Cool car

[Sigarms]

Went back home to dads house to pick some things up. He found some pictures of mine I forgot I had (had to throw the "Kendo" in there for my avatar).

First one is of a buddies good friend who let us use his car on a boating trip out in Idaho. Something you don't get to see that often.

Second one is of a "plane" trip to a river (Middle Fork of the Salmon). Water was running too high for the regular put in, so we had to get some planes to fly us to another put in. Plane ride was one of a couple I'll never forget!

 

[LBrown59]

What kind of car is it?

First one is of a buddies good friend who let us use his car on a boating trip out in Idaho.

 

[Sigarms]

I wished I rembered, but I don't. I do remember that the rear door opened away from the driver (like the "new" Mazda R8 does) and being lucky that Idaho has a lot of "road side" boating.

 

[RobS]

Great old pics. Love the kendo also. Sorry though, can't help with the car ID. Something from the '40s?

 

[polo1665]

Don't mean to seem stupid, but what is a "kendo". I can't quite make out the avatar and was just curious. Also can't help with the car, it almost looks european.

 

[tinkertoys]

Looks like a late 30's Plymouth.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Look's like about a 37 Plymouth

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

The plane's easier - Cessna U206 Stationair 6

 

[Sigarms]

Don't mean to seem stupid, but what is a "kendo".

"Kendo" is a model of kayak. My first experience at "squirting" with a plastic boat (notice how the stern is under water with the boat "sticking straignt up? That's on purpose).

The plane's easier - Cessna U206 Stationair 6

Had no clue, but I do remember gettting to the "put in" (where you launch the rafts and kayaks on the river) on a dirt runway in the middle of nowhere. One of the few times flying that I thought I might die. Those small planes were carrying a lot of gear (enough for a week).

 

[LBrown59]

Don't mean to seem stupid, but what is a "kendo". I can't quite make out the avatar and was just curious. Also can't help with the car, it almost looks .

Some of the english and european cars looked like this one and had this type of body style .
So did the 1936 - 1939 Gm products such as chevy pontic olds and buick.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

...notice how the stern is under water with the boat "sticking straignt up? That's on purpose).

And what would that purpose be? Checking the water depth perhaps?

 

[Sigarms]

And what would that purpose be? Checking the water depth perhaps?

Well, for fun to begin with. Then you can start doing cartwheels, rock splats and a slew of other "moves". Going down some big water can actually be pretty fun when you're doing a stern squirt

The advantage that the plastic boats have over the fiberglass boats is durability when hitting rocks.

With the fiberglass squirt boats, the "cool" thing is to be able to submerge the whole boat, along with you, under, into the water current and "pop up" to the surface a good distance downstream.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Does sound like fun, except for, maybe, the ...uh...rock splats...
I'm not sure about that one.
My BIL did a rock splat with his Sea Ray 500 Sundancer.
Two new shafts, props and rudders later, the bill to his insurance was only about $11,000.

 

[Sigarms]

Does sound like fun, except for, maybe, the ...uh...rock splats...
I'm not sure about that one.
My BIL did a rock splat with his Sea Ray 500 Sundancer.
Two new shafts, props and rudders later, the bill to his insurance was only about $11,000.

I'm guessing it was a fiberglass boat? See, he sould of had a plastic boat

Whole idea with a rock splat is to have the current "trap" you on the rock vertically. Then you can get into a rock splat 360 where you're able to do a cartwheel on the rock.

Kayaking has come a long way since my first Dancer (a model of an OLD boat).

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

I'm guessing it was a fiberglass boat? See, he sould of had a plastic boat

Naw, wouldn't have mattered; didn't touch the hull, just the expensive spinning bits.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Some of the english and european cars looked like this one and had this type of body style .
So did the 1936 - 1939 Gm products such as chevy pontic olds and buick.

Yup, most cars seemed to look very similar to each other from that era, but they were also easier to identify by year back then because for the most part they got restyled every year. At least the big three did, who could afford to. Here's a 37 Plymouth Deluxe photo I pulled off the internet. 269,000 were built and it listed for $680.00 new!

http://www.ply33.com/models/P4/images/tf20011007b.jpg

 

[nate_m]

"Kendo" is a model of kayak. My first experience at "squirting" with a plastic boat (notice how the stern is under water with the boat "sticking straignt up? That's on purpose).

Until you said that, I was going to guess Kendo was a mix between "kayak" and "endo"

Looks like fun!

 

[Sigarms]

Here's a 37 Plymouth Deluxe photo I pulled off the internet

For some reason, I'm thinking the car was a 38 Plymouth rings a bell. Funny two guys from Canada helped me remember that

Looks like fun!

Most fun sport I've ever took up, as well as messin your pants up at the same time

Better pic of a "rock splat", although the pic was taken just a second to early. Guy in the boat was the best men at my wedding Pillow Rock on the Upper Gauley ,if anyone has rafted or boated it.

 

[shvl73]

Pillow Rock on the Upper Gauley ,if anyone has rafted or boated it.

Rafted it! Loved every minute!

 

[1948berg]

Another cool one