show me your work bench and i will show you mine LOL
Glad you asked. That is a one of a kind 1947 Hacker-Craft boat. It is 42 feet long, and as my second job, I do antique wood boat restorations. There is literally only one of these in existance and that's it right there. For a similar idea of what it will look like, look up the boat "Thunderbird" that resides in lake tahoe. Then just imagine it without all the metal on top. Thunderbird is a larger boat, but the same streamlined shape. They called it a Hacker Streamliner. And yes it is all Mahogany, except for the frame which is Oak and Ash, with redwood to mount interior stuff. We do all boats period correct, and my dad judges the Concourse D' Elegance at Lake Tahoe every year. My favorite projects were always the Cobras. There is very few of them left in Existance made by Chris-Craft, and about 4 of them went through our shop. I love Cobras. Here's one:
What kind of motor? Haha. Glad you asked. A $40,000 WWII Supercharged Spitfire Mustang motor made by Rolls Royce. It spikes about ~1200hp and has been built to go. I suspect this giant boat will do a good 70-80mph out on the water, or so I would hope...:burnout:
Almost every Chris-Craft and Century that rolls through is running off some old school Mopar. If the client wants a totally correct boat for show, we send it off to get rebuilt, and they are slow as hell... But if they want something to play with, we have installed Ls1's, Nascar bred LS motors, a Viper 10, and a few other toys, as well as aircraft motors.
Glad you asked. That is a one of a kind 1947 Hacker-Craft boat. It is 42 feet long, and as my second job, I do antique wood boat restorations. There is literally only one of these in existance and that's it right there. For a similar idea of what it will look like, look up the boat "Thunderbird" that resides in lake tahoe. Then just imagine it without all the metal on top. Thunderbird is a larger boat, but the same streamlined shape. They called it a Hacker Streamliner. And yes it is all Mahogany, except for the frame which is Oak and Ash, with redwood to mount interior stuff. We do all boats period correct, and my dad judges the Concourse D' Elegance at Lake Tahoe every year. My favorite projects were always the Cobras. There is very few of them left in Existance made by Chris-Craft, and about 4 of them went through our shop. I love Cobras. Here's one:
What kind of motor? Haha. Glad you asked. A $40,000 WWII Supercharged Spitfire Mustang motor made by Rolls Royce. It spikes about ~1200hp and has been built to go. I suspect this giant boat will do a good 70-80mph out on the water, or so I would hope...:burnout:
Almost every Chris-Craft and Century that rolls through is running off some old school Mopar. If the client wants a totally correct boat for show, we send it off to get rebuilt, and they are slow as hell... But if they want something to play with, we have installed Ls1's, Nascar bred LS motors, a Viper 10, and a few other toys, as well as aircraft motors.
