Chris Craft Cavailer

This 1965 Chris Craft "Uncle Kenny" is from an era that is long gone but will be remembered for ever. Back when hot rods like 55 Chevy's, Little Duce Coupe's and 1950 Merc's ruled the street , the Chris Craft Cavalier was the boat of choice to hot rod and ruled the water. It's strongmahogany construction, small block Chevrolet engine, Paragon direct drivetransmission gave the boat hot rodder the perfect starting point. This Cavalier Custom 18' model was by far the most popular with it's "bucket" front seats and centerconsole it was the sports car of ski boats. These boats were few and far between even when new this yearthat only made 60 of them and the 1965's were one of the most popular years. Chris Craft sales were beaning eaten by othercompaniesfiberglass boats undaunted Chris Craft continued producing the Cavalier out ofmahogany, but now painted them I guess to make you think it was fiberglass along with its "vinyltop" covering the bow as vinyl tops on cars was all the rage then. Chris Craft asconservativeas they were, lists the top speed all stock as delivered at 44 MPH,seating for 5, and theability to pull 4 skiers. This hot rod boasts all of the finest speed equipment available at the time for marine engines, Edelbrock M1 exhaust manifolds, Edelbrock C4Baluminum intake manifold, I removed thegiant AFBcarburetorandvelocity stack in favor of a Edelbrock 1409 marine and coast guard approved carburetor and coast guard approved flamearrester all forsafetiessake. What hot rod would becomplete if it didn't have an aluminum gas pedal, thisCavalierwon't let you down it sports a Hot Shot aluminumpedalassemblycomplete with a reversed throttle cable, but lets not forget that shinny stuff too; the alloy valve covers, exhaust manifolds, copper exhaust pipes, top of the transmission, stainless steel propeller, are all polished, even the stainless steel anchor is polished. The hull was recently refinished in "bikini" blue and white with the bottomfinished with Old Salem 1959 Hard Racing Bronze then backstrokedabove the water line with 50/50 to retain that "new penny" look. Repair to the port side bottom of the hull just aft of the passenger seat done correctly by a previous owner, keel is straight and true, fresh bilge paint, outboard ribssandwiched with marine plywood for durability, Uncle Kenny is after all 50 years old. Instruments work including the mechanical tachometer but the numbers have faded and are hard to read, the other cluster is was new old stock just 2years ago and looks as new.. Look at the pictures, ask questions via ask seller feature, send yoursurveyor, come yourself and look it over, but don't pass up this once in a lifetimeopportunity to purchase this one of a kind Chris Craft hot rod ski boat "Uncle Kenny". Oh and by the way it was my late Uncle Kenny is who introduced me to the world of boating, something that has never left me since I was a 10 year old kid. Last but not least this boat is sold as is, shipping is up to the buyer. single axel trailer isincluded in purchase price. if youdon't see it in the pictures assume it's notincluded. Please ask questions I and Uncle Kenny have nothing to hide. link to a video of it running https://youtu.be/f0Lydc3vbY8 and a video of the boat itself not a very good one but Itriedhttp://youtu.be/URLQf6ARk1k Come and look and decide for yourself, send your agent, but don't pass this one by.Ready to take toTahoe and ski. Low starting bid, fair buy it now, and modest reserve to protect my investment. Good luck bid high and bid often.