Evinrude Gremlin

[Capt Terry]

Originally Posted by martin

68 vette... I'm drooling now

The '68 Vette was purchased in late '69 shortly after college graduation, just a few days before I met my wife. She liked to remark we dated in that car for 30 years until a Suburban made an illegal left turn at an intersection. The first was a used '61 which I bought when I graduated from high school in '64. The next one was a used '65 fastback with a 365 HP 327 with no power anything on it. Just go fast, sweetest car I ever drove. No more Vettes, need boat towing vehicles now on the non-flat SC roads.

There's an important point here on the first two Vettes, we were not rich. My dad's philosophy was kids with too much time on their hands got into trouble. So he got car loans and I had to make the monthly payments- so worked grocery stores during school year and construction with him on holidays & the summer. Bought my first boat at age 14 with this same method- a much used 14' Lyman with a 35 HP Johnson.