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Old 13-11-2005, 07:06 PM   #1
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A rather unique collection

http://www.fiberglassics.com/galleries/bitb/default.htm
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Old 13-11-2005, 07:11 PM   #2
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They don't make em like they used to
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Old 13-11-2005, 07:54 PM   #3
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They don't make em like they used to
Matt are you refering to boats or women
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Old 13-11-2005, 08:05 PM   #4
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I'm not entirely sure.
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Old 13-11-2005, 08:27 PM   #5
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Frankly ?
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Old 13-11-2005, 08:53 PM   #6
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Really? Some of them are a bit, but I also think some are amazingly cool.
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Old 13-11-2005, 09:55 PM   #7
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They look too much like cars...
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Old 13-11-2005, 10:38 PM   #8
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This one looks nothing like a car!!
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Old 13-11-2005, 10:39 PM   #9
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whatever posseses the yanks to produce such a crappy pile of poo i'll never know! all the manhours and skill(in some cases) gone into them, they look like they belong on the end of hydraulic arms in a fairground!

But then there's no acounting for taste is there!
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Old 13-11-2005, 10:39 PM   #10
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Nor this one
http://www.fiberglassics.com/galleries/bitb/025.htm
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Old 13-11-2005, 10:45 PM   #11
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some pwople ooze style,

Gav & Phil dont. Some of them boats is groovy!
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Old 13-11-2005, 10:52 PM   #12
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some pwople ooze style,

Gav & Phil dont. Some of them boats is groovy!
Ark at it wud ya! Mr Style Guru here!
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Old 13-11-2005, 11:05 PM   #13
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Please note: I spoke nothing of these vessels quality or ability. They just look cool.......but wheres the flake?
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Old 13-11-2005, 11:06 PM   #14
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come to think of it, ya cheeky northern nobba

Did i have input into soultime?
Mr Robs boat (so far)
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Old 13-11-2005, 11:31 PM   #15
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Who thought up the chrome merc logos on stavros' cowls? That looked cool.
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Old 13-11-2005, 11:35 PM   #16
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he asked, i delivered
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Old 13-11-2005, 11:38 PM   #17
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Interesting isn’t it, in those days people thought speed, would come from a hull design of a “futuristic take”, and forgot all about the engines.
Half a century later the opposite is true.
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Old 14-11-2005, 08:46 AM   #18
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The yanks never cease to amaze
There must be a hell of a lot of people sitting around in that country with nothing better to do
And they are still doing it with Bayliners
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Old 14-11-2005, 10:52 AM   #19
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Ciao thats so true, now they sell you a motor with a boat attached to it...
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