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CLASSIC CHRIS CRAFT 17 FOOT "UTILITY"
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DIMENSIONS:
20 3/4" L x 7" H x 7 1/2" W WEIGHT 4 1/2 lb PRICE $198.95 SHIPPING
AND HANDLING TO 48 STATES: $10.00
PRESENTED is a NEW INTRODUCTION to
our motorboat line. An oversize model of a 1935-1949 Chris Craft 17 foot Utility. The model is
built from the original builder's plans using the much desired plank on bulkhead method one plank at a time, and then finished
in bright varnish over her hull and deck with maroon bottom paint, just like the original. The deck is detailed in hand
laid planking with alternating colored hardwoods to look like teak and holly. The seats are covered in real leatherette.
All the deck fittings are custom cast in metal, not plastic, and exactly duplicate what was used on the real boats of that
era. Special pains were taken with the windshield bracket at considerable expense.
DIMENSIONS: 20 3/4" L x 7
1/2" W x 7" H
WEIGHT: 4 1/2 Lbs
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The model features
a beautifully shaped hull with plumb bow, glistening decks, plush upholstery and spade rudder. Her bottom glistens
with a white boot top, and maroon bottom paint. Everything about this model is
exceptional. This is a near museum quality model, at an unrealistically low price. If you've been browsing
on the internet, you will be hard pressed to find something that represents boats that are North American in design, and are
executed as finely overall. You can spend a lot more money for so called "museum quality" detailing, but you can
get the same satisfaction from our line of moderately priced, high quality models.
Mounted on a varnished wood stand she makes an
incomparable model. A perfect addition to your home, den or office
In addition to the Chris Craft Utility &
Barrel Back in motor vessels, we offer the Garwood Speedster,a classic
1920 motor yacht, a 1926 raised deck cabin cruiser, the Dreamboat, and a NEW New England Lobster Boat. In sailboats we have
the Crosby cat, the Marshall 18, and Beetle cats, two different sizes of the Schooner Bluenose, the NEW Gertrude
L. Thebaud, a Friendship sloop, Schooners Adventuress, America, Amistad in two sizes, the much admired Herreshoff's 12.5
"S" boats, and New York 30, the Schooner Adventuress, J Class Rainbow, Endeavour, Enterprise, Shamrock, each as
full models or half hulls, and also the three masted lumber Schooner WAWONA and Sparkman & Stephen's ocean
racer Dorade, yawl Odyssey, and Concordia yawl. Please tell us what other boats you'd like to see at auction.
HISTORY:
The legend of Chris-Craft began in 1884, when Christopher Columbus Smith began the Smith Boat House on the St Clair River
in Algonac, Michigan, to manufacture small duck boats and power launches. Later, the company was extended to Chris Smith and
Sons Boat Co. Many of his larger runabouts were used as taxis; transporting guests on the river front to resorts, or to various
sightseeing attractions. In the twenty's, mostly runabouts were produced, but with the introduction of his speed boats, Chris
Smith's fame took off.
Chris-Craft was the largest producer of mahogany boats in
the country. In one year alone, one million feet of mahogany was delivered. Truck load after truck of Philippine Mahogany
would arrive at the factory daily. No wood was ever wasted either. First, the lumber was air dried; then various hull parts
were laid out using templates and patterns, were cut into plugs to be cemented into the counter sunk holes of the screws.
All scraps were burned in the furnace for fuel. The decade of the thirties showed
a tremendous growth in the company despites the market crash of 1929. However, in 1939, Chris Smith succumbed to an illness
which had begun to affect him years before. The death of Chris Smith did not deter the growth of the company. During the Forties,
especially the war years of '42 to '45, Chris Craft produced over 12,000 LCPR (Landing Craft Personnel Raft) for the Army.
98 other pleasure craft were also produced. During this time, the "Utility" style was introduced in 1932 and was priced as
low as $405.00. The post-war economic boom at Chris-Craft was felt in increasing sales and the new product lines.
Even with a management change that took place in the early
eighties, Chris-Craft bounced back with sleeker designs and a greater market share. Chris Smith would have been proud.
International buyers
welcome, but inquire first. We have satisfied customers in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Chile,
Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Nova Scotia, Saudi
Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, USVI and the Eastern Caribbean.
Buy this very special vintage Chris Craft model
Now! What a great find for that special collection that includes only the finest and most noteworthy.
Copyright 2008 - 2006 by Land And
Sea Collection, All Rights Reserved
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