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skyfuzz
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Posted: October-04-2008 at 10:55pm |
Refering to Riley's pix of his '59 Glastron in Off Topic forum under "outboard boat info," seeing those pix of an old rotting classic with shrubs growing out of the hull made me think of an Atom Skier I stumbled upon. It was back in the mid-nineties when I was driving down one of the main streets of Center Ossipee, NH. I was driving by an old auto garage repair shop and spotted a CC next to the building. It was a 1968 Freeport, candy-apple red. That boat was on Ossipee Lake for years and it was one of my faves. It was powered by a 165hp Mercruiser I/O and seemed to quietly float down the lake at full speed usually towing a slalom skier. It was a beauty of a boat. Well, there it was, stagnant and neglected on its trailer. The next day I went back and snapped some photos of it...just cuz... and I stepped back into the woods adjacent and spyed a darkened hull of some sort. As I got closer I recognized it immediately as another boat used on the lake years earlier. It too had trees and bushes etc in it. I think it was an early sixties AS, made out of wood and had a V-drive or an I/O outdrive or something. What a shame! It used to be a real cool boat too and it is still probably there or whatever is left of it. As for the Freeport, the guy who stores/works-on my '70 Barracuda took it and planned on eventually fixing it up, however it is now in pretty bad shape. Another shame because those big I/O's were great boats and are very rare now.
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8122pbrainard
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Possibly a Atom but maybe a Panther? The Atom is listed with a I/O in the price sheet but I've never seen one. Here's the Panther with the Eaton outdrive. Eric, The Eatons are so old, I'll bet you haven't worked on one!!! |
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adamt
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Please keep all stories regarding rotting Atom Skiers to a minimum please, Pete's heart simply can't take it!!! |
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eric lavine
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now now Pete, I have a few times, I just dont remember it.
PCM even attempted an outdrive once and it plugged into a Borg Warner which are well past thier times, when I get a call for one i can usually gather gaskets and match clutches but hard parts is a different story Pete, If you knew how many old Twin Disc mechanicals I rebuilt off of the old landing crafts you would be proud Im at a point in my life that i forget more than i remember |
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jbear
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Yes...please have a little consideration for the hearts of us older guys... Adam; nice time last night. john |
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skyfuzz
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Thanks for that photo...that's it for sure! What is that, a '61? Regarding the basket case I found, I thought for sure that it was an Atom because I remember an "Atom Skier" emblem in chrome on the dash.
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8122pbrainard
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Robert, The picture of the panther is from our 61 brochure ref. section. If you saw the Atom Skier dash emblem then I'd say it was a very rare I/O Atom! The Atom would have been shorter than the Panther and the deck would be plain without the deck striping.
Yes it's a shame that someone left it out to rot. Probably had nothing but problems with the Eaton outdrive. If I had one, I'd be carrying a extra piece of equipment on board - Eric Levine to fix it!!! The clutch dogs/gears were worse than a 50's Evinrude!! |
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skyfuzz
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Thanks...I would venture to say that it was an Atom for sure...the first thing I said when I looked at the '61 photo of the Panther was that it looked a bit longer than the one that I saw in the woods...as for the Eaton, I do remember that it did not get used very often...only saw it out on the lake a couple of times each summer.
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