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TiltonBB 01-13-2024 08:19 AM

Impala Boat
 
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What could be better than a boat to match your car?

Hillcountry 01-13-2024 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB (Post 390531)
What could be better than a boat to match your car?

Cute ‘59 Impala and boat! My Mom let me start driving in her ‘60 Impala…(white w/red interior!)😊

bwolfe 01-13-2024 09:44 AM

Beautiful!

upthesaukee 01-13-2024 09:57 AM

How about a '57 Chevy?
 
Looks great, but I could really relate to a '57 Chevy with a matching boat. :cheers:

Dave

ApS 01-13-2024 11:09 AM

1959 Chevy and Boat
 
Raleigh Classic Car Sales had one up for auction.

...but boat, trailer, and car are green--with a more-suitable smaller Mercury...

bwolfe 01-13-2024 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee (Post 390534)
Looks great, but I could really relate to a '57 Chevy with a matching boat. :cheers:

Dave

That would definitely be an award winner!

brk-lnt 01-14-2024 09:10 AM

Maybe it's just me, but I always thought that boats styled with taillights were some of the worst designs.

SAMIAM 01-14-2024 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry (Post 390532)
Cute ‘59 Impala and boat! My Mom let me start driving in her ‘60 Impala…(white w/red interior!)😊

Same here...my mom owned a 59 black convertible with red interior.
She used to let me borrow it occasionally and I was only in high school.
I can tell you I felt like the cock of the walk driving through the Weirs on a summer night

Hillcountry 01-14-2024 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM (Post 390547)
Same here...my mom owned a 59 black convertible with red interior.
She used to let me borrow it occasionally and I was only in high school.
I can tell you I felt like the cock of the walk driving through the Weirs on a summer night

🤣🤣🤣 I was still in grade school (13/14 yrs old) but I was always a big kid so that must have made Mom more confident in my driving abilities! By the time I was 16, the license was a no brainer. 😊

TheTimeTraveler 01-14-2024 09:21 PM

That is a funky boat photo!

In 1960 Chevrolet Impala offered 2 different models; one with a sloped rear window, and one with a wrap around rear window. I had the wrap around version four door hardtop with the famous Chevrolet 283 V-8 engine. One of the best cars I ever had -- just drive it and change the oil.

Descant 01-14-2024 10:10 PM

Silver Chris Craft
 
In 1959 Chris Craft made a Silver Arrow with fins like a '59 Buick, similar to the Impala. In 1955, they made a Cobra, close in appearance to a CC Capri, but with a large single fin in the center aft. I have a recollection of a Silver Chris Craft with the single fin in the same time frame. I believe the owner was part of a Blackey Cove group, as well as the club on Welch Island. Is there any accuracy to my recollection? Owner was a Mass. Buick dealer, I think.

ApS 01-15-2024 07:42 AM

In the 1950s, Fins Made Them Go Faster...
 
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Originally Posted by Descant (Post 390554)
In 1959 Chris Craft made a Silver Arrow with fins like a '59 Buick, similar to the Impala. In 1955, they made a Cobra, close in appearance to a CC Capri, but with a large single fin in the center aft. I have a recollection of a Silver Chris Craft with the single fin in the same time frame. I believe the owner was part of a Blackey Cove group, as well as the club on Welch Island. Is there any accuracy to my recollection? Owner was a Mass. Buick dealer, I think.

On Welch, would that be the "Winter Harbor Yacht Club"?

I have a set of large glasses with that name embossed on the set--in blue.

:look:

Descant 01-15-2024 11:17 AM

Yes--that's the name on the sign.


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