Item specifics
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
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360825810219...84.m1423.l2649
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01-09-2014 11:42 AM
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01-10-2014 09:51 AMDoes anyone know if there were really only two ever built with twins?
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01-12-2014 09:06 PM
I know of another that was recently converted to single BBC...
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01-12-2014 09:31 PMThat was twin in-line 6's? What year was it?
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01-12-2014 10:52 PM
That is too cool
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01-13-2014 10:19 PMYeah. If I didn't have 4 there may have been an addition.
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02-17-2014 08:58 AM
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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02-26-2014 08:39 PMWe 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?Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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02-26-2014 08:56 PM
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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02-27-2014 11:46 AM
I think that one with a pair of sixes would be cool
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02-28-2014 09:11 AMMercruiser 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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02-28-2014 07:44 PM
my sis has a Moppie with twin merc straight sixes....
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03-04-2014 03:54 PM
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.
Last edited by Ghost; 03-04-2014 at 04:01 PM.
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03-04-2014 04:28 PM
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?"Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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03-04-2014 06:36 PM
That is CHERRY!
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03-04-2014 08:44 PM
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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03-04-2014 09:42 PM
Ghost... is that the boat Brian is redoing? And was that your red Myco I bought??
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03-05-2014 12:51 AM
My Avanti thanks you.....
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