One of only 144 ordered with Streamlined Ventilating Cabin. Number 94 of 333 total built in three years of production. 1937 Chris Craft Utility Deluxe Used Wooden Boat For Sale This 1937 21' Chris Craft Utility Deluxe – “NIBS II” is very rare! First year made.Aluminum custom trailer.… Wisconsin… USA… More Info 1984 Hacker Craft 30' triple Boat For Sale New epoxy bottom.Has very rare flat windshield with new tempered glass and weatherstripping.… Wisconsin… United States… More Info New floors, celings, hatches, seat frames and uhpolstery. Decks are all new with conversion to raised coamings and hatches. Upgraded to West System Epoxy bottom (soaking not required)įully re-fastened with stainless fasteners. One-of-a-kind conversion to resemble a 1930-31 17' runabout (226 built). 1947 CHRIS CRAFT RUNABOUT Used Wooden Boat For Sale 1949 Chris Craft Special Runabout Custom Conversion.It is one of only 90 built and was a factory custom order! According to Jerry Conrad at The Mariner's Museum, this boat was factory ordered as a walleye fishing boat for Lake Erie – complete with livewells and plumbing, teak flooring and without the "blonde" accents on the decks. 1954 Chris Craft Holiday Boat For Sale This 1954 24' Chris Craft holiday is very rare.1950 Chris Craft UTILITY Used Wooden Boat For Sale Brand new 305 5L Long Block V8 Mercruiser Engine. Fully restored, show room quality.… Wisconsin… United States… More Info.Past experience: I had no wood working experience and have never previously owned a boat. Many of the wood components required steam bending to achieve the required shapes. There is not one single right angle on the boat. Hiccups: This project took thousands of hours and required working solutions that needed to be figured out as I went. Jim became my mentor, and without his help, I’m not sure I would be on the water today. It has moved around over the years and has now found its home on Lake LBJ, where many of Austin’s regional wooden boat owners gather for a couple of days in October. Jim started the annual Austin Wooden Boat Show in 1982. I also got a lot of help from Jim Frechette, a longtime Austin resident, musician and professional wooden boat restorer. Kudos to Mike and crew from Austin Machine Works for the rebuild of the 158-horsepower flathead 6-cylinder engine, Pablo at Upholstery USA in Cedar Park for help on the interior and Fine Lumber & Plywood in Austin for the mahogany. I have restored the boat as best as possible to its original showroom condition with new mahogany, re-chromed hardware, new leather interior, reworked original gauges and rebuilt engine. It retained nearly 100 percent of its original hardware, engine and shape, although the wood was completed rotted throughout. The boat was in need of complete restoration. Improvements: The restoration began in November 2005 and was finished and first put into the waters of Lake Austin in September of this year. The search: I found the boat in 2001 in Minnesota, where it has been sitting in a barn for 40 years or more. What spawned it: I love old wooden boats and was looking for a journey. The project: Restoration of a 1946 20-foot Chris Craft Custom Runabout Hull No.
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