Idaho ... I grew up in our family-owned marina. The Volvo-Penta I/O's were what the high-end "Rich people" new boats had. We didn't sell any of those. We were lowly OMC/Johnson dealers. The *really* rich or high end folks, of course, had pre-World War Two Chris-Crafts with Gray Marine straight 8's. Our family business had a good reputation for caring for/restoring those classic Chris-Crafts. We usually did 2 or 3 every winter. I wish I had pictures ... But here's a couple of shots of where I grew up. Lake Memphremagog. Georgeville, Quebec.
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That is interesting ,,Quite the thing growing up around a boat business..Phots tells a lot about a place.. I grew up around Salmon fishermen on the Lower Columbia River at a littel place called Mayger Oregon .. I still have a nephew who has drift rights on the river ,,it was in about the year of 1967 or so that the father in law changed over to the Volvo motor in his boat.. I think he maybe had a chevy 2 engine before that or a friend of his did.. Funny thinking about the car motors by name were also made for boats , First he bought a Sea King made by Mongomery Wards and it had two out board motors on it.. again the wife and went out of Garibaldi Oregon fishing in the Pacfic .. on the way back he missed a buoy marker and all of a sudden I was thrown out of the boat and when I stopped I was sitting up ,,,,and couldn't understand for a minute how that could be as were in the ocean ,, he hit a sand bar and broke both shear pins in the two motors
