My creator, William Budych Sr., also is well known for building the Water Safety Patrol Boat #1 with the assistance of Duane (Dude) Assman. I am grateful that my owners, all Geneva Lakefront families, have taken great care and maintained me above and beyond the usual for the last 51 years. excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail. decided it was time to build one of his own and the production of me started, in his mother's garage for a personal boat of his own during his free time. Due to these changes the builds that came after handled and performed well. decided to remove some of the chine, run out the stern. His responsibilities included tank testing the models at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, patterning and fabrication all the patterns for the hulls structure also, overseeing the production process. was responsible for the production of the 22ft. My builder, William Budych Sr., was a well known mechanical engineer and boat builder. I was conceived in 1960 and born in 1962. The boat is used quite regularly on Lake Michigan and nearby lakes and is taken care by Lars Bergersen up in Lake Geneva area. It has various marine components which make it "marinized." It has a single four barrel Carter carburetor and just earlier this year was converted over to electronic ignition. While the Chrysler Marine division made both 331 and 354 Hemis as ground-up marine engines, this auto engine was originally made for the 1957 Chrysler New Yorker and is the 392 Hemi. The engine is not original to the boat and was put in this boat in the early 1990s. I was finally able to put in the water in August 2014. The boat has sat for seven years unused and so I repainted the bottom and had two professional shops perform engine work (new intake and exhaust manifolds, new v-drive transmission due to a crack in the old one) and for the boat: complete re-wire, new gauges, fuel tank cleaning and new fuel lines and repainting the bilge. I acquired this boat in 2013 after four years of research from the Muskoka lake region north of Toronto. While less known here in the US, their boats are well respected due to their styling, tough build and high freeboard making them good for choppy water. Shepherd was a Canadian manufacturer from the 1930s to 1960s of mostly wooden boats and a few fiberglass boats located near Niagara Falls. She prefers a leisurely stroll so on lookers and get a good view of her sexy curves.ġ956 Shepherd V-Drive Runabout - 'Hound Dog' Her top speed is 18 mph, but she does not like speed. The Brazilian Cherry deck replaced the original cedar deck and the roof top Cleopatra’s Chair is a whimsical add on. She is fully original, with two exceptions. Her top side is mahogany, but her white hull sides and double planked bottom are cedar. Since her arrival, she has been twice restored. The present owner hauled her over the Rocky Mountains. Her prior owner was a scoundrel real estate developer who had to sell her fast and cheap on his way out of town before the Federal indictment got served. Before then, she was docked in a harbor in Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. For the last 20 years her home port has been Lake Monona. She is powered by her original six cylinder engine that still runs as smooth as a sewing machine. She is a 28 foot Chris Craft Express Cruiser build in 1946. She is older than her proud owner, but in much better condition. This year Sentimental Lady celebrates her 70th birthday. 1946 Chris Craft Deluxe Express Cruiser - 'Sentimental Lady'
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