it.

Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.
Ok. I won't tell anyone.
 

olds

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Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I want MarioKart

I'll trade you a MarioKart for the boat.
oldsmoboat: I seem to remember reading that you sold it quite a bit ago, correct? Parts for the jet and fuel for the 455 would be very expensive and hard to find now. I had a friend who got one in '95 - for a good deal. The first time something broke, he had to bend way over to get it running so he could sell it.

Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.
Ok. I won't tell anyone.

It will be out little secret. That and the apple butter/banana hammock incident.
 

seemingly random

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Oct 10, 2007
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I want MarioKart

I'll trade you a MarioKart for the boat.
oldsmoboat: I seem to remember reading that you sold it quite a bit ago, correct? Parts for the jet and fuel for the 455 would be very expensive and hard to find now. I had a friend who got one in '95 - for a good deal. The first time something broke, he had to bend way over to get it running so he could sell it.

Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.
Ok. I won't tell anyone.
It will be out little secret. That and the apple butter/banana hammock incident.
Hey, you said you'd never mention that.
 

destrekor

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Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: BoomerD
I'm probably one of the few on here who's old enough to remember when Oldsmoboat was just another name for Oldsmobile...because they made cars that were big enough to be boats...and they handled like one. :p
:laugh: Yeah, but in a straight line they were smooth.

Heh-heh...yeah they were. More or less a poor-man's Cadillac.

My step-dad's uncle bought a brand new Olds 98 every year. It was rare that he got 12,000 miles on the odometer before he traded it in.

(for youse youngsters, all auto warranties used to be 12 months/12,000 miles)

my grandma had an oldsmobile.
it was a boat.

That's what I always thought of when I first discovered oldsmoboat on ATOT, then I learned he had a boat.
This thread has updated that knowledge by adding that the boat has an Olds engine in it. :)
 

destrekor

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Nov 18, 2005
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I want MarioKart

I'll trade you a MarioKart for the boat.
oldsmoboat: I seem to remember reading that you sold it quite a bit ago, correct? Parts for the jet and fuel for the 455 would be very expensive and hard to find now. I had a friend who got one in '95 - for a good deal. The first time something broke, he had to bend way over to get it running so he could sell it.

Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.
Ok. I won't tell anyone.

It will be out little secret. That and the apple butter/banana hammock incident.

apple butter you say?
go on...
 

IronWing

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.

Crap! I want the engine. My Olds has the 307 but the 455 would be pretty much a bolt on.
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Sold it about 2 years ago. I thought about changing my user name byt then oldsmoboat's law wouldn't have the same ring to it.

Crap! I want the engine. My Olds has the 307 but the 455 would be pretty much a bolt on.

I had a pale yellow 1971 Olds Delta 88 Royale convertible with white top and a 455.

No canyon carver or quarter miler, it was a sweet, stately 20 footer, a cruiser, and purty.