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    Rare 24' Cig Twin just sold on Ebay, $3700
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    Condition: Used : Split the cost with friends

    Seller Notes: “PROJECT BOAT, VERY RARE FIND, ONLY 1 OR 2 24 CIGARETTE TWINS EVER BUILT”

    Year: 1972
    Use: Fresh Water, Salt Water

    Make: Cigarette
    Engine Type: Twin Inboard/Outboard

    Model: 24
    Engine Make: Mercury Engine

    Type: Cuddy Cabin
    Engine Model: In Line 6

    Length (feet): 24
    Primary Fuel Type: Gas

    Beam (feet): 8
    Fuel Capacity (Gallons): 51-75

    Hull Material: Fiberglass
    Hull ID Number: 24720202

    Trailer: Not Included
    For Sale By: Dealer

    ◾Own A Piece Of History With Original Build Tag/Plate, NOT A Clone
    ◾1972 Cigarette 24 V With Twin "Fresh" Inline 6's, Not Run Since Rebuilt.
    ◾We Have Been Told But Cannot Confirm, There Are Only 2 24 Twins Ever Built
    ◾Everything In Pics Included
    ◾New Aluminum Tank Installed
    ◾Teak Comes With Boat
    ◾Boat recently soda blasted
    ◾Props Inculded
    ◾Drives and gimbals good
    ◾Will Make A Very Cool Resto Boat When Done, We Just Do Not Have Time

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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/360825810219...84.m1423.l2649
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    Does anyone know if there were really only two ever built with twins?
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    I know of another that was recently converted to single BBC...
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    That was twin in-line 6's? What year was it?
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    That is too cool
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    Yeah. If I didn't have 4 there may have been an addition.
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    It's a 1972. The claim noted in the ad is actually incorrect, I've found about 10 of them so there were at least that many built. Most were twin inline six 250s, at 165 hp each. A few were twin small blocks, probably 188hp each. Not sure how many years they were made, maybe just '72, as I don't recall seeing any other years listed for the ones I've run across. I know of two (one being mine) that have been converted to single BBC power, which seriously improves performance. The old sixes are pretty cool, though. Very torquey, but with little top end. They're so close together, the drives are only about a foot off the centerline, that you can run on one and hardly notice the difference.
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    We need some pics of yours....

    Were the 10 you found all changed to singles except for a couple? Or are there still several twins alive and well?
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    THERE was a 24 cig hull for sale in Cleveland a couple months ago on craigs... sent a couple emails but got no reply. Was going to take the power and drive out of the Avanti for it.
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    I think that one with a pair of sixes would be cool
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    Mercruiser used the 250 and the 292 inline GM sixes back then, right? I wonder if the late model GM Atlas Vortec inline six (like in my Trailblazer), with 290HP and all aluminum would be a bolt-in option? That would be one heck of a performance improvement......
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    my sis has a Moppie with twin merc straight sixes....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratickle View Post
    We need some pics of yours....

    Were the 10 you found all changed to singles except for a couple? Or are there still several twins alive and well?
    Some I can't tell. I know of two (one being mine) that are definitely converted to singles. I know of 4 (including the one in this thread) that are still twin sixes for sure. Two look to be in very good shape still. I've seen one or two that were twin smallblocks. Twin sixes will get somewhere between 43 and upper 40s. The original twin smallblocks I don't know, but I doubt more than about 52 unless they were hopped up after the fact. They were only 188s originally, per the spec sheet. A modern, stock, single will get above 60. Here's mine, after conversion.

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    Very cool boat!
    So, with a single BBC in yours, what HP is it? I'm just guessing a 330/454. What drive are you using?
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    That is CHERRY!
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    Thanks and thanks!

    It's a 425 HP 496HO, B1. She looks great from 30 ft. but lots of work needed. In the shop over the wiinter for a major cosmetic overhaul (the mechanical overhaul was, of course, the re-power 2 seasons back.)
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    Ghost... is that the boat Brian is redoing? And was that your red Myco I bought??
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    Yes and I presume so.
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    My Avanti thanks you.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    Thanks and thanks!

    It's a 425 HP 496HO, B1. She looks great from 30 ft. but lots of work needed. In the shop over the wiinter for a major cosmetic overhaul (the mechanical overhaul was, of course, the re-power 2 seasons back.)
    Very nice!
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