Guess this boat

TiltonBB · 05-23-2011, 02:23 AM

It sure looks like a Century Coronado to me. Probably laye 50's to early 60's.

SteveA · 05-23-2011, 05:08 AM

http://www.chooseyouritem.com/boats/...do.Cardel.html

http://www.centuryclassicpowerboat.com/cm&s2.htm

Does look like Tilton BB has it right.

Blue Thunder · 05-23-2011, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB

It sure looks like a Century Coronado to me. Probably laye 50's to early 60's.

Thats what I would've guessed.....

Webbsatwinni · 05-23-2011, 07:32 AM

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=356043&page=1

The lines on this look very close.

Just Sold · 05-23-2011, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Webbsatwinni

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=356043&page=1

The lines on this look very close.

It sure looks like its double. The seats are the same (no cushions in the one you found) and the lines are a match. The dash is the same too. This boat would be worth restoring as I bet it is very rare. Wish I had the time and $$ to do a project like that.

This one is still with the original family. Asheboro, NC Here what the owner says about it:
"1963 Funliner - My late Father bought her new. There’s alot of memories in that old boat. I still remember my Dad skiing behind her on the intracoastal waterway with Mom driving. Taking her out spot fishing in the fall. After 47 years, I still enjoy using her." http://www.aristocraftboats.com/clubmembers.html

Some other links I found with more pictures:
http://www.cbhforums.com/index.php?s...ded&show=&st=0

http://www.theclassicboathouse.com/aristocraft60.html

SIKSUKR · 05-23-2011, 09:24 AM

I'll go with the Buick !Looks like my old GM ghetto glider.

Sue Doe-Nym · 05-23-2011, 09:34 AM

The expression "ghetto glider" is most intriguing. Would you care to explain it? Are you giving us an insight into your activities as a younger person?

Peachy-Keen · 05-23-2011, 10:37 AM

I know this location well and often wonder about this interesting vessel on the side of the road. The boat is parked at a business that is housed in the old train depot visible in the background. The "dumping" ground is actually a treasure trove of old oven/stove parts. A very lucrative restoration business is located here for vintage ovens/stoves.

Webbsatwinni · 05-23-2011, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Peachy-Keen

A very lucrative restoration business is located here for vintage ovens/stoves.

Peachy, do you have the name of that business? It did not look like there are an owner to it all. I would like to know if they want to sell it or if they knew the owner.

NHBUOY · 05-23-2011, 10:41 AM

...I "vote" AristoCraft...wouldn't be a Century, because Century didn't build anything fiberglass until 1966...sidenote...Miklos, Century restorer, has a son named Steve that is one of the most knowledgeable Velocity "set-up" and rigging guys out there...he can make a Velocity 22' SING...small world...quite a terror in A-class offshore...REALLY like that oldie...is it for sale or..?...

NoBozo · 05-23-2011, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Sue Doe-Nym

The expression "ghetto glider" is most intriguing. Would you care to explain it? Are you giving us an insight into your activities as a younger person?

Ghetto Gliders, from the 50s and early 60s, preceded the Pimpmobile of the 70s and 80s. It was a symbol of wealth and power.

NB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp_mobile

SIKSUKR · 05-23-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

Ghetto Gliders, from the 50s and early 60s, preceded the Pimpmobile of the 70s and 80s. It was a symbol of wealth and power.

NB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp_mobile

Correct NB, except I was referring to the 70's. No illegal activities involved except snowskiing behind it with a ski rope.

chipj29 · 05-23-2011, 02:27 PM

Looks like a hearse to me.

NoBozo · 05-23-2011, 06:42 PM

A Ghetto Glider could also be a tricked out motorcycle. The routine was to slowly "Cruise" through the Hood...ie;.. "Profiling" ..at slowspeed so you would be SEEN by the inhabitants.

NB

PS: Part of my upbringing was in Paterson, NJ, in the fifties. I moved out in 1959 when I went in the NAVY. It wasn't the Hamptons.

AB_Monterey · 05-23-2011, 07:07 PM

There's one in red about a 1/4 mile from me as I write this.

It was for sale a while back. No takers....

ApS · 10-05-2013, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I'll go with the Buick !Looks like my old GM ghetto glider.

This one—in pink and white—was rented-out to a Florida storefront along a major highway. I stumbled upon it a little later, parked nearby. He'd been asking $7000 for it, but "might take $5000". Others couldn't avoid getting their pictures taken in front of it.

Any idea what it is?

SIKSUKR · 10-08-2013, 09:13 AM

Looks Italian.

Pineedles · 10-08-2013, 12:15 PM

It looks like Charlie, the Starkist tuna.

ApS · 11-03-2013, 06:19 PM

Those boats could have been a market success if only they'd used the fins of a 1956 Ferrari.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I'll go with the Buick! Looks like my old GM ghetto glider.

Not a bad guess at all

Compare the windshields on the boat and the '59 Buick.

NoBozo · 11-03-2013, 07:17 PM

Hey ApS: Perhaps you can tell me what brand, model..year ...that "Finned" car is.?? I'm a Ferrari enthusiast and can't recall a Ferrari with fins. Ferrari usually designed their car bodies..OH Wait..Ferrari didn't design car bodies...They designed the machine underneath.

Most of the time....someone else designed the coachwork...Pina Farina, Bertone, ...etc ... Just wonderin......

NB

PS: Anyone remember when your Chevrolet had a plaque on the door sill that said.."Body By Fisher"..??

jmen24 · 11-03-2013, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

Hey ApS: Perhaps you can tell me what brand, model..year ...that "Finned" car is.?? I'm a Ferrari enthusiast and can't recall a Ferrari with fins. Ferrari usually designed their car bodies..OH Wait..Ferrari didn't design car bodies...They designed the machine underneath.

Most of the time....someone else designed the coachwork...Pina Farina, Bertone, ...etc ... Just wonderin......

NB

PS: Anyone remember when your Chevrolet had a plaque on the door sill that said.."Body By Fisher"..??

That is a 56' 410 Super America. There were a total of 5 Ferrari's in their production history that came from the factory with fins or you (as the original owner) could have the coach fitter add to customize your car.

Gearhead · 11-05-2013, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jmen24

That is a 56' 410 Super America. There were a total of 5 Ferrari's in their production history that came from the factory with fins or you (as the original owner) could have the coach fitter add to customize your car.

That is an unbelievably ugly automobile.

When I was a teen I worked for a guy in York Beach who had a 1957 Ferrari. A little old lady broadsided him as he was driving by and totaled it.

tis · 11-05-2013, 12:54 PM

Dr. Patton had a car just like that. Makes me miss him. What a great guy.

gtxrider · 11-06-2013, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

Hey ApS: Perhaps you can tell me what brand, model..year ...that "Finned" car is.?? I'm a Ferrari enthusiast and can't recall a Ferrari with fins. Ferrari usually designed their car bodies..OH Wait..Ferrari didn't design car bodies...They designed the machine underneath.

Most of the time....someone else designed the coachwork...Pina Farina, Bertone, ...etc ... Just wonderin......

NB

PS: Anyone remember when your Chevrolet had a plaque on the door sill that said.."Body By Fisher"..??

My '55 Belair had the Coach and Body by Fisher
I knew several people with Buicks like that. My grandfather had a '59 Chevy with nice flat fins that made a good table for our breakfast stops on the way to the lake. It was the first car that brought us to NH in '59. Four adults and three kids.

BobNY · 11-17-2020, 01:03 AM

I have two responses for this thread.
The black car that a few thought was really ugly is a 1959 Buick Electra 225, the 4-door sedan (not the pillerless hardtop-sedan). The body style was used for two years, '59 & '60.
As for the black boat, it was made by AristoCraft in the 1960's. The model is the Funliner 17. It came as an outboard, with either this hardtop model, or an open cockpit. It's the little sister to the popular AristoCraft 19 with the sliding hardtop, the 19 being powered by an I/O. Both were great utility boats. I believe there are youtube videos of both boat models, and if you google "1959 Buick," you will find dozens of pictures of this big old boulevard cruiser; sedans, coupes, wagons, and convertibles. (My uncle had a silver '59 Buick Invicta convertible.).
AristoCraft 19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JQPKrF69Q
AristoCraft 17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0388J27-qo

This boat is pictured on the webpage originally cited by the one posing the "Guess the boat" question.

4 for Boating · 11-21-2020, 05:59 PM

Looks like something Jake and Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers) would be cruising around the lake in...

Descant · 11-21-2020, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BobNY

I have two responses for this thread.
The black car that a few thought was really ugly is a 1959 Buick Electra 225, the 4-door sedan (not the pillerless hardtop-sedan). The body style was used for two years, '59 & '60.
As for the black boat, it was made by AristoCraft in the 1960's. The model is the Funliner 17. It came as an outboard, with either this hardtop model, or an open cockpit. It's the little sister to the popular AristoCraft 19 with the sliding hardtop, the 19 being powered by an I/O. Both were great utility boats. I believe there are youtube videos of both boat models, and if you google "1959 Buick," you will find dozens of pictures of this big old boulevard cruiser; sedans, coupes, wagons, and convertibles. (My uncle had a silver '59 Buick Invicta convertible.).
AristoCraft 19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JQPKrF69Q
AristoCraft 17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0388J27-qo

Welcome to the Forum. That's some great input.

05-23-2011, 02:23 AM	#1
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 2,989 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,195 Times in 930 Posts	Century It sure looks like a Century Coronado to me. Probably laye 50's to early 60's.

05-23-2011, 05:08 AM	#2
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	from a search http://www.chooseyouritem.com/boats/...do.Cardel.html http://www.centuryclassicpowerboat.com/cm&s2.htm Does look like Tilton BB has it right. __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

05-23-2011, 09:24 AM	#6
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I'll go with the Buick !Looks like my old GM ghetto glider. __________________ SIKSUKR

05-23-2011, 02:27 PM	#13
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	Looks like a hearse to me. __________________ Getting ready for winter!

10-08-2013, 09:13 AM	#17
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Looks Italian. __________________ SIKSUKR

05-23-2011, 07:32 AM	#4
Webbsatwinni Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lebanon Ct and Rattlesnake Island Since 2007 Posts: 610 Thanks: 180 Thanked 137 Times in 72 Posts	http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=356043&page=1 The lines on this look very close.

05-23-2011, 09:34 AM	#7
Sue Doe-Nym Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,425 Thanks: 743 Thanked 788 Times in 413 Posts	The expression "ghetto glider" is most intriguing. Would you care to explain it? Are you giving us an insight into your activities as a younger person?

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05-23-2011, 10:37 AM	#8
Peachy-Keen Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Acton, MA (Meredith) Posts: 12 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I know this location well and often wonder about this interesting vessel on the side of the road. The boat is parked at a business that is housed in the old train depot visible in the background. The "dumping" ground is actually a treasure trove of old oven/stove parts. A very lucrative restoration business is located here for vintage ovens/stoves.

05-23-2011, 10:41 AM	#10
NHBUOY Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Loon Mtn. winters...Meredith Neck summers Posts: 398 Thanks: 288 Thanked 94 Times in 60 Posts	...I "vote" AristoCraft...wouldn't be a Century, because Century didn't build anything fiberglass until 1966...sidenote...Miklos, Century restorer, has a son named Steve that is one of the most knowledgeable Velocity "set-up" and rigging guys out there...he can make a Velocity 22' SING...small world...quite a terror in A-class offshore...REALLY like that oldie...is it for sale or..?...

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05-23-2011, 06:42 PM	#14
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	A Ghetto Glider could also be a tricked out motorcycle. The routine was to slowly "Cruise" through the Hood...ie;.. "Profiling" ..at slowspeed so you would be SEEN by the inhabitants. NB PS: Part of my upbringing was in Paterson, NJ, in the fifties. I moved out in 1959 when I went in the NAVY. It wasn't the Hamptons.

05-23-2011, 07:07 PM	#15
AB_Monterey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 293 Thanks: 86 Thanked 78 Times in 49 Posts	There's one in red about a 1/4 mile from me as I write this. It was for sale a while back. No takers....

10-08-2013, 12:15 PM	#18
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,542 Thanks: 1,071 Thanked 667 Times in 366 Posts	It looks like Charlie, the Starkist tuna.

11-03-2013, 07:17 PM	#20
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Hey ApS: Perhaps you can tell me what brand, model..year ...that "Finned" car is.?? I'm a Ferrari enthusiast and can't recall a Ferrari with fins. Ferrari usually designed their car bodies..OH Wait..Ferrari didn't design car bodies...They designed the machine underneath. Most of the time....someone else designed the coachwork...Pina Farina, Bertone, ...etc ... Just wonderin...... NB PS: Anyone remember when your Chevrolet had a plaque on the door sill that said.."Body By Fisher"..??

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11-05-2013, 12:54 PM	#23
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,702 Thanks: 751 Thanked 1,454 Times in 1,011 Posts	Dr. Patton had a car just like that. Makes me miss him. What a great guy.

11-17-2020, 01:03 AM	#25
BobNY Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 1 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What kind of boat is this? I have two responses for this thread. The black car that a few thought was really ugly is a 1959 Buick Electra 225, the 4-door sedan (not the pillerless hardtop-sedan). The body style was used for two years, '59 & '60. As for the black boat, it was made by AristoCraft in the 1960's. The model is the Funliner 17. It came as an outboard, with either this hardtop model, or an open cockpit. It's the little sister to the popular AristoCraft 19 with the sliding hardtop, the 19 being powered by an I/O. Both were great utility boats. I believe there are youtube videos of both boat models, and if you google "1959 Buick," you will find dozens of pictures of this big old boulevard cruiser; sedans, coupes, wagons, and convertibles. (My uncle had a silver '59 Buick Invicta convertible.). AristoCraft 19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JQPKrF69Q AristoCraft 17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0388J27-qo This boat is pictured on the webpage originally cited by the one posing the "Guess the boat" question. Last edited by BobNY; 12-11-2020 at 10:24 PM. Reason: New Info

11-21-2020, 05:59 PM	#26
4 for Boating Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 224 Thanks: 1 Thanked 38 Times in 26 Posts	Bb Looks like something Jake and Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers) would be cruising around the lake in...