Vintage Hatteras Factory pics

[rsmith]

We went to the plant twice in the 60's not sure when these pics were from.

 

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http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums...3-9E9A-4963-9F79-FF62EBDEA58D_zpsgyyeodvi.jpg

 

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This is the 74 Hatt trawler we passed in Lauderdale on the way out testing out the Strikers

 

[rsmith]

This was the Striker dealer in FT Lauderdale. I think that's a 19 donzi Hornet in the foreground. My Dad and I drove past the dealer and made a screaming u turn back. They were the coolest looking boats in the day. We test ran two of them offshore. Worst riding boats I've ever been on. Floating beer cans dosent even begin to describe the ponderous handling. We went home and sunk the money into repowering our 34 Hatt

 

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This was our 19' Old Town skiff. We had a house on the Jersey shore with 4 boat slips. We had this and the 34. I ran the crap out of the skiff when I was a kid.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Very cool. Love the cars too. Sad to think that that Mustang would be worth more today than any of those old Hatts.

 

[dottieshusband]

The newest car I see is a 1967 Pontiac... So my vote is the pics are from 67.. Great pics!

 

[dottieshusband]

Actually I think I see a 68 LeMans on the end of the row with the Mustang.. So 68

 

[Walter P]

Great Pictures..... Thanks for posting them.

Walt

 

[johnjen50]

Wow, thanks for posting. That 67 Pontiac was our family's car. Great car. Had it for 20 years before the frame cracked, so much salt on the roads up here in NE in the winter. Well made, with a 400 engine, but only a 2 barrel carb. I really wanted to throw a 4 barrel on there when I was 13, but my folks wouldn't let me!

 

[rsmith]

Sorry about the quality of the pics. I had an instamatic camera with no flash. My dad tool pics inside the plant with his camera but he always took slides and I haven't come across them yet.