ss201 you won't believe it!

[courier express]

bill burgess this should interest you.I believe it is your ss 201 schiada 427 L88.I have owned it for 16 yrs .

[SS 201]

Thats my baby, thanks so much still looks beautiful. Where are you located?

[courier express]

I live in Niagara Falls, Canada .Still has the 427 L88 in it rebuilt with more gofast parts .I have all the original parts from when i purchased it 16 yrs ago. Turns heads everywhere i go ,planning on putting it back to it's original race form some day.

Mark

[SS 201]

Hi again,
Fancy that, oh by the way the boat also was Eastern Divisional Champion first time in the water. The last race was at New Martinsville, VA. broke a valve the day before we tested at Schroeders in Wheatfield the night before the boat ran 117 MPH. We would have had the worlds record then and still, however
That boat was built special for me by Len himself and was blueprinted for a record. It is I see still well kept so glad To see it again. I maybe up this fall to the Buffalo Launch Club regatta. I bought my first boat back a 1931 Chris Craft powere by a 460 Ford, that boat broke around Grand Island in 1963, averaged 73 Mph. Keep in touch

wburgess@ymail.com

[courier express]

Hi Bill, When you ran 117mph what prop and gears did you run ? Was the v drive a hallcraft ? Whom did you sell it to?
mark

[SS 201]

I ran 18 gears, 11 1/4 x 16 AT 7000 rpm. I still have one of my 2 blades. Yes it had a Hallcraft gear box

[SS 201]

I sold it to prop mann in Orilla, Canada, He passed about three or four years ago.

[courier express]

I bought the boat from bob collins in orillia in '94 .I used the boat for 2 yrs then took it apart . I turned the motor around and made new brackets, motor mounts ,fuel tanks ,new seats,did the stringers in black etc. At the time i was a machinist for Rolls Royce steam turbine division the guys at work used to call me Rolls Royce's marine division ,because I would spend more time making boat parts than turbine parts.Then I lost interest in it and it sat in my garage for 10 yrs .Meanwhile I purchased a 30 Scarab and was into offshore boats and still am .In the 16 yrs I've owned it I might have used it 10 times .If you come to Buffalo for that regatta come see her take it for a spin I will put the original numbers and name back on.All this time I thought the boat's name was "courier express" like it says on the inscriptions.

[SS 201]

Thanks for the info here I was looking to buy it back for many years.I am glad you have taken care of it, I hope to Meet you someday maybe take the old girl for a ride. Do you have email address?

[courier express]

mstephens000@hotmail.com