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Bass Boat Forums (by boat brand) => Allison Bass Boats Forums => Topic started by: RedAllison on February 18, 2015, 12:57:50 AM
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Well like our boats, we Aowners are a rare bunch... But we're pretty tight! (y) I've owned glass boats since I was a teenager in the 80s but as far as glass bassers, I've been dedicated to Allison since he built me my first one in early 1999. I don't see me changing brands ever again but if I did I reckon it would only be a new BassCat Jaguar. (The older & fatter I get the less speed matters & comfort is ALWAYS important!)
Here's a pick of my first Alli, I named her "Rainy Day Woman I": 1999 XB-2003 "ProSport" Tourney, Mercury Racing ProMax 225 SS. The ONLY thing that wasn't red on her was the motors & the console. With a two man tourney load she'd "fish" @ 93gps. Sometimes I miss that slick babe, ESPECIALLY the sound of that SS motor idling around the ramp before blastoff!
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My 2nd & current Aboat (& likely last hull until I die... or until Darris Allison FINALLY releases the new 23ft basser he's been threatening with for nearly a decade!) is another custom beauty he built for me (the only full red 21 yet to date) my big red headed mistress aka "Rainy Day Woman II", 2008 XB-21 "2+2", Mercury 225 Sport XS, Hbirds 1197Si & 997Si, 80# MinnKota Terrova Ipilot. She "tourney fishes" in the mid-80s.
I simply LOVE this boat! She's a Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Donzi & Chris-Craft all rolled into one 21ft package with carpeted decks. Folks ask me about the proverbial "if you won the lottery, which bassboat would you?" & with the Lords good favor & a river rat wife, I tell them "She's home in the garage!" (yes)
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My "other Aboat" is a ol chunk of coal that I might get the notion to have restored one of these days, been sayin that since I drove out to Amarillo, TX back in 2003. I met a bud out there who lived in Albuquerque, NM who brought it to me after we saved it from being thrown in a desert dump in UT! It's a 1976 Allison R-18. The 18s were extremely rare (we can only track down about 6 or so still on the water today) this one was reported to have weighed "in the 300s" & was circle track raced with twin "towers of power" inline 6 Mercs on it. She's sitn quietly under the tractor shed on my farm.
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Sweet Allisons. If I ever got away from Bullet, I would definitely get an Allison.
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Nice, real nice!
I was surprised you didn't get a red pond boat. Haven't seen you around much (I'm not big on FB and got kicked off the special FB haters page LOL) since you started that beautiful land project.
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My boat: 2010 XB21 2+2
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Those XB's make a guy drool! (yes)
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Love those Allisons!
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Welcome to my broham Duane aka "Gwayne"! (y) Despite drivin a Furd truck, he's a goodun. (giggle)
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Welcome to my broham Duane aka "Gwayne"! (y) Despite drivin a Furd truck, he's a goodun. (giggle)
Ha! The F150 is going to shop later today. Doh!!
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Ha! The F150 is going to shop later today. Doh!!
Wth? (nope) I think you should make the ol lady drive the F150 & you go buy u a new High Country Silverado! (yes) (y) (giggle)
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@RedAllison Welcome to the site! Those are some sweet pics of your boats (y)
I've liked Allison boats since I saw my first pic of one about 20 years ago. Can't believe the speed they get out of them. That's gotta be a heck of a ride (giggle)
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My XB2003....
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WOW!!!! all the Ally guys piled in here at once! o/ o/ o/
Great looking boats guys. (yes) (yes)
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WOW!!!! all the Ally guys piled in here at once! o/ o/ o/
Great looking boats guys. (yes) (yes)
We're like a motorcycle gang or the mob. ;D We run in packs usually. :))
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My XB2003....
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Me & Jeffro met up in Tupelo, MS before daylight one mornin. I jumped in his truck & we rolled for South Carolina to pick up that checkered beyatch (his 1st A-boat). We crossed AL & GA, went into SC, bought the boat, hooked it up, grabbed a bite @ Hooters & then shaggedazz for home. Got turned around & had to backtrack about midnight in Birmingham! He dropped me at my car in Tupelo & it was in the wee hours by then. I drove 2 more hours home to Jackson, TN & don't remember a BIT of it nor how I got home about 24hrs after I'd left it the previous morn! (hmm) (nope) (whew) THAT was a long day but ol Jeffro came out alright & the A-fam was another member stronger! (y)
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@The Cashew Kid Gorgeous boat for sure (y)
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This was my first Allison - 2000 XB2003/225X
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And my second Alli, a 2008 XB21 that I ran with my 225X for about a year (as seen in the pic) then upgraded to a 250XS.
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And my current boat, a 2012 XB21/250XS.
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Sharp-looking boat (y)
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Another of my A-bros, Neal! We bringin da fam 1 @ a time (y)
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Glad to have you all here with us (y) (y)
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Another of my A-bros, Neal! We bringin da fam 1 @ a time (y)
Bring'em all! We anit skeered! Great to have ya'll here. (y)
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What @Jimmy RodandReel said (y)