It gets looks and wonderful comments every where I take it. I hate to see this boat go, but would love someone to buy it who will treat it well and enjoy it!!! This would be one of a kind and awesome on any lake. I need the space and spare money at this time. I have had it in a garage at my dads house for years, and now in a storage unit for about one year. My life situation does not allow me to keep this boat. I have loved working on this boat and it has been a fun boat. I just pulled it on the freeway about 140 miles last week end for a day on the lake. The trailer has new wheel bearings and new tires. My dream would be to put a new 40 horse four stroke motor. The boat came with a 65 horse motor on it, So it could handle a lot more motor if desired. Because this boat is so light the 10 horse motor actually moves it pretty good. An almost new 9.8 Mercury two stroke motor was added and we have loved the boat. The complete interior of the boat was sanded down and the same white paint and clear where added. Then three coats of Marine clear where added. Two layers of white boat paint where caringly applied down on the fiber glass part of the boat. We Completely sanded down the whole boat, we put original color stain with 8 coats of clear coat on the wood. We removed all the floor boards and all the nail screws in the whole boat. This is a rare piece of history!!!!!!! I have restored this boat with my father over the past 8 years. At the time he wrote the article, he was asking if any one out there had seen any survivor boats, no won responded to his article. I have found one article from a guy that worked in the factory where these boats where made. These boats are so rare most people even collectors have never heard of them. This boat was built to run the bay in Santa Cruise hence the name. This model was the fastest Production boat made to date in 1957. I have read that these where the first production wood boats in the USA. These boats where made From 1955 to about 1959 in Santa Cruise California. This is a 1957 Santa Cruise Wooden/ Fiber glass boat.
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