73 Autocoast Marauder production numbers
Looking for anyone that might have information on production boats built by autocoast I recently purchased this 73 marauder super sport 24 with twin 165 mercruiser's. I knew nothing about them when I bought it and am now very intrigued by the lack of info I can dig up. thanks for any insights in advance.
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Looking for anyone that might have information on production boats built by autocoast I recently purchased this 73 marauder super sport 24 with twin 165 mercruiser's. I knew nothing about them when I bought it and am now very intrigued by the lack of info I can dig up. thanks for any insights in advance.
I have owned my 1971 Marauder since 1977 (38 years now), don't take it out as much as I did in the early years but I still love the boat and can't part with it. I spent many years running it out of Newport Beach, next door to were the boat was built in Huntington Beach, California.The boat was built from the years of 1970 to 1974, early years had all teak inside like mine. Set some impressive records that stood for many years, back in the early 70's I recall one Marauder setting a closed 100 mile loop around the channel islands with an average speed of 62 mph, had twin Holman and Moody small block Fords. Two production versions were built, one open cockpit and the other fly bridge. A very few were stretched about 4ft to 28ft behind the bridge area. Most had twin 165 hp Merc-Crusiers, some had twin Ford 302 engines and a few had single large block engines. When I moved to AZ in the 80"s I relocated it to Lake Powell. A Caterpillar Dealer out of Denver had one up on Powell for many years with a V8 Diesel. The Marauder is a very stable boat in rough water and plows through larger swells with ease, even though my version was a sport version for cruising which had a max speed in the mid 40's I had it airborne many times. I rebuilt just about every square inch at least once, but the structure is solid and never had to do any work on the hull or interior. I have an early marketing brochure and a magazine article that I will try to locate, scan and attach to this tread. Hope this info is helpful. Dan