View Full Version : This Pontiac will pwn you in the wavies
No More Oldsmobiles 07-17-2009, 04:22 PM http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/dynamic/00221/Lobster_Boat_Racer__221401c.jpg
This guy chopped the top off an old 26-foot cabin cruiser and chained a 1994 convertible Pontiac Sunbird on top of it. "The steering wheel is connected through a hydraulic system to a pair of 200-horsepower outboard motors."
Ca'-boat turns heads at Maine lobster boat races (http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ca-boat-turns-heads-at-maine-lobster-boat-races-94145.html)
Krazed_Rx8 07-17-2009, 04:24 PM Wow! :lol: Never seen anything like it, Epic!
Alexb 07-17-2009, 04:25 PM why not just keep the boat...
No More Oldsmobiles 07-17-2009, 04:44 PM why not just keep the boat...
For the same reason we have our 8s -- it's different. He's just doing something a bit crazy for the Main lobsterboat races.
Check this out:
The Sunbird rides smooth across the water, almost like going for a Sunday drive. In fact, Johnson has done just that — taken his wife, Lynn, out for a leisurely Sunday ride across the bay, their black Lab, Hunter, in the back seat, oldies music playing on the tape player.
moRotorMotor 07-17-2009, 05:03 PM WTF is a tape? :p: Pretty cool idea.
No More Oldsmobiles 07-17-2009, 05:18 PM WTF is a tape? :p: Pretty cool idea.
Yeah. And considering that it's a Sunbird, this is probably the fastest one has ever gone. :yelrotflm
NoOdLe BoY 07-17-2009, 05:33 PM thats retarded lol. i thought this thread was gonna be about one of those cars back in the day that could just drive into the water and be able to float and navigate. lol
newguy 07-17-2009, 05:57 PM my 1st car was an 86 pontiac sunbird se turbo!
xun4gvn4everx 07-17-2009, 05:59 PM Looks photoshopped
No More Oldsmobiles 07-17-2009, 06:18 PM Looks photoshopped
No, it's real. I've seen it on several legit news sites, including the one linked.
xun4gvn4everx 07-17-2009, 06:21 PM thats nuts then!! but pretty cool.
No More Oldsmobiles 07-17-2009, 06:37 PM thats nuts then!! but pretty cool.
http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/dynamic/00221/Lobster_Boat_Racer__221401c.jpg
As this photo shows, the Pontiac is good for more than just straight-line acceleration. :mdrmed:
xun4gvn4everx 07-17-2009, 06:44 PM http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/dynamic/00221/Lobster_Boat_Racer__221401c.jpg
As this photo shows, the Pontiac is good for more than just straight-line acceleration. :mdrmed:
The only time a pontiac actually looked cool! :rollingla
shazy 07-17-2009, 08:55 PM cough cough GTO was epic! Cough Cough.
Pretty crazy idea.I like it :)
SiLVeRE8 07-18-2009, 01:28 AM Time to strap the 8 on a plane!
Skyfire 07-19-2009, 09:35 AM ^ Lol... got a case of one-upmanship? :)
StealthTL 07-19-2009, 09:42 AM When he gets far enough out, he can unstrap, and give that POS the burial it so richly deserves.....
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Mawnee 07-19-2009, 10:28 AM Hmmm, how many miles you think he should go between tire rotations? :yelrotflm
MaRxtin 07-19-2009, 02:43 PM i want one
User24 07-19-2009, 03:51 PM I already know how that thing feels. Like there is a constant feeling of tipping over.
WTBRotary! 07-19-2009, 03:54 PM When he gets far enough out, he can unstrap, and give that POS the burial it so richly deserves.....
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Lol
No More Oldsmobiles 07-19-2009, 05:09 PM It occurs to me that this boat is really rice. Just look at the size of that wing.
And it's got two of them!
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