Parker Strip mid 70's

[cola]

Found a couple pic's from the old days.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268scan0009.jpg
FI in the old days
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268scan0010.jpg
Is that RD at the bar.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268scan0011.jpg
Is this Allen (boatcop) in his younger days
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268scan0012.jpg
Who needs a trailer.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268scan0013.jpg

[casean]

Cool pics :cool: Thanks for sharing.

[JB in so cal]

Check out the Cop Boat (Boat Cop??) in the 3rd pic down on the right, beached - just make out lights and the decals...

[cola]

I think they ran Campbell's back then. You can see it says County Sheriff on the side.

[JB in so cal]

Old School OMC drive with it's 80 degree tilt angle; it only tilted up or down - the trim was a screw drive mounted to the front of the engine;would move it a degree or 2 - THE WHOLE MOTOR! :messedup:

[cola]

Old School OMC drive with it's 80 degree tilt angle; it only tilted up or down - the trim was a screw drive mounted to the front of the engine;would move it a degree or 2 - THE WHOLE MOTOR! :messedup:
Is the same drive Eliminator still uses today. :cool:

[4-B]

Love the bathing suits. Do you think that style could make a come-back.

[4-B]

Love the bathing suits. Do you think that style could make a come-back. :shift:

[cola]

Love the bathing suits. Do you think that style could make a come-back. :shift:
I don't think so. I wore cutoff Levis back then. :D

[JB in so cal]

OP's. Square Pocket, cords.

[WaTchTheGelCoat]

See, it got choppy out there back then too. Cant blame it all on the wakeboard boats. :D

[fourspeednup]

Great pics...I love seeing and hearing about what it used to be like out there :smile:
<-------way before my time :rolleyes:

[MAINEVENT]

I dont think i was a twinkle in my fathers eye then but those are some sweet pix :D

[Eliminator 4 Life]

I dont think i was a twinkle in my fathers eye then but those are some sweet pix :D
I second that :D

[callbob4homes]

some day, and I have said this for many some days, I will go through all my old pics and see if I have any left from the family boat drags at Bluewater. Late 70's towed up from Yuma to play. Had a buddy with a red metalflake tunnel, can't remember the make, had a merc whacker on the back. When he would go, the rescue boats would go ahead and start up. This thing was out of the water most of the time. Insane to watch. Might have been a Sterling hull, does that sound right to anybody? :supp:

[GHTRIM]

OP's. Square Pocket, cords.
I know a guy who still wears the off white ones. Of course you next question is... Is he a complete F? Well, yes he is.... and no its not me. :D :D :D

[rvrpig]

sweet pics...

[Boatcop]

The (Yuma) Sheriff boat was a Biesmeyer Whaler.
And no, that's not me. Back in those days I was wearing {Coast Guard) Blue, not the SO Tan.
The Deputy there looks remarkably similar to our current (Elected) Sheriff. He was running the boat back then.
I'll have to print out copies of the pictures and ask him if he remembers it.

[mbrown2]

See, it got choppy out there back then too. Cant blame it all on the wakeboard boats. :D
LMAO....true dat...

[mbrown2]

Sweet pics....Long hair running strong.

[coolchange]

some day, and I have said this for many some days, I will go through all my old pics and see if I have any left from the family boat drags at Bluewater. Late 70's towed up from Yuma to play. Had a buddy with a red metalflake tunnel, can't remember the make, had a merc whacker on the back. When he would go, the rescue boats would go ahead and start up. This thing was out of the water most of the time. Insane to watch. Might have been a Sterling hull, does that sound right to anybody? :supp:
Go out, make the loop, pair and go! Float til your flites done and put it back on the trailer. I used to do Gene Palmers deal. UBR

[callbob4homes]

That was it, float out there in the current until they waved you back. lol
Boatcop, when YCSO first started patrolling down in Yuma they had a Datsun jet boat I recall. Don't remember how long that lasted. Not very fast, but the radio was. lol
Bad part about the early drags at Bluewater, not much safety patrol at the time. We used to get free entry to keep the top end closed off, but that didn't always work real well with shall we say, overindulged boaters? Also saw a few wrecks that proved fatal probably because lack of qualified rescue. Kind of like run whatcha brung, and hope you brung enough.

[coolchange]

Forgot about the "free" entry. Don't know any one that ever did that twice!

[franky]

COLA,
Nice pictures man. Thanks for the post. My college days.........

[Debbolas]

Really cool pics..............was it usuall for the boats to sink like that?
(not being a smart ass, I really just don't know)

[shadow]

Really cool pics..............was it usuall for the boats to sink like that?
(not being a smart ass, I really just don't know)
Usuual for boats to sink like that?Back then?
Shit go to Parker on any Holiday/Busy weekend and a good chance you will see atleast one boat sink.Not uncommon to see 2 boats sink in a weekend.

[mmered8299]

No lake lice! How great is that?

[cola]

No lake lice! How great is that?
This is about when the lake lice started. I remember someone bringing one out from the factory & letting almost anyone ride it. We always stayed at Big Bend. My brother-inlaw had a Black Eliminator with a Keith Black 427ci. V-drive. We almost sunk it every time it went out. The river was always packed until they started rationing gas & you could only buy it on odd or even days depending on your license plate number. Back when helmets, seatbelts, child car seats & riding in the back of the truck all the way to the river was your choice. :cool:
Late, Mike

[Dan Lorenze]

I love to see old pics of the river.... Thanks for sharing..

[Her454]

Late 70's towed up from Yuma to play. Had a buddy with a red metalflake tunnel, can't remember the make, had a merc whacker on the back. When he would go, the rescue boats would go ahead and start up.
I remember those days :jawdrop: We used to tow up from Yuma also, to Parker, and then to Havasu when the bridge was being built. Have lots of old pics of that also.
Really cool pics..............was it usuall for the boats to sink like that?
(not being a smart ass, I really just don't know)
Actually I think it was abnormal for there NOT to be a sinking. There is a really cool article in Hot Boat Magazine (yes there is a magazine) about a boat sinking on its Maiden voyage out there, was the King of the water back in its day, it sank in the 70's....they found it in the 80's by accident and it was in pretty damn good shape. The original owners never could find it. Stuck transom down, in the mud - for all that time. One of my favorite articles ever......
Thanks for the pics!

[MudPumper]

You know what's funny........NONE of the people in those pictures seem to be complaining about how loud those over the transom headers are. :jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop: :D Damn if only the river was still like that, except for the long hair and the bathing suits. LMAO :D

[Krazy K]

1976 first time driving the boat
http://tinypic.com/4gfzi8
Camped out at 3 Dunes (Dad's friends) 1978
http://tinypic.com/4gfzow
Kid's Fashion circa 1979 (that's me on the ground)
http://tinypic.com/4gfzur
Who remembers the Flood of 1983?
http://tinypic.com/4gg0bc
The start of the 1980 Parker Enduro
http://tinypic.com/4gg0g7
Remember the Waterslides up by the Dam?
http://tinypic.com/4gg0hx

[WaTchTheGelCoat]

Great pics K, thanks for sharing Dude!

[Krazy K]

no Problemo! I sure miss the river, but since about 1995, it has been getting really bad. Me and my dad went out over Spring Break 1998 to do some fishing and I was surprised at how many people were not out there! That was the last time I was out there as I moved up here in July 1998.

[76BARRON]

I think they ran Campbell's back then. You can see it says County Sheriff on the side.
If I remember right ,Just about that time I think they had a new Spectra on the river that was red and white ?

[missboatnam1]

AWSOME PICS!!! thanks so much for sharing.....i dont reamber the slides, but i reamber attaching inner-tubes with a bunch of peeps and floating all the way down the river with a ice chest attached, and not being worried about getting hit by a boats!!! now i see someone doing thats and i think they are going to get ran over!! :jawdrop:

[Krazy K]

AWSOME PICS!!! thanks so much for sharing.....i dont reamber the slides, but i reamber attaching inner-tubes with a bunch of peeps and floating all the way down the river with a ice chest attached, and not being worried about getting hit by a boats!!! now i see someone doing thats and i think they are going to get ran over!! :jawdrop:
I knew a few people who did that! I always wanted to but never did. Farthest up I ever went was to the top end of the long stretch before Sundance.

[cola]

The float was a all day trip. 5 gal Igloo with cheep vodka & grapefruit juice. And bongs had nothing to do with beer. Scissors were to cut off the legs on your Levis not your ponytail.:cool:
Late, Mike

[bigkatboat]

The 'rough water' is the large rocks on the bottom there. We would start at the bottom of Red Rock and race up to the pole at Fox's (almost a 1/4 mile). Durring shut down you had about 4 boat lengths of good water before you hit the 'rough stuff'. Every Saturday around 4 PM. That original dock was a great place to "ski off of" back when "skiing was cool". Lot's of 'dynomite!' 19 and 20 year old (legal) "chicks" back then, well on the AZ. side. Was that a Sanger hydro that swamped? I remember back in 1975 at Fox's, a boat named "Sanger-Bang'r" (flat) lost an 'ear' and split the boat in half and the driver got hurt, right there in front of everyone. Also a friend (and customer) barefoot skied behind an airplane and a flat boat for the TV show, "You asked for it" His name is the same as 'Info's' He made a poster of his 'footin', almost as famous as the "ups and downs" poster. Yes, I do you think the 'long hair' made the boats more quiet.

[mbrown2]

Sweet pics Krazy K....maybe Tyson Ross will scan some of his dads....his place in Moonridge has a lot of old pics....gates open during 83, and Moonridge underwater in 83....old school stuff.

[bigkatboat]

All of the Parker strip 'took a swim' in 1983? I thought it was 1986? 6 1/2' over flood stage.

[mbrown2]

All of the Parker strip 'took a swim' in 1983? I thought it was 1986? 6 1/2' over flood stage.
I meant 83....

[WILDERTHANU]

We had just gotten our new place @ parker when those floods hit.... I was two...lol. I have a pic in our cruiser up @ the dam with all the gates open and commin at ya.

[Beautiful Noise]

We where at Parker in "83" staying at Emerald Cove most of the camp grounds were already closed due to the flooding,We where told by the Sheriff's if we didnt get off the River we were going to be Fined so we packed up and moved up to Black Meadows on Havasu for the rest of the week.I have Pic's if I ever dig them out.

[WILDERTHANU]

Damn seeing this brings back when I was a little shit. Our place is just up from where this pic was takin. Awesome to see the first boats comming down that strech. I remember that green and white tunnel with the big jaguar in it dominating 1986 I think it was. Man I miss those days...
http://tinypic.com/4gg0g7

[mbrown2]

I remember 83 when our dad took us out to the see the gates open and to see the flooding...in fact we went down one of the private strees (Sunset Lane) to get a closer peak at the waters edge and to see how it had gotten in garages....funny thing my wife and I purchased a house on that street some 18 yrs later...

[RiverRatMike]

now those are some classic parker strip photos. I have a few to share.
The river house being built. July 1967
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4463riverhouse.jpg
My father and grandfather on the dock at the river house. Water must have been down.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/44630a.jpg
My grandfather and house helper builder 1964
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4463lastscan15.jpg

[Rexone]

AWSOME PICS!!! thanks so much for sharing.....i dont reamber the slides, but i reamber attaching inner-tubes with a bunch of peeps and floating all the way down the river with a ice chest attached, and not being worried about getting hit by a boats!!! now i see someone doing thats and i think they are going to get ran over!! :jawdrop:
Used to do that all the time. I pretty much lived at Parker in the summers during the 70's. Float from the dam down to the Californian (now a memory). There were no 30ft cats to worry about nor any PWC's other than a few early jet skis. A big boat was a 24 and 21's were just getting popular.
Remember when the Rock Palace and Buckskin and the Keys were brand new. And Bluewater... well wasn't like it is now :frown: For the most part I like what the river was then and less what it's become now. But that's progress. :hammerhea

[SDLifesaver]

Awesome pics everyone, thanks for sharing. Sometimes I wish I was less of a surfer and more of a young river rat because I didn't get to see any of the stuff you guys are sharing. I guess I will have to share with my kids what your parents shared with you. More pics. Nick

[Slick]

Damn seeing this brings back when I was a little shit. Our place is just up from where this pic was takin. Awesome to see the first boats comming down that strech. I remember that green and white tunnel with the big jaguar in it dominating 1986 I think it was. Man I miss those days...
http://tinypic.com/4gg0g7
I remember that boat very well. We used to stay at Windmill on the CA side. There was nothing like 20+ boats screamin towards you after they did the start at LaPaz. That was awesome.
The boat I rember dominating that time was the orange "Arcadian" capsul.

[roostwear]

I have a ton of pics of Parker in the late 70s, early 80s but I only have negatives. Antone know a place that can get prints made from 126 negatives in OC?

[RiverRatMike]

would love to see those

[missboatnam1]

me too!!

[mike37]

my dads old place across from badnock I think
about 1967
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/253riverhouse.jpg

[mike37]

I think tis is by big bend
late 50's erly 60's the boat is the first one my bad built
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/253bigbend.gif

[mike37]

the house with the blue trim is my dads old house how it looks now
and the one to the right is the firs house he built
wish we still had it but it on Indian land so my dad baild
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/253Dsc00878.jpg

[goneboatin]

I used to go to Parker with my cousins in the 70's, my uncle had a Green and white 21' Campbell with big block Olds and a velvet drive. I can remember on numerous times seeing interior pieces floating down the river then see the bow of the boat sticking out of the water a couple hundred of feet behind them. Back then you could ski all day long on mostly flat water, and Bluewater just had those concrete garage / cabana thingys and concrete grandstands built into the side of the hill.
Those days are gone.

[dmontzsta]

I have a ton of pics of Parker in the late 70s, early 80s but I only have negatives. Antone know a place that can get prints made from 126 negatives in OC?
Hey Mike, it might be easier to scan the negatives and have them on your computer. Let me know if you are interested, I might be able to help.
This pics are awesome, I love looking at my parents pictures, it seems like the good ole days. I can imagine what the gas prices were back then. :(

[roostwear]

I'd actually prefer them scanned, but my scanner won't do negatives. The down side is, my ex-wife is in a lot of the pics, but there are quite a few (as I remember) from Bluewater, Sundance, and Buckskin. I'd like to see them again to remember what it looked like WITHOUT a casino. Anyone remember the pool tables at the bar at Bluewater Marina? I may even have a few Parker 400 shots in there (used to race desert when I was younger).

[Miss BK]

Originally Posted by WILDERTHANU
Damn seeing this brings back when I was a little shit. Our place is just up from where this pic was takin. Awesome to see the first boats comming down that strech. I remember that green and white tunnel with the big jaguar in it dominating 1986 I think it was. Man I miss those days...
I remember that boat very well. We used to stay at Windmill on the CA side. There was nothing like 20+ boats screamin towards you after they did the start at LaPaz. That was awesome.
The boat I rember dominating that time was the orange "Arcadian" capsul.
I really miss those days too....
Here's the Jag with Mitch Lembke driving..

[Miss BK]

Well, darn. I tried to upload and I keep being told "Not a valid file extension".
I've tried jpg, jpeg, and gif. None work. Any help??
Also -- I had a bunch of color slides from 1970 too. What I did was bought one of those small, lighted slide viewers, then took a pic of the screen! You won't believe it but it worked really great!
Here's one of those pictures, taken by a digitial cam through a slide viewer:
(hope this one works!)

[Miss BK]

Dangit. Same error message. :messedup:

[Miss BK]

The picture of my slide (taken through a slide viewer) was posted on another website, so I brought it over here. Looks pretty good, no?
http://www.hydrostream.org/GuestPix/Switzer70.jpg

[topless]

Those pictures are great.....Thaks for sharing. :)

[WILDERTHANU]

Anyone remember the pool tables at the bar at Bluewater Marina?
LOL, Oh ya we ate there ALL THE TIME! ! When my Dad used to race @ Bluewater thats were they did the Trophy presentation.

[Krazy K]

Here's a couple pics from when my dad and his buddies from the Pasadena Police Dept. went out and camped at Bluewater.
Dad's first boat
http://tinypic.com/4hqzwy
Dig my Dad's highwaters!!
http://tinypic.com/4hr1ax
Dad just about to crack open a beer!
http://tinypic.com/4hr1w6
Dad just about ready for a ski ride!
http://tinypic.com/4hr1n8