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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138023
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Just finished a down-to-bare-wood refinish job on this 1958 Chris Craft Continental. Try not to look at the trailer.
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138026
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What a beauty Jan, nice work as always sir.
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138032
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Nice trailer. I hate working on trailers!
That stern pole looks somewhat extreme, is it original length or does the owner want to fly holiday colors? Other than that, beautiful work as always. GM 350? single exhaust. |
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138034
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Yep OUTSTANDING job as always Jan!!! I'm with Cal on the stern pole, flying a pretty big Ensign with that thing! Definitely not original. lol
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138035
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Hey Bob. I knew an old salt would catch that one
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138037
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Yeah...that stern pole is way up in the clean air but it came with the boat and mounts into the fitting perfectly. The engine is the original Chris Craft/Hercules flathead, single exhaust.
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Website: NautilusRestorations.com
Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138041
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Thanks Cal
 Jan, excellent, I'm guessing a custom made obviously. Bob |
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138046
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That stern pole is not easy to duplicate. If it's what I think it looks like it's oval on the bottom with a special top for the light. Had to make one for my '63 Century using two pieces of African mahogany glued together but had to route a slot in both halves to accommodate the wires running up inside then lots of planning and shaping. A lathe can't do that.
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138047
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You are correct about the shape and difficulty in replacing a stern pole like that. I had to build a tapered mast for the 1940 Elco in the same way, only 16' long!
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Website: NautilusRestorations.com
Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
1958 Chris Craft Continental 6 years 11 months ago #138050
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Yep that's definitely a by hand operation! Lucky for me the '53 Resorter has the round tapered pole.
One came with the boat thank goodness, I have enough crap to do! lolBob |
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1958 Chris Craft Continental 5 years 4 months ago #142548
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Bravo!!!
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