by Hippie459MN » Sep 15, 2019 1:23 pm
If you are referring to the newer Venoms, post Howard Pipkorn, there isnt really a whole lot of info and what is out there is kind of all over the place. Chubb Bryant, the owner of Stroker Bass Boats has owned (for the most part) the Hydrostream name and been building them for a good while now, but not consistently. He was building them in a shop in TN for a while, then he farmed out all his builds to a few others a long the way. There was a guy at PK Marine or something in GA building them for Chubb for a while and he went belly up and ripped a bunch of customers off, then Chubb decided to move operations to his Stroker facility in TN (I think it was in TN, dont quote me on that) and was going to oversee building Hydrostreams again himself and that was years ago and not one boat has been built since. Unlike the Howard Pipkorn era (the 60's until the close of the shop in 1991), not much happened with Hydrostream. I dont even remember when Howard passed on the rights to use the name but it wasnt right away. As of now, Chubb still has the name but Im pretty certain he will never build another Hydrostream. The guy is way past retirement age too so who knows what will eventually happen.
As for the older Venoms during the Pipkorn years, only two were built if I remember right, for racing and never made it to production.
If you are referring to the newer Venoms, post Howard Pipkorn, there isnt really a whole lot of info and what is out there is kind of all over the place. Chubb Bryant, the owner of Stroker Bass Boats has owned (for the most part) the Hydrostream name and been building them for a good while now, but not consistently. He was building them in a shop in TN for a while, then he farmed out all his builds to a few others a long the way. There was a guy at PK Marine or something in GA building them for Chubb for a while and he went belly up and ripped a bunch of customers off, then Chubb decided to move operations to his Stroker facility in TN (I think it was in TN, dont quote me on that) and was going to oversee building Hydrostreams again himself and that was years ago and not one boat has been built since. Unlike the Howard Pipkorn era (the 60's until the close of the shop in 1991), not much happened with Hydrostream. I dont even remember when Howard passed on the rights to use the name but it wasnt right away. As of now, Chubb still has the name but Im pretty certain he will never build another Hydrostream. The guy is way past retirement age too so who knows what will eventually happen.
As for the older Venoms during the Pipkorn years, only two were built if I remember right, for racing and never made it to production.