Old speedboat pics. Who can tell me...

[Wiggo]

What the boat is, where it is on the Thames, and where it's about to be launched? The pics are from 1967, if it's any help...

And just for a bit of fun, here's the owner at work:

 

[Tradewinds]

Pic4 - not a wheelie bin to be seen.

Those were the days!

 

[David of Essex]

Pic4 - not a wheelie bin to be seen.

Those were the days!

Plus everyone is at work
David

 

[Wiggo]

Pic4 - not a wheelie bin to be seen.

Those were the days!

And the same street view now. Look like the same hedge and gate...

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

Pic4 - not a wheelie bin to be seen.

Those were the days!

OR no smashed up nissan minicabs push up to the living room windows covered in green mold !!!!!!!!

 

[Warpa]

What great pics!!

 

[Marine Reflections]

Does no one know where this is?

 

[Kawasaki]

Does no one know where this is?

This is the Mobo Forum on YBW


OK , just putting me coat on

Hey, great Post though Wiggo!

 

[Marine Reflections]

This is the Mobo Forum on YBW


OK , just putting me coat on

Hey, great Post though Wiggo!

Thanks I was starting to panic

 

[Portland Billy]

where is it

Looks like Reading Marine Services just up river from Reading proper.

 

[DIW]

Mark 1 Ford Consul ! , 3 speed column change - learnt to drive in one.

 

[Richard Shead]

The first pic is Teddington, that's Toughs on the right and the lock is out of sight on the left.

I know that to be true as I live there!

 

[ValleyForge]

Great pics - The engine I think is a Perkins. No idea on the boat, CMBA folk would know though.
Aren't the pics of the house sad, like we've gone downhill a bit.
Wonder if the Consul had the vacuum powered windscreen wipers - who thought up that then !

 

[DIW]

Great pics - The engine I think is a Perkins. No idea on the boat, CMBA folk would know though.
Aren't the pics of the house sad, like we've gone downhill a bit.
Wonder if the Consul had the vacuum powered windscreen wipers - who thought up that then !

Yeah , I'd forgotten about the Vacuum powered windscreen wipers, what a mistake that was,
I don't think they ever worked properly LOL.

 

[Tremlett 15]

the boat

a 1960's American Marc Baroda

info from a good mate in CMBA


http://www.cmba-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3347

 

[ari]

No idea, but that's a really cool boat!

 

[Wiggo]

the boat

a 1960's American Marc Baroda

info from a good mate in CMBA


http://www.cmba-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3347

Spot on. SWMBO (that's her in the passenger seat, BTW) thought it was American Marc but was unsure of the spelling, and a quick Google by me hadn't turned anything up.

Definitely round Isleworth-Teddington way somewhere, as they used to live in Feltham, so would have been relatively local.

Here's a couple of others...

 

[Wiggo]

Could well be the boat mentioned on the CMBA link. Definitely a Perkins outboard...