"TRUE LIES"

What a blast from the past! ...Was rapt to bump into Mick and his wild T-deck Thurgar at Eppalock recently. A mate was once co-owner (with Mick) of "TRUE LIES" and I have great memories of tearing up the Murray in this old rocket many moons ago. Old mate moved onto a late model jigga but Mick stayed true and hung on to the old girl, he's even preserved that classic oldschool 90's paintwork ...onya champ!

lolz; "GOFA BROKE"

He's goin for it alright!!! ...Been mucking about in paintshop a lot recently so thought I might start posting a few bodge jobs for a laugh.

Few more from the 2015 SOUTHERN 80

random; WESTMORE

Would like to hear from anyone who can tell us a little more about Frank Westmore and these beautiful boats he built.

"BLUE THUNDER" Lewis Tournament Skier

Dene purchased this very classy 1991 Lewis Tournament Skier from Gary Loakes Marine back in '96 with a mere 26 hours on the clock. His proud and careful ownership is clearly evident ....

"All I ever wanted was a Lewis center mount with a 350 Chev, and I found it!

It is a 1991 Lewis Tournament Skier, 18ft 6” blue metal flake finish with a 350 Chevy center mount.

It is a dream to drive, with plenty of walk around space inside, and that beautiful Chevy note to it.

The Chev was a brand new engine (not a rebuild) that had been marinised by Indmar. It has a Ford 600 Holley (say what!) providing fantastic fuel economy. With a 12” tuned Lundberg , performance is ideal for all disciplines. This boat still lives in my shed, it still has the original vinyl, and still looks amazing.

I haven’t really done much to it other than put some racing points in it when I bought it, changed the plugs and oil now and then, the impeller and a bimini. Even though the oil is thin (Mobil 1 fully synthetic) the engine oil is still coloured like honey with no wear.

I modified the trailer from a single axle to a tandem, and added walkways to get down the rear. Also added is a fuel gauge (I hated using a dipstick), and a depth sounder.

Have been thinking of re-doing the carpet at some stage, one day I’ll get round to it.

As of 24/1/2015, it still has only 320 engine hours."

A beautiful looking craft mate, thanks for sharing her with us ...* A look at Dene's old Liberator soon.