Tom Brown
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Back when I was running CarlsonSpeed.com, a guy wandered into the forum and mentioned he was going to restore a CVX-20. We got that a lot. He didn't make much fuss about having big ideas and he didn't ask questions. Odd.
It turned out, he was a friend of Art Carlson. Art told him that he thought it would be really great to do up a CVX-20 in the modern style and bring it into the contemporary fold. That is precisely what Bruce did and he did a superb job.
Of slight interest, that is exactly what I did with my boat and I suspect for the very same reason, although not with the same level of taste and style that Bruce achieved. Ditch the cream in favor of the white. Cream was merely the whitest gel coat available in the 1970s. Ditch the orange/brown/green 70s interiors for white upholstery and modern colors. I understand my project was somewhat inspirational to Bruce's project.
Bruce's boat is featured in the first 1:15 of this video.
[video=youtube;7XG3a0oQQjI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XG3a0oQQjI[/video]
Bruce achieved something great, before he passed away. I had the chance to meet him in person a few weeks before he passed. He was a really dignified guy.
Interestingly, I think the boat is for sale. A different place, different time, I would own it but mostly because my friend owned it and I followed the history of it.
Bruce had Art Carlson contact me about my boat. I was excited about it, thinking we could talk setup and I wanted to run an idea for strake modifications by him. Instead, he repeated the same line about four times and then ditched the call, "Tell me you will take the 260 off of that boat."
I dare say, Art Carlson made it apparent he did not approve of the 260/CVX-16 combo.
It turned out, he was a friend of Art Carlson. Art told him that he thought it would be really great to do up a CVX-20 in the modern style and bring it into the contemporary fold. That is precisely what Bruce did and he did a superb job.
Of slight interest, that is exactly what I did with my boat and I suspect for the very same reason, although not with the same level of taste and style that Bruce achieved. Ditch the cream in favor of the white. Cream was merely the whitest gel coat available in the 1970s. Ditch the orange/brown/green 70s interiors for white upholstery and modern colors. I understand my project was somewhat inspirational to Bruce's project.
Bruce's boat is featured in the first 1:15 of this video.
[video=youtube;7XG3a0oQQjI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XG3a0oQQjI[/video]
Bruce achieved something great, before he passed away. I had the chance to meet him in person a few weeks before he passed. He was a really dignified guy.
Interestingly, I think the boat is for sale. A different place, different time, I would own it but mostly because my friend owned it and I followed the history of it.
Bruce had Art Carlson contact me about my boat. I was excited about it, thinking we could talk setup and I wanted to run an idea for strake modifications by him. Instead, he repeated the same line about four times and then ditched the call, "Tell me you will take the 260 off of that boat."
I dare say, Art Carlson made it apparent he did not approve of the 260/CVX-16 combo.
good times. :thumbup:
