[Acro]

2000 Thunderbird Formula 31PC, Top Speed 52 MPH, Meticulously maintained, Fresh water use only, Twin 7.4 Magnum MPI Engines (325 HP each), Bravo III with Stainless Steel Props, Loaded with Options:, Fire suppression system, Generator, 5 Batteries (2 cranking, 2 house, 1 gen), Air Conditioning & Heat, Windlass (150 of chain), Custom Sound System (Rockford Fosgate), AM/FM/CD/Aux/MP3/Sirius, 26 Flat Panel TV w/ built in DVD and Digital Antenna, Radar, GPS and Compass, Full Galley (Stove never used), Full Camper Canvas Pkg (New 2014), Must see to appreciate. Check out the gloss in the hull Asking $79900, Located in NISKAYUNA NE 12309, Contact Charlie at 518-848-4430 for more information.

[snowball]

Category High Performance Boats

[Sammy T]

Category Express Cruiser Boats [links]

[dishwara]

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[jef.blanc]

[lfm]

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[JosephT.Holt]

Hello everyone and thank you for viewing my thread.
I'm somewhat new to the boating scene, but have been around boats most of my life. I'm looking to purchase my first boat and I'm looking for something older but built fairly well. The boat I am currently looking to buy is a 1975 formula thunderbird f-20. I would like to know thoughts on this boat boat and any expirences if you all have had any. I will post pictures later. Again, all I'm wanting to know is any thoughts or expirences (problems and such). Motor, transom, and interior can all be changed over time to my preference.

[wikarus]

I had a 77 F-18 for 9 years. The 20 is almost the exact boat just 24" longer. Very solid great riding and performing boat. your boat needs 300 horsepower to run 60. easily achieved with a small block chevy with an average build up.

[AstroBloom18x]

Have a 1974 Signa Formula which was my first boat. Planned on converting it to a sport model vs.the walk around engine hatch current set up. Stripped it out for a complete restore and it is in great shape. Have two new bucket seats from Formula, cost $500.It also has a 1996 Caulkins trailer in great shape however it will need tires for traveling. The hull is solid, no dry rot and the glass is thick. boat rides like a dream. [links]

[beking168]

2016 marked the celebration of Indiana’s 200th birthday. Vic was honored for his community involvement and contributions and was asked to participate in the monumental event. He was chosen to be a torchbearer for the Indiana Bicentenial Torch Relay, was held from September 9 through October 15. 2,200 torchbearers represented all 92 Indiana counties. Vic carried the torch by boat for 1/3 mile through Decatur.

[yebyen]

In 1958, Vic started a boat company, Duo, Inc., to manufacture fiberglass boats in his converted ice cream plant with three employees. His first model, the Volare, was a catamaran equipped with two outboard motors. In 1959, the hundredth boat was built, and the Hepcat, a trimaran, was introduced. Vic was President, and also doubled as Sales Manager. The following three years, Vic developed the Catfish and monohull runabout design X-Series and F-Series boats. By 1962, Duo Inc. was booming. Vic now had 30 employees who built 20 boats per week. Business continued to expand in a new 18,000-square-foot facility with plans to double capacity. In 1962, Vic developed a V-hull boat series for a better ride. 1964 marked Vic’s first million-dollar year, and in 1965 the plant grew to 100,000 square feet and employed 185 people. 1966 was a whirlwind year — Vic traveled nonstop for a month, visiting 21 cities and numerous dealers to promote and sell his product. Duo, Inc. caught the eye of Starcraft Corporation, a larger, regional boat company, and in 1966 Vic sold Duo, remaining for a time as President. Vic’s entrepreneurial urge surfaced again, and he decided to captain a new ship in 1970. here

[AHZ]

Vic Porter once again exercised his entrepreneurial spirit in 1970 and, along with five business associates, founded the Signa Corporation. This venture resulted in a quality line of tri-hull boats manufactured in Decatur and marketed throughout the Midwest and East. With Porter as President, Signa’s growing success attracted the attention of Fuqua Industries. Fuqua’s offer to buy Signa was accepted in 1973 and, based on his expertise in the boating industry, Porter was named President of Fuqua’s entire small-boat division. At that time there was also a manufacturing facility in Paso Robles, California.

[Calvin870894]

Over the years, Vic Porter’s service and entrepreneurial spirit gained recognition. In 1964, Vic received the Outstanding Young Businessman Award from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and in 1990, Vic was a finalist for the Indiana Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was that year’s recipient of the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award, recognizing his outstanding involvement and contributions in his community and state. In 1994, the Board of Directors of Woodcrest chose the Porter name for the auditorium there, and in 1997, Vic was awarded the Stephen Decatur Community Service Award. In 2000, Thunderbird earned the Large Business of the Year Award. In 2012, Vic was inducted into Junior Achievement’s Greater Fort Wayne Business Hall of Fame. [links]

[claw]

In 1958, Vic Porter began building small fiberglass runabouts, enjoying success largely in the Midwest and Northeast. This boat line was developed early in marine fiberglass technology, and with Porter as President, was marketed under the Duo, Incorporated name. Because of its timely product and increasing popularity, Starcraft, a larger regional boat manufacturer, purchased Duo in 1966. For a time, Porter stayed on as president of Duo.

[sidd]

Formulas were manufactured in California through 1981. In March of 1988, Thunderbird/Formula also departed South Florida and consolidated corporate and production headquarters in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility in Decatur, Indiana. Formula continued to grow and evolve in the 345,000 square-foot plant, and, in September 2000, production capacity was expanded with a 143,500 square-foot addition. And again in 2006, Formula expanded with an 85,000 square-foot addition. Corporate, sales and production are all under one roof in a 575,000 square foot facility, ensuring ongoing collaboration in creating each boat. From facility additions to the development of new boat lines, Sun Sports in 1994, FAS³TECHs in 1997, Super Sports in 1999, Yachts in 2002, and Crossovers in 2012. Formula has led with imagination and integrity as today’s premier powerboat.