
possible Glen L Tornado
Moderator: Bill Edmundson
possible Glen L Tornado
found this on facebook. Looks like a tornado with a slight modified deck. Reguardless its a beauty of a boat. There is another pic of it that clearly shows the frames and battens on the inside of the hull. So its definately a woody. cheers.


Re: possible Glen L Tornado
To me it looks like a piece of furniture with a big ass motor!!
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Re: possible Glen L Tornado
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Re: possible Glen L Tornado
It has the same general lines, for certain. It may be a trick of light refraction in the water, but it appears to me to have some vee in the bottom at the transom, judging by the apparent angle of the cavitation plates to each other. If this is so, it is either modified on the bottom, as well, or is not a Tornado. That design has only about 2 degrees of vee at the transom - virtually invisible without a straight-edge.
In any case this is a really sharp boat... a blend of nostalgia from two eras in boating.
In any case this is a really sharp boat... a blend of nostalgia from two eras in boating.
Paul Miller in Memphis, TN
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well if it does have a V then I would suspect its a Rampage with a modified deck. I'll find the pic of the inside. I'm pretty sure it was a flat but I've been wrong before...just ask my ex's
Re: possible Glen L Tornado
Paul, I think you are right that it has a V here is a pic of the inside and the frames look too V'd to me to be from a Tornado especially that far back in the hull. They are pretty flat back there in a tornado. This one must be a Rampage. Good eye.v-driver wrote:It has the same general lines, for certain. It may be a trick of light refraction in the water, but it appears to me to have some vee in the bottom at the transom, judging by the apparent angle of the cavitation plates to each other. If this is so, it is either modified on the bottom, as well, or is not a Tornado. That design has only about 2 degrees of vee at the transom - virtually invisible without a straight-edge.
In any case this is a really sharp boat... a blend of nostalgia from two eras in boating.

Re: possible Glen L Tornado
if you just turn the placard a little...




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I guess that settles the question. I love to see these Glen-L designs wherever and whatever they are! Thanks for sharing the pics, Nova.
Paul Miller in Memphis, TN
"Yeah, I had lunch with him last week at the Cracker Barrel out on I-40."
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Thanks Billy, as Paul said that settled it. 
I LOVE these Glen L hotboats!


I LOVE these Glen L hotboats!


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I think I may have found my next boat!!
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Built Zip "Oliver IV", Super Spartan "Jimmy 70", and Torpedo "The Glen L".
Built Zip "Oliver IV", Super Spartan "Jimmy 70", and Torpedo "The Glen L".