Holy moly! My buddy had a 454 jet boat back in the day. We would work all week for gas money then ski all weekend. Oddly I was probably in the best shape of my life...
Say, is he running water through those headers?
No water through the headers, and, strangely enough, he put those headers on after deciding to not put it back in tbe water, and only trailer it to shows now.
The other headers are of similiar design, but he wanted the fancy finish of these for boat shows.
Ironically, you can only start the engine, but not run it...as these headers are too close to the hull...and would melt it!
lmao!
He used to race the boat in the 70's and 80's in the Norfolk Va area, he said it would do 98mph...quickly.
Basically you sit and idle, then hit it wide open, while steering with the wheel and 2 foot pedals...all while staring at the sky...without flipping it.
I think it takes some savant skills to drive it, lmao.
The engine came from an early 60's Plymouth Belvedere too, a family sedan than Dodge had factory gutted and put their baddest engine in.
Apparently he knew the guy who got the car new(as that guy's dad owned a Norfolk area dealership then), within 2 weeks the car was totalled, but the engine unharmed.
My friend's dad(the boat owner) went straight down there and bought the engine.
The boat itself has some value, and a street hemi does too...but being an early race hemi...there's no telling what someone would give for it now.
His daughter will want it sold whenever he passes, and the engine will probably find it's way back to a rare Dodge of the era.
He has several original valve covers in different finishes as you can see, other original parts for it, and some Keith Black parts.
The thing is a goldmine.
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