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[sandman]

quote Slim60:

Sandman; Congrats on the Javelin! And that Torpedo is ‘The Bomb!’ Can’t wait to see it finished.

Me too!!! I ordered and picked up the boat from Aristocraft in Oct. 2013 and it’s been sitting in my garage waiting to be finished. I am getting serious about getting her done. Here is some build pics from Scott Turner at Aristocraft when he was building my Torpedo for those that like boat porn as much as I do.

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[sandman]

A few more of the build of my Torpedo.

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[sandman]

Scott Turner and his dad build them exactly the way the Grandfather did in the 1950’s using original 1950’s jigs and most of the tooling in the shop is from the original factory too. Amazing place to visit. They have a museum on site of a bunch of original 1940’s and 1950’s Aristocraft Boats from the 12′ Typhoon, Matador, up to the big cabin cruiser made by his grandfather Claude Turner. When I went to get my boat, Claude was still alive and had just turned 90. I was hoping to get Claude to autograph my boat for me but he was in poor health. The Aristocraft brand continues on with Claude’s son Bill and his so Scott. Great family and they make beautiful boats. Their boats are works of art that just happen to float.

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[sandman]

They would paint them in any color you wanted and would make custom interior to match.

Aristocraft Museum Pics:

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[sandman]

A few more of Aristocraft’s private collection of boats built in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.

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[49hiawatha]

sandman..after reading the previous postings here and the Aristocrat boat company I went to their online site. Interesting that by post WWII they had 300 employees and shifted to fiberglass about 1957 +-. They turned out 22,000 boats in a year??? How big is their operation now ? Your boat is a true "porn" star deserving of that Javelin..Good luck!

[johnny-infl]

22,000 boats a YEAR ???

that is over 400 a week.
that is still a massive amount of craftsmanship !!! no matter how you slice it.

[pappy]

My Dad was an Aristocraft dealer. The only one in the Florida Keys. Never had any wooden boats, all glass. They were ahead of their time with the sliding hard top.

[mas]

Really Cool Boat! After looking at your pics, I’m confused about the transom….each pic looks like an entirely different transom. Is it the camera angle, trick of the eye, or ????

Happy boating,

Mart

[sandman]

Transom just looks different in pics. The Torpedo requires a long shaft motor.

Aristocraft is only 2 people now. Claude Turner’s son Bill and Bill’ son Scott are the entire workforce. They restore old Aristocrafts when customers bring them in. He said they maybe build about 12-14 new boats per year. The grandfather retired in the very early 80’s I think they told me and they brought back the brand shortly after. They still make the cast aluminum parts using old techniques of sand casting. Great thing is you can get many parts for the old boats still.

The sliding tops on the 19teen Fiberglass models was pretty cool. Out behind one of their buildings, they still have an original plug used to make the 19teen model. Lots of history around their facilities.

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