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Recent content by M.Chapman

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    Old Skewl Kool!

    I haven't checked back in here in a while just thought I'd let ya'll know this boat is up for sale now minus the motor.. asking 3K for the boat, trailer, seat, merc wiring and gauges. We finished up running the boat the past 2 seasons with a 260 on it..handles the 260 like a dream. Moving the...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    If you add Dad's age (62) his motors age (21) and his boats age (32) you get 115 yrs.!!!!!!!!!!
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Shandon (six four) has some video he's putting together. He said he should have it ready soon. I think he got Dad's "mate" and maybe my Q-master. He can tell us for sure.
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Brian, We don't make it up to Murray much. I use to live on it in 96' when I worked in W.Cola. If you ever need any help just give me a shout at the office. 803-897-3806 We'll tell ya everything we know!!!! -Michael
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Just thought I'd let all of you know that Dad's V-Mate won the second chance class for the 9sec. class at Smokin in the Cove this weekend. We finally got it slowed down enough to not breakout. In qualifying he ran 8.55, 8.80, 8.85, then dumped it near the end of the run in rnd 4 to only run a...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Give me a shout whenever you get to that point and we'll give you anything you need. -Michael
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Sorry for not responding sooner, I don't get emails to notify me of a new post. I'll get you fella's some measurements on the plate. Dad ran the boat at Augusta this past weekend and it ran 2- 11.80's and a 11.70 et. Had to pedal it to stay in the 12's. We gonna throw some weight in it for...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    The box plate serves double duty as a planing plate but it also "fools" the boat into thinking it has a step bottom. It helps stabilize it during the run. This boat handled good with a Big 4 3/4" coned gearcase but achieved best results with the XR 4 1/4" case with the plate on the transom. We...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Shandon, Here are the inside and bottom pics you wanted. -Michael
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    Earl's MX-13

    It's good to know he's still around. Last time I asked his former employers about him they didn't know where he was. I always liked Earl he was an aggressive salesman to say the least. I knew that he had some health issues, I think he had a rough time for a few years. He sold more boats than the...
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    Earl's MX-13

    What is Earl's last name. I knew an Earl that looks just like him, use to be a salesman at a dealer I worked for in Columbia SC. They let him go over 6 years ago and I haven't seen him since. His name was Earl Hudson. He was the same type of salesman as you describe, could even sell a glass of...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    For those of you who wanted to see some running pics of the V-mate hit this link and you'll see some, there are sevaral pages you may need to scroll through. -Michael http://www.star-cards.net/starcam.html
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Yep, we enjoy the racing, it's been in our blood, I can remember as a chid (probably 5-7yrs old maybe) sitting on the floor in front of his drivers seat with my own helmet and lifevest on looking through the steering wheel and him running the 15 footers up to 100. It was like getting something...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    Yep, lot's of head shaking and asking "are ya'll sure this thing will run in the 9's"? And "this thing looks dangerous as hell". After the first pass the comments were "we never would have bet on it but it sure will run the number". " that's amazing". It even surprised all of us. Goes to...
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    Old Skewl Kool!

    We have not tried to topend run it. Only ran it on 1/4 mile and 1000' He did have a pass at 109 mph on the clocks. Some of the mph specs on our time slips at SITC could not have been correct, they were way off base, they said they corrected the problem and Sunday it ran 109, not sure if it was...
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