TOPIC: Vintage boat show

Newsreel from the 1961 National Boat Show NYC. OMC commisioned 6 proto's for the show.
www.corbismotion.com/wicker/clip/5110138AA5687_013.do

How cool!

The Tomahawk On-Target, the OMC Heli-Bout: looks like it was a good show.

Too cool! I wanna see more!
Wonder where those boats [and bathing beauties] are today!

Is this the Tomahawk On-Target? I could never ID this boat.

Remember, the bathing beauties are all probably 20 years older than our boats.

Yep, the Tomahawk On-Target is the missile/jet shaped boat. Check out the Tomahawk page in the Glassic Library and the Boats in the Belfry webpage. It's still kicking around the midwest somewhere.

Thanx Handy Andy I could picture the boat in my mind but it's been awhile and could not place the name.

I've never found any video, but have scavenged some pics. The 1964-65 NYC World's Fair Johnson Motor Co. did an exhibit.



Construction of marina

Completed

Fuel Dock


Marina


Today

1957 Skagit display


1959 Cris Craft display


Humber Jewel display

where was this marina built? NY?

The Marina for the 64/65 Worlds Fair was at Flushing Bay, NY.

Mr Humber at a 1960 boat show


Humber ads
1961


1969


Norman Boats at show unknown year

The 1956 Evinrude Lark

In the mid-1950s Outboard Marine Corp. (OMC),
manufacturers of the Johnson and Evinrude outboard
motors, premiered a series of concept motors and
watercraft at annual boat shows. Taking their cue from
the auto industry's concept cars of the same period,
OMC pushed the boundaries of the marine marketplace
by offering fantastic and imaginative designs
for boats and outboards. The 1956 Cadillac Sea Lark
boat with the Evinrude Lark outboard was just such a
landmark design.
Custom designed by Brooks Stevens Associates,
the Lark combination featured bucket seats, an aeronautical
looking “tear drop” windshield and ro c k e t - l i k e
tail fins that concealed retractable ski tow lines. The
tips of the fins carried cylindrical taillights very much
à-la-mode for late 1950s automotive styling, which borrowed
heavily from jet airplane imagery. The outboard
had chromed plastic trim angled to imply motion and
speed. Te x t u red grills on the tail fins, chrome plastic
trim in strategic locations and instrument-like dials and
c o n t rols evoked images of precision scientific equipment
and streamlined space hard w a re.
OMC's goal with these “dream boats” was to
make boating as popular and convenient as driving
an automobile through both marketing language and
visual styling. Brooks Stevens, who developed his
design practice and reputation in his extensive work
for the automotive industry, was a perfect candidate
to accomplish these goals. Over time, Stevens
applied his styling skills to the trim, graphics and coloring
of entire fleets of marine outboards for Evinrude,
Johnson, Gale, Buccaneer, Sea Bee, Hiawatha, Royal
and Fleetwing labels
INNOVATION SPRING 2003

CAT*FIN*k wrote:

The 1956 Evinrude Lark

In the mid-1950s Outboard Marine Corp. (OMC),
manufacturers of the Johnson and Evinrude outboard
motors, premiered a series of concept motors and
watercraft at annual boat shows. Taking their cue from
the auto industry's concept cars of the same period,
OMC pushed the boundaries of the marine marketplace
by offering fantastic and imaginative designs
for boats and outboards. The 1956 Cadillac Sea Lark
boat with the Evinrude Lark outboard was just such a
landmark design.
Custom designed by Brooks Stevens Associates,
the Lark combination featured bucket seats, an aeronautical
looking “tear drop” windshield and ro c k e t - l i k e
tail fins that concealed retractable ski tow lines. The
tips of the fins carried cylindrical taillights very much
à-la-mode for late 1950s automotive styling, which borrowed
heavily from jet airplane imagery. The outboard
had chromed plastic trim angled to imply motion and
speed. Te x t u red grills on the tail fins, chrome plastic
trim in strategic locations and instrument-like dials and
c o n t rols evoked images of precision scientific equipment
and streamlined space hard w a re.
OMC's goal with these “dream boats” was to
make boating as popular and convenient as driving
an automobile through both marketing language and
visual styling. Brooks Stevens, who developed his
design practice and reputation in his extensive work
for the automotive industry, was a perfect candidate
to accomplish these goals. Over time, Stevens
applied his styling skills to the trim, graphics and coloring
of entire fleets of marine outboards for Evinrude,
Johnson, Gale, Buccaneer, Sea Bee, Hiawatha, Royal
and Fleetwing labels
INNOVATION SPRING 2003

Great pic. Here's a shot of the one KevFin found a few years back.

Cool! Paint it black and it could have been the Bat Boat.

I've seen pics of KevFins...WOW! Been looking for years in the Cadillac MI area for one. That's one after cleaning I'ld filter, sort, and file the dirt.

A show at a mall


At the corner bakery


If the boats aren't enough to get you to the show

A boat show from across the pond...Monaco 1961







A better pic of the Noeline

Evinrude 40th birthday

Lyman Islander 1940s Miami Boat Show

1949 Boat Show

1950s Boat Show

1957 Tritone NY boat Show

I believe that's a Lyman Islander not a Larson.

Wow! Thanks for posting that video!

The Heli-bout is in my area on display. It was sold in an October 2009 auction and ended up here. I endevor to take photos of it soon.

Some more pics I had saved, samples from Getty Images web site.



He's got the bug


Love the interior look in B&W, wish it was color tho.

Lookin' for their Yellow Sub