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It was a great time ... And special thanks to Ken and Patti for pulling it together ... AND to Gillie for giving them the excuse!
Gillie ... I guess you west coast guys aren't so bad after all!
Anytime just come on back.

GFS ... Quit drooling over that raceboat... It's too skinny for you........
See ya!

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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron (Post 204763)

The 442 was the muscle car member of the Oldsmobile Cutlass family. My dad told me 442 stood for 4 on the floor, 4 barrel carb, and 2 (duel) exhaust, but he may have been making it up.

Very good! That is correct! I used to have one with a 455 ci V8. Still drank less gas than my carbed Yamaha 225....LOL!

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Originally Posted by 65Bowrider (Post 204792)

What race boat?

I am inside myself with my 20. No trees are harmed. Now a 23 could slide right in with little damage.

Sick deadrise on Racer X.

Cheers,
GFS

Was great to see the gang again and especially to meet Gillie after all the e-mails we've exchanged about Seafari's and Moesly 21's! Shadow also enjoyed meeting all the SeaCrafters as well as chasing some lizards and mooching a few handouts! I think she missed seeing Danny's kids, as they're easy marks! I think Dixon has her pretty well figured out! Denny

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Originally Posted by Bushwacker (Post 204802)

West comes East. Nice.

CSC is that cool.

Yum,
GFS

Ol' Fat Hound Dog was good but much more front, she's much more steath mode and dainty but a very effective hunter none the less.

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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron (Post 204763)

The 442 was the muscle car member of the Oldsmobile Cutlass family. My dad told me 442 stood for 4 on the floor, 4 barrel carb, and 2 (duel) exhaust, but he may have been making it up.

He told you the truth...it was in all there early advertising. ;)

If you look at the advertising for a 1966 Olds 442 (my very first car), for only that one year it stood for 400 cubic inches, 4 barrel carb, and dual exhaust. My 442 in fact came equipped from the factory with a Powerglide 2 spd automatic, which I changed to a M22 4-spd I took out of a Firebird.

The very next year, 1967, and from then until 1969, the advertising for the 1967 442 advertised it as 4 bbl, 4 spd, dual exhaust, although it retained the 400 ci "Rocket" big-block motor, (which it would keep through 1969). A frequent motor swap was to the 425 ci oversquare "tall deck", because of the very desirable forged steel crank and balancer, and availability of an Offenhauser 6-pack setup for that motor.

The 442 kept the 400 ci motor until 1970, when the 442 came equipped with a 455 ci big-block, 4 bbl Holly double-pumper or big ThermoQuad, 4-speed tranny, and dual exhaust, except for the "W33" Hurst Edition 442 which came with a TH350 auto tranny with dual-gate shifter and factory F60-15 tires.

The real 442 always had a motor whose first numeral was 4, a carburetor with 4 barrels, and dual exhaust. They did not always have 4 speed transmissions, even though most people thought otherwise.

hey bro you should have used all the seacraft their for a background for the group shot o