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Hi Mark:

When I was a little kid spending the Summers at Lake Shore Park, I remember the Fox Family of Gilford had two different Gar Woods. In the late 1940''s and early 1950's they had a triple cockpit Gar Wood painted black with a Limousine Hard-Top Roof that covered the first two seating sections forward. On occasion that boat would dock at the Big Pier at LSP to discharge and pick up passengers. The boat was was kept in their boathouse across from their home on Scenic Dr. not too Far from where Ellacoya State Beach is located.

Later the family acquired the "Wildcat" a mahogany triple cockpit Gar Wood. I don't know what they did with the all-black Limousine Gar Wood. I believe the "Wildcat" was renamed the "Marilyn". Dottie and Chet Fox owned the boat. I can remember seeing the boat in a state of disrepair when I peeked into their boat house sometime in the early 1960's. The boat was on a lift and appeared to have been vandalized. The rear windshield was broken.

Years late Dottie Fox must have got someone to restore the boat for it was entered in the ACBS Weirs Boat Show in the mid 1990's. I might have some photos of that boat stored away in my photos archive. These photos were taken with a film type non-digital camera. I will have to try and find them.

You gave me a nice ride in the "Will of the Wisp" back in the mid 1990's when I had my Chris-Craft 42' DCFB Cruiser at Fay's Boat Yard.

Jeff Fay knows a lot about Gar Woods on the Lake.