Wednesday – January 19 12:00pm to 9:00pm

    Thursday – January 20 12:00pm to 9:00pm

    Friday – January 21 12:00pm to 9:00pm

    Saturday – January 22 10:00am to 9:00pm

    Sunday – January 23 10:00am to 6:00pm

Parking-

Astor Parking Corporation, 1515 Broadway at 44th Street, 212.869.3543

Central Parking System  www.parking.com  800-836-6666.

485 10th avenue

433 West 37th street

453 West 35th street

550 West 37th street

Convention Center- 551 W. 38th street

417 W. 35th street

447-9th avenue

490 11th avenue

521 9th avenue

346 W. 40th street

Lincoln- 324 W. 34th street

West 40th street

640 W. 42nd street, New York

Penn Mark Garage- 304 W. 34th street

Oil Market Garage- 575 11th avenue

New York City Post Office- 360 W. 31st street

Port Authority Bus Terminal- 628 8th avenue

Enterprise Parking System www.enterpriseparking.com 212-564-3199

          404 West 37th Street (btw 9th and 10th Avenue)

          453 West 38th Street (btw 10th and 9th Avenue)

          451 10th Avenue (btw 35th and 36th Street)

          343 10th Avenue (on the corner of 10th Ave and 30th Street)

          506 West 30th Street (btw 11th and 10th Avenue)

          447 West 35th Street (btw 10th and Dryer)

          444 10th Avenue (btw 35th and 34th Street) 320 West 30th Street (btw 9th and 8th Avenue)

Square Industries, 306 West 44th Street, 212.247.5807

Boaters will see it in their West Marine Store next spring (2011).

West Marine is expected to carry a branded outboard line that will lead the marketplace with a far stronger product in its electric offerings, with new motors and with light weight, powerful batteries that will work well in boats.

In the early 1960′s Homelite developed a derivative of the Crosley engine into a successful 4-stroke outboard engine. They increased the displacement of the cast iron block to almost 60-cubic-inches, enabling the engine to be rated at 55-HP at 5500 RPM. All the outstanding features of the Crosley engine were retained, like the integral cylinder heads, which eliminate any potential problems due to head gasket failure, the precise bevel-gear-driven overhead cam, which eliminates timing variations from belt sloppiness, the extra strong five main bearing balanced steel crankshaft, and the lightweight aluminum crankcase casting, aluminum valve covers, and aluminum oil pan.

The Homelite 4-stroke outboard was years ahead of its time, but its marketing was limited by the lack of a recreational marine dealer network. By 1966 it had caught the attention of Dick Fisher, probably by being used on the transom of his own Boston Whaler, and Homelite agreed to sell their outboard manufacturing to Fisher Pierce.

Fisher Pierce Bearcat 55

There were probably many things about the Homelite 55 that attracted Dick Fisher. Like his Boston Whalers, the outboard was unconventional and in many ways superior to the conventional 2-cycle outboards, just as his Boston Whalers were superior to most conventional boats.

Under Fisher Pierce the Homelite engine was re-badged as the Bearcat-55. The juxtaposition of “bear” and “cat” is a bit unusual, like “Boston” and “whaler.” Fisher was fond of such “un-straight” (as he called them) names for his products. Although the name does not dovetail with other Whaler related products, “bearcat” does suggest the potential of great power in small size.

Fisher Pierce produced the four-cycle outboard for six years, from 1966 until 1972…

Seabuddy thanks for info and parts…

www.discount-marine-parts.com

The cars will come completely assembled and painted (less engine & transmission). Custom paint jobs will also be available. Vehicles can be purchased directly from Tasca Ford in Cranston, Rhode Island, or from Factory Five Racing, in Wareham, MA.  

The new program and professionally-built cars will be unveiled at the 13^th Annual Tasca-Mustang and Ford show this coming Sept 11, 2010, at Tasca Ford in Cranston, RI and at the 2010 SEMA show in Las Vegas this coming November.  

“This program brings together two great New England companies.  Tasca’s legendary history with Ford and their unquestioned racing/automotive expertise is a perfect match for our modern engineering and performance-based chassis designs.  It is such an honor to bring manufacturing jobs to New England and to do so with an exciting and global-reaching product like our new ‘33 Hot Rod built with the professionals at Tasca Ford.  

                                                                                                Dave Smith, President Factory Five Racing

Chris Craft wanted the two cockpits forward with the engine and its shafting behind them.

They wanted a shorter boat model for a lower price point in their production boat line-up. (boat building was their business, not their hobby, duck hunting was one of their hobbies).

 This is a 1959 Chris Craft with a 283 Chevy V-8 that says Chris Craft on the marine parts like the exhaust manifolds. And this one is a looker.  A super nice looking boat that looks like it has just had a fresh restoration. I would love to have it in my drive way.

Her critical numbers? 18’ 0” down the certerline and 6’ 7” beam (wide) with a weight of about 2,450 lbs on average, before one fill up the 20 inboard gallon gas tank. One of about 63 or 65 built and then the model was dropped because the word got out that she rode so bow high that you just could not see over the bow easily.

Modern Driver adjustable trim tabs (Bennett brand) fix most of this bow high  issue, so all is not lost, if you get a Classic inboard Chris Craft  like this cheap enough or fall in love with a boat as you walk by.

BTW, the Chris Craft Club (and its resources) is the best marque club, and on by its self it may be reason enough to own a Chris Craft …its that good

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…introduces an innovative line of Equipment Leakage Circuit Interrupter (ELCI) Shore Power Inlet Adapter Kits.  Designed to draw stray electrical current, these inexpensive ELCI interface solutions provide a simple and flexible method for easily adapting a variety of ELCI sensors and breakers to Hubbell’s proven stainless steel and non-metallic shore power inlet housings. 

            Keeping boaters safe, an ELCI provides 30mA ground fault protection for the entire AC shore power system.  Available in 30A and 50A versions, the advanced ELCI Shore Power Inlet Adapter Kits include a Hubbell Shore Power Inlet, matching housing and stainless steel hardware. 

            The mounting adapter plates are compatible with multiple ELCI sensors and breakers, including Carling Technologies, North Shore Safety and Sensata Technologies units.  Suggested retail prices of the advanced ELCI Shore Power Inlet Adapter Kits from Hubbell start at under $200.

Effective July 31, 2010, ABYC E-11.11.1 requires that “an Equipment Leakage Circuit Interrupter (ELCI) shall be installed with or in addition to the main shore power disconnect circuit breaker(s) or at the additional over current protection as required by E-11.10.2.8.3, whichever is closer to the shore power connection.”

For over 120 years, Hubbell has specialized in dependable electrical equipment.  Trusted by builders and owners around the world, it supplies marine-grade power cords, adapters, plugs, connectors, switches, receptacles, wall plates and internationally-rated devices.

In the boat modeler’s own words…We make scratch-built miniature replicas of boats ranging from elegantly simple line models to those of exquisite detail. We create all of our models from start to finish, including research, blueprints, woodwork, metalwork, upholstery, rigging, graphics, painting and finishing. When appropriate, we also take our own lines directly from subject boats. We do not use kits, or parts from any other sources. We can style your model in a variety of ways to suit your tastes; at any size or scale. We take great pride in the quality of every boat that we make and every one carries a serial number and our signatures. Other services that we provide include Display cases and accessories, restoration, line drawings and renderings, conversion of “paper” mechanical drawings to CAD, custom decal and parts making and other related activities.

John has over 40 years of modeling experience and we can make a replica of any boat provided that there is sufficient information available or we can have direct access to it. In fact, we are specialists in making models of boats that have never been modeled before. Having made over 250 models, we have significant experience with Antique & Classic boats, Workboats (from rowboats to lightships), Pleasure craft and Historical craft. We have researched myriad vessel histories and have developed a significant database, a library of a variety of maritime information, as well as contacts with other experts in the field.

Model making, properly done, takes time and patience. Every model, as with every boat, is different and will require different types and levels of work. We are fortunate to have a number of commissions in the works at all times. Please bear in mind that to produce the highest quality of model for you, unless it is one of the boats that we have made for shows, there will probably be a time factor. For short term circumstances we have presentation quality certificates available.

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