a 35 Chris Cat raceboat I just have located...
Any info ?
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12-23-2008 07:02 PM
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12-24-2008 10:27 AM
Chris Craft only built a 30 footer. The built(and ran) a 37 foot plug called "Maxon" but the boat never went into production.
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12-24-2008 10:38 AMThe 35 Jesse James Conquest, had a "Chris Craft" logo on the boat. Could be this boat? I'm sure Rich, T2X will chime in. Something about a licenseing agreement...??
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12-24-2008 01:58 PM
There were no 35 foot Chris Cats of any kind.......
Chris Craft also never actually built any cat plugs or prototypes.
We, Conquest Marine, built a 37 foot running plug, later called Miss Maxon...which never went into production, yet the plug still exists as a running hull...albeit with the "wrong" materials....a basic miracle in wood.
The 35 foot Jesse James, was not a Chris Craft, but rather a full Conquest. Chris Craft "sponsored" the hull because in those days they wanted to put their name on anything to do with the Lavins and us.
The 30 foot Chris Cats were made from one of our Shadow Cats with modifications, (Spec'd by George Linder) which they used as a plug. The changes were made to make the hull more accomodating to big blocks.
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12-24-2008 08:06 PM
The 30' Chris Cat Smokey & the Bandit was later named Double Vision at some point, that would probably be it....
Ryan Beckley
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12-24-2008 09:50 PM
Here are some pictures of the boat I think you are asking about. I think I have pictures of Maxon but have to find them and scan em. I will also post a couple of picutre of 30 Chris Cat, I don't remeber if JD had 2 small blocks in Specal Editon of 2 small cu-in big blocks, I think you could only run max of around 370 cu-in per engine
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12-25-2008 10:16 AM
Is this the Maxon you are talking about or the black one that was Maxon Chevrolet boat
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12-25-2008 10:32 AM
Allright, then Mikey are just wrong with the numbers. I know a red 30
Chris Cat in Finland 3 man cockpit. I was willing to buy it a few years
ago but it was in very bad condition and seller asked 45000 euro.
They had changed to TRS and 454/420's.
Actually I asked "Smokeybandit" in a other thread if he know something
about that but he never respond.
Mange
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12-25-2008 03:09 PMwww.blackduckcafe.net
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12-25-2008 05:11 PM
The Maxon pictured is a 46' Alum. Cougar Vee Bottom......
Ryan Beckley
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12-25-2008 11:13 PM
I have a picture hanging in the garage of a yellow boat with red stripe near water line that says maxon on the side. It is an Open Class boat and has the number 22 or 23 on front. Unable to get to it at this time Could it be one of the boats your looking for a picture of.
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12-26-2008 11:42 AM
Yes.......
Ryan Beckley
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12-26-2008 12:32 PM
That is the 37' running plug we built for Chris Craft...it is made entirely of exterior (not Marine) plywood interspersed with glass in the laminates.
It ran very bow high as it was balanced to be a pleasure boat (cabin, etc).....it was fast but always ran in an "unfinished: state.....IMHO opinion it never should have been raced, much less still be in existence.
T2xAllergic to Nonsense
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12-26-2008 12:36 PM
I don't recall JD ever running in the either the 30 foot Shadow or the 30 foot Chris Cat Special Edition hulls. He throttled the 35 Jaguar very successfully.
The 30 foot CHris Cat had small blocks, the 30 Foot Shadow had destroked big blocks and was always badly balanced and over weight.
T2xAllergic to Nonsense
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12-26-2008 02:42 PM
J.D's old shadow special edition was down here on stock island, it also ran as cayo hueso express,
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