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Thanks to Marty's generosity the infamous 1957 Skagit-X project hull has a new home. We drug the stripped 17-footer on the ferry Tuesday night, after Helmar helped load the beast at his International headquarters.
The origins of the Skagit "Chop top" concept are not clear to me. While snooping around the archives of this site last year-I spotted the green gem(see below)that Marty had apparently photoshopped as a design excercise.
The picture brought back memories of my childhood. One of our neighbors had a big boat-that in my hazy recollection had to be a late 50's Skagit with it's sweepng lines-I thought it was awesome...another kids dad had a chop top 40-something Ford. The "Hot Rod" in me dreamt of a modified boat that would be similar to the trick rides in my CarToons magazines.
Fast forward 35+ years...I took about 25 minutes this afternoon(while waiting for paint to dry on our opening day ride) to perform a 2 1/4" chop to the old girls roof line. Some additional trimming will happen soon to get the look just right.
I hope that many fond "hot rodding" memories will be evoked by this project.
The origins of the Skagit "Chop top" concept are not clear to me. While snooping around the archives of this site last year-I spotted the green gem(see below)that Marty had apparently photoshopped as a design excercise.
The picture brought back memories of my childhood. One of our neighbors had a big boat-that in my hazy recollection had to be a late 50's Skagit with it's sweepng lines-I thought it was awesome...another kids dad had a chop top 40-something Ford. The "Hot Rod" in me dreamt of a modified boat that would be similar to the trick rides in my CarToons magazines.
Fast forward 35+ years...I took about 25 minutes this afternoon(while waiting for paint to dry on our opening day ride) to perform a 2 1/4" chop to the old girls roof line. Some additional trimming will happen soon to get the look just right.
I hope that many fond "hot rodding" memories will be evoked by this project.
Thanks Greg
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