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    Grace & Speed

    here is the link to the 1959 chris craft http://forums.endlessboating.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115&referrerid=13
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    Grace & Speed

    i will try to get some pics of past years also the 1959 chris craft that i posted was one that me and my brother restored and won best in class daren
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    Grace & Speed

    come to seabrook the first weekend in may for the keels and wheels concourse show at lakewood yacht club lots of antique cars and boats there is one in new orleans also antique boat show i mean daren
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    Engine Melted

    if you have water in the oil then you have at least a blown head gasket if not other major damage to the engine sounds like there was no water from the pump at the lake the water hose can mask potential probs in my opinion the heads will have to come off and the lower unit to check the water...
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    1985 Sea Sprite with Custom Gel Work.

    i'm not shure how they did it but the sea sprite weighed about 1/2 as much as the same size tri-sonic we could out run the 19' jet tri-sonics with a 302 sterndrive it was a great family boat you could take 10 people skiing and stay out all day we carried 30 gallons of gas a 12 on the...
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    1985 Sea Sprite with Custom Gel Work.

    our first family boat was a 1973? deep v tri hull 18 1/2 foot bought it brand new from a dealer in fort worth texas i remember it being real wide and roomy dad would not buy the boat unless thay installed the new 225 horse shelby 302 mercruiser i think we had one of the first ones out...
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    1959 30' ?Chris Craft

    the boat next to this one in the pic is the owners other boat a 1947 57 foot elco daren
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    1959 30' ?Chris Craft

    the picture was taken a couple of days after we won best in class at the lakewood yacht club keels and wheels Concorse de Elegance i think that was may 5 2000 daren
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    1959 30' ?Chris Craft

    we stripped her dow to bare wood and repainter stripped all the varnish and restained and new varnish complete rewire 2 new 4.3 220 horse marine power pakages with hurst 1.5 to 1 gears she still had the hercules flathead inline 6's with manual clutches new shafts new 15 x 13 nibral 3 blade...
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    1959 30' ?Chris Craft

    this old chris is owned by jim and nelda blair of The Woodlands,Tx they commisioned Lenire Yacht Restoration (my oldest brother Gary Hoyle) to restore i was working with gary at the time and had my own marine mechanical business Lenire Engine Service the restoration was done at gary's shop in...
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    Hmmm.....

    dang, right before christmas too there's never a good time to be out of work but this would be bad daren
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