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Is this really a "Rodgers"?

Originally Posted by DJD

Hey GRoper who you work for? Ive done underground in the CV forever and been a foreman and super for a few locals like Jones Bros. Desert and James A Shirley.

Small world huh? I work for CVWD. Jones does alot of our big work these days. pm sent. You still live around here? Id remember seeing that bad ass boat if it went by my anywhere.

Originally Posted by old rigger

That outboard is a great running boat, and the one for sale is one that I rigged.

With a 200 merc they'd run 71-3 all day long. With the old 220 laser it ran even better. The bottom is not just a stretched 19TR, it has some mods to it that can really only be seen with a long straight edge held up against it.

The kid in the boat on the brochure is Rogers son Kelly.

From Tales of Old Time's Comes the "OLD RIGGER" Presenting you with Case History's, Original Brochures, and full of Do's & Dont's, Actual Run Times on Hulls from the World famous Boat Drags of SKI LAND in Parris Calif.

I had a 19' Miller with a 115 Merc on it and it was a fantastic boat. Probably the best boat I've ever skied behind and it ran 60 with just me in it. Ah memories...

Originally Posted by old rigger

Pops, we were at Ski Land once in about '82 ish (I don't remember when they shut it down. I remember it was the year of the flood at Parker so this must have been '83) and got beat by a Tahiti in our Rogers. This guy in the Tahiti was running NOS and it was really the first time I'd ever been that close to a boat, or next to a boat would be more correct, and seen or felt the power of that stuff. We were both on the top end and then he was gone. It was as if I threw out an anchor. We also lost the cam that day and to make matters worse I had to go to work on Monday and tell Roger that we lost to a Tahiti. lol

Ski Land, best place on the planet to ski with out making the drive to the river.

I can see Roger now with his P*ss mad grin he would get.
Was not a Tahiti a splash off his old mans hull.

Originally Posted by POPs@AggressorJets

Was Art Carlson at Glastron then or still building his hulls. Glastron had the facility out in Anahiem then and Art was getting royalties for his bottom which he had a patent on one of the Glastron bottoms. He may have been running the shop in Anahiem as I would go to Glastron if I wanted to talk to him. Don't know if Art is still doing anything.... Last time I talked to him, Reggie was going to produce his 45' a full cabin and a runner and Art was going to get Royalties. Good Man.

Schuster splashed that glastron bottom in '64. I think Art went there in the late 60's. That's just a guess though.
I have no idea what he's doing now. Hopefully enjoying a well deserved retirement. He was at the circle races at the Marine Stadium last summer and was inducted into a racer hall of fame. One of his tunnel V-drives was there too.

Originally Posted by old rigger

Schuster splashed that glastron bottom in '64. I think Art went there in the late 60's. That's just a guess though.
I have no idea what he's doing now. Hopefully enjoying a well deserved retirement. He was at the circle races at the Marine Stadium last summer and was inducted into a racer hall of fame. One of his tunnel V-drives was there too.

I may go by and see if he still has a shop in Garden Grove. We were going to proto a Dual for his Simi Tunnel Cruiser which I had a friend who was building rep small block motors in 16 cylinders back east. Can't remember the company name (Will Next Week or so). They did produce several motors and were funded in Big Bucks.... First class major CNCs, Dyno's and a strong engineering team. Art and Fountain used one of the motors.

Originally Posted by 76 Bonneville

Just scanned the brochure. They actually run very well with an outboard, dont even need to be setback.

Roger liked that boat so much he used it for the brochure. We used that thing for years. It was great. We had at least 4 kids and 2 adults in it all summer long.