I've seen two examples of this style of boat one had a 350 chev the other had a 352 ford , in both cases they were old boats ment to have 4 cylinder motors in them . In both cases these two boats had sunk at one time or another only to be resurected with V8 motors. Both of these boats still exist to my knowledge scaring the shit of those who own them, and no I didn't have the balls to go for a ride. Rob
What?! When do you text and surf the internet for porn then? Oh, and toss a quickie coat of black paint on that trailer. Just a suggestion to maybe help the sale. But seriously, nice work. I like the dash, very cool, and clear wood deck looks sweet too.
A good friend of mine raced hydros in the 225 class in the late 60's. A friend let him try his cracker box and he said it was a pretty wild ride.
Great-looking boat , Seret . Ya did a nice resto . Did you at least take 'er out for a spin ? LOL - I just about spit coffee all over my computer when I read that !!!
Nice job bringing it back to life. I want it to tow beind my '48 F1. If I'm not at home just leave it in the driveway. Frank
They still race cracker boxes, most run small blocks. Watch the videos in post # 24 and 26, one of the boats flips, Im told thats not uncommon.
Thanks for sharing the before pictures also, that puts your project all in perspective now...You did an awesome job!!!
Bob, one weekend a summer in August they still run circle races and the crackers are very well represented every year. Mostly flats, GN boats, crackers, a few jets, small tunnel outboards and yaaaaaaawwwwwwn, sit down jet skis. Very cool cracker seret, nice find. To this day the rules for crackers are unchanged from the 1940's, no gear box, no adjustable cav plates, short little hull somewhere around 15 feet, small cubic inches (this has changed through the years but I believe it's still under 300 cubic in.) and there must be a monkey along with the driver. My friend races one and he twists his sbc to above 11,000 rpm on the straights.
Cool, nice job. This thread is timely, I just picked up a magazine looking for boat plans............touring kayak or use up my flatty and build a kayak!?
Very nice boat, narducci. I don't know much about auto powered inboards and have always been curious as to why many of them have the engine turned backwards and drive the prop off the crank snout?
I have always loved these boats. Nice find. After viewing this thread I was sucked into the Glen L website and stayed there all day. I have three Flatheads at home and one would look great in a Crackerbox. I couldn't find the hardware on the website for flatheads, mostly 350 stuff and later OHV engines but mostly HAMB friedly. I'm going to start searching, as if I need yet another project.
The oil sump on a SBC is in the back. You cant get the motor low enough for a good driveline angle. Also on the race boats, the torque helps with the way they turn on the course
O.K. I see, thanks. So I assume they are direct drive with no way to disengage the prop from the engine?
From the ones I have seen they would be a dirt simple boat to build from scratch.But I don't need to go to that effort to shit my pants. The comment I made above does no way diminish the boats posted here are very well crafted or restored, and their owners should take pride in that. Rob.
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