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Boat Cadillac Marine 1958 Runabout excellent condition
$4,900
Havertown, Pennsylvania
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Length 14.0
Posted Over 1 Month
For Sale is my 1958 Cadillac Marine 14 ft. Mahogany boat. Includes 15 Hp Johnson engine and trailer. Engine was fully serviced and in perfect running condition. This boat has no leaks and is ready to go in the water. I have used in in several lakes in Pa and also used it once in Ocean City NJ at Night in Venice in which it won in the Classic Boat category. This boat is a real head turner when you are out. Its lots of fun to drive. Holds 4 adults easily. Comes with fish/depth finder and radio. Looking for a perfect home. Cadillac Boat Company [II] Cadillac Boat Company was a firm of boat builders located in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan, established in 1953. The company was located at 110 7th Street in Cadillac. In 1955, John Bushnell served as manager, secretary, sales manager and purchasing agent. The company employed 27 men and 3 women in 1955. By 1957, employment shot upward to 164 males and 3 females. The company appears to have been renamed Cadillac Marine and Boat Company after 1957. Cadillac Marine and Boat Company Cadillac Marine & Boat Company was a boat building firm located in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan between 1958 and 1960, and a continuation of Cadillac Boat Company under the ownership of Wagemaker Co. of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1958 models were advertised in the 1958 brochure of Wagemaker Wolverine Boats. The company was located at 110 7th St., P.O. Box 65, in Cadillac. Gaylord Gill was the Manager of the firm in 1960. The company was established in 1953. In 1960 the company employed 281 males and 3 females. Sources: Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1955 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1954.) p. 365--classified products section. p. 48-geographic section. Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1957 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1956.) p. 389--classified products section. Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1959 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1958.) p. 401--classified products section. Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1960 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1960.) p. 410--classified products section. p. 52-geographic section. CADILLAC BOAT HISTORY By Andreas Jordahl Rhude [email protected] 22 July 2010 Cadillac Marine & Boat Company of Cadillac, Michigan started in September 1953 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Wagemaker Company. Boat builder Wagemaker of Grand Rapids, Michigan also owned U.S. Molded Shapes, Inc. and Mr. Raymond O. Wagemaker was president of all three firms. The Cadillac Chamber of Commerce was instrumental in luring the boat firm to the city. Across town was a branch plant of Chris-Craft that opened up in 1941. Cadillac made aluminum fishing boats and runabouts. U.S. Molded Shapes made molded veneer boat hulls for Wagemaker which finished them and marketed the boats as Wagemaker Wolverine. Cadillac also made wooden boats with hulls from U.S. Molded Shapes. Between December 1953 and August 1955 Cadillac made 5,300 boats. A production of 7,000 boats annually was not uncommon in subsequent years. A January 1955 full page ad by Cadillac appeared in The Boating Industry trade magazine. They were promoting aluminum, molded wood, and strip-built boats. A photo of their large 100,000 square foot modern plant was prominent in the ad. Wagemaker Company started Empire Boats, Inc. of Frankfort, New York in 1955 to make aluminum, molded veneer, and fiberglass pleasure boats. They were attempting to cover all bases by having wood, aluminum, and fiberglass watercraft in their product mix. 185 Cadillac workers were on strike in July 1956. Two of the strikers were arrested and held in jail on August seventh with charges of malicious destruction of property on the plant grounds. They were accused of turning on fire suppression sprinklers which damaged office files and plant equipment to the tune of $10,000. A $750,000 fire wiped out the Wagemaker plant at Grand Rapids in February 1957. One thousand five hundred hulls were destroyed in addition to production space and equipment. A great deal of production of wooden boats was shifted to Cadillac Marine and Boat Co. To cover all markets, Cadillac added fiberglass boats to their product line in 1959. Probably one of the wildest boats ever conceived was the sixteen-foot Sea Lark. Industrial design Brooks Stevens was on retainer with Evinrude Motors for many years. He was commissioned to design an annual feature boat on which Evinrude could hang their newest motor. It was displayed with great fan fair at the annual Chicago and New York international boat shows. The boat was not necessarily intended to be built for public consumption. It was a means for Evinrude to gain great publicity for their outboard motors. In 1957 Brooks came up with the Sea Lark to promote the new 35 horse power Lark outboard motor. The boat had a molded wood hull with fiberglass deck and aluminum trim. It was a marriage of the three boat building operations owned by Ray Wagemaker. The sporty two seat speedster had massive fins and featured twin bubble windshields. As far as can be determined, Cadillac made two of these boats. One has been discovered and is the coveted possession of a classic boat collector today. The boat firm first filed for trademark protection of “Cadillac” on October 28, 1955 and it was published in the Official U.S. Patent Register in March 1956. A month later General Motors filed an opposition with the Patent and Trademark Office. Going a step further, General Motors filed a lawsuit against Cadillac Marine & Boat Co. in February 1957 claiming the auto maker had rights to the name "Cadillac" and they wanted the boat builder to cease and desist using the name. In 1964 a federal court slapped the automaker's hands and said they did not have a monopoly on the name Cadillac. GM was ordered to pay $41,000 to the boat maker for legal fees and loss of reputation. Cadillac Boat had a full page ad in The Boating Industry in May 1958. They pictured and describe aluminum, combination of aluminum and fiberglass, and molded wood boats. They were promoted as the “sweetest boat afloat.” Wagemaker also had a full page ad and [US Molded Shapes|U.S. Molded Shapes]] had half a page of advertising space in the issue. Thirty workers were back on the job in March 1960 after the plant being closed for one month. On April 15, 1960 Ray Wagemaker sold all his boat operations to three men: Walter E. Schott, Jr.; Charles J. Schott; and Harrison O. Ash. The Schott's also owned Lyman Boat Works of Sandusky, Ohio through their Curtis Manufacturing business. Operations of Wagemaker Wolverine and U.S. Molded Shapes were shifted to Cadillac Marine & Boat Co. after a $250,000 fire hit the U.S. Molded Shapes plant about April 23, 1960, just days after the sale. The former B.F. Goodrich plant at Cadillac was secured for production space. Harrison Ash gained complete control of Wagemaker, Cadillac, and U.S. Molded Shapes in April 1961. He changed the business names to Ash-Craft Company at that time. U.S. Molded Shapes, Inc. at Cadillac, Michigan was on the auction block on Tuesday 10 October 10, 1961. The machinery and brand name and good will were purchased by Chicago businessmen Frank Zale and Jerry Fencl. Fencl was head of Delta Boat and Marine Sales of Oaklawn, a builder of wooden boats. They had been obtaining their hulls from the Cadillac operation. Fencl’s brother Milo operated MiloCraft Boats of Chicago, another builder of molded veneer boats. Only a few months later, in January 1962, U.S. Molded Shapes was sold to Kenneth Zick of Charlotte, Michigan. Eighteen workers were on the payroll at the time. U.S. Molded Shapes of Cadillac was advertising in the January 1962 issue of The Boating Industry. Ash-Craft, makers of Wolverine and Cadillac Boats, had a four page, full color brochure inserted in the magazine. Ash was attempting to move all the boat production to West Virginia under another one of his firm umbrellas, New-Kanawha Industrial Corp. in 1961. On November 2, 1962 all the firms owned by Ash filed for bankruptcy. It cannot determine if boats were ever built in West Virginia. It is not know when boats were no longer being built by Cadillac in Michigan. When the federal court awarded "Cadillac Marine and Boat Co." the $41,000 in 1964 in the failed suit brought by General Motors, it is unknown who got that money. Was it Mr. Ash or was there a corporate shell of Cadillac Marine still around or did it go to the bankruptcy referee or trustee?
1993 Hacker-Craft Runabout
$49,900
New Port Richey, Florida
Category -
Length -
Posted Over 1 Month
Nothing compares with the sight of a mahogany runabout cutting through the water at speed. A century old reputation for high-quality wood boats combined with modern technology provides a beautiful and dependable runabout that can’t be matched. Utilizing these new technologies and materials today’s Hacker contemporary classic boats are built with “dry” bottoms: modern epoxies are layered between each of three planking layers of mahogany. Dry bottom boats are so advanced and dependable that the Hacker Boat Company provides all owners of new Hacker-Craft with a limited ten (10) year boat hull warranty. Garage-stored to maintain her drop-dead good looks this Hacker-Craft is ready to provide pride and joy to a new owner. No more replacing rope caulk wetting and swelling or yearly refinishing. History John Hacker's words for his runabouts ..."crafts supreme in their boating completeness"--aptly describe "The Steinway of Runabouts" since the 1930s. Powered by a 350 Crusader XL engine she has the sound and performance that speedboats must have. She features two cockpit seating areas with green upholstery and premium stereo. This beauty is a second-owner boat that has been carefully maintained and upgraded in 2006 with the new style solid resin “drop and go” bottom. 1993 Hacker-Craft Runabout Location: New Port Richey FL US (LOCATION: New Port Richey FL) Own a piece of American boat-building history with this 20’ Hacker-Craft Runabout. Description 1993 Hacker-Craft 20' Runabout Beautiful Mahogany Superbly Finished Green Interior Compliments the Mahogany "Drop and Go Bottom" re-done in 2006 with 10-year Factory Warranty Only 330 Hours on the 350 Crusader 7.4 XL Engine Second Owner Garage Stored Includes 2005 Performance Custom Trailer with Spare and Rim Options Spotlight Stereo Two Flags Hacker Dock Lines Four Custom Hacker Fenders Custom Cover Mechanical & Electrical Freshwater Operation Only 350 Crusader XL Engine Single Battery Halon Fire Suppression disclaimer the Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. Its founder John Ludwig Hacker born in 1877 was an extraordinary talent who has long been acknowledged as one of the world's leading naval architects and the greatest American motorboat designer of the 20th century. Founded in Detroit Michigan in 1908 the Hacker Boat Company is one of the longest-lived boat-building companies in the world. Not only are the dry bottoms incredibly strong and resilient their maintenance has been drastically reduced. Our driving angle for the propeller shaft produces a level planning position at all speeds. Hacker Runabouts ranging in size from 20 to 35 feet with twin and triple cockpit configurations provide a beautifully balanced ensemble of hull and power. Many of the models look like classic original 1920s and 1930s Hacker-Crafts above the waterline but significant improvements have been made throughout thanks to improved modern boat building techniques and materials. the level ride is the secret to Hacker's legendary riding comfort --the last word in luxurious water travel. A 2005 Performance custom trailer is included for transport and storage. Hacker is widely considered the Father of the Modern American Runabout. Today’s Hacker-Crafts are hand-crafted with the finest select mahoganies available using the design plans John Hacker. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale price change or withdrawal without notice. Boats Antique and Classics 8536 PSN . Hacker incorporated several innovations during the World War I years most notably a revolutionary V-shaped hull that allowed his creations to reach speeds unheard of in the early decades of the 20th century. An accredited marine designer Hacker would soon become the most influential runabout designer among the leading American builders. They create sights and sounds that other boats can never imitate. A buyer should instruct his agents or his surveyors to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated...
1960 Chris-Craft Constellation-Great Condition
$169,900
New Port Richey, Florida
Category -
Length -
Posted Over 1 Month
In 1970 the original 430 Lincoln motors were replaced with 427 Ford motors. In 1999 the aft deck enclosure was changed to an EZ2CY system in sliding tracks as well as the bottom being sanded smooth and the application of VC-17 paint for improved fuel economy. Clair Shores. Other features include halon fire suppression Bennett trim tabs and a water maker. In 1999 with the new enclosure chromed rail stations and fresh paint on the hull the vessel was judged and awarded Best in its Class award at the Blue Water International Boat Festival. A buyer should instruct his agents or his surveyors to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This is not a restoration she has had owners who have cared for her. Throughout the years numerous upgrades and maintenance projects including painting chrome bright work accessories and interior decoration have been completed whenever needed. Boats Motor Yachts 8536 PSN . Clemens MI area who used the boat to vacation with his family in northern Lake Huron Lake Superior and on Lake St. A port side companionway leads below. In 2009 the propellers were replaced. Clair and Erie and often for charitable boat outings and in parades. She has everything you need to get you where you want to go and back home safely. Today the vessel s uniqueness and condition turns heads wherever she is. On deck we start with a teak foredeck with stainless steel bow rail wide teak side decks and wing doors to aft deck. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale price change or withdrawal without notice. These motors provided more horse power than the original motors with replacement parts more readily available. the forward stateroom has upper and lower bunks. In 1997 the motors were changed to the current set of 454 Crusaders with Borg Warner transmissions. Forward and down is a full galley with wraparound cabinets full size refrigerator built-in microwave oven and three-burner range with oven. the vessel was used for vacationing in Lakes Huron St. In 1993 the vessel ownership was transferred to the third owner s son a USCG Master Captain 100 Ton and Licensed Professional Engineer who continues to operate the boat today.In 1995 the navigation electronics were updated to the most up to date equipment at the time including GPS Loran Chart Plotter Auto Pilot and Radar all linked together via SeaTalk. the vessel was occasionally used as a press boat for the Port Huron to Mackinaw sailboat race and various other events. A convertible dinette is to starboard and seats four or sleeps two. Call now and make an appointment to see for yourself what classic boating is all about. Motivated seller says bring offers! Dimensions Displacement: 38000 Engines Total Power: 320 Tanks Fuel: 410 Fresh Water: 200 Holding: 60 Accommodations Large windows warm wood tones and beige carpet provide a bright and airy interior. Forward is a centerline helm with original gauges Auto Helm tridata depth sounder Raytheon GPS Loran chart plotter radar and VHF radio & hailer. the second owner purchased the vessel in 1965. the first owner was an automotive dealer in the Detroit area and moored the vessel in St. Sweeping bow teak decks wood hull covered helm spacious aft deck and traditional salon make her stand out in any marina. Throughout this vessel s history it has been enjoyed by hundreds of passengers whether it was for an afternoon or on a week s voyage. Three Marine Air reverse cycle HAC units maintain interior comfort and an Onan 10kW generator provides offshore electrical power. the vessel was sold in 1978 to its current owner s family. This greatly increased the usability of the boat. There are three staterooms. the third owner of the vessel was a businessman in the steel fabrication business from the Mt. Twin 1996 Crusader 454XL Engines MSTS Ignition 5000 Series Velvet Drive Trans Four-Blade 24x20 Propellers Bennett Trim Tabs Halon Fire Suppression Onan 14kW Generator Four 30-amp Shore Powers Connections 60-amp Electrical Panel 20-gallon Water Heater Three Marine Air HAC Units Water Maker History This vessel was manufactured in Algonac Michigan purchased new in 1960 and delivered in Detroit by the Gregory Boat Company. Clair. There is a forward head compartment serving both staterooms. the vessel is not a restoration project; rather it has always been cared for in a meticulous manner. the master aft cabin has two full berths. the open salon has large windows beige carpet and warm wood tones providing a comfortable and relaxing living area. When not in use the vessel was summer stored in a covered boat well on the Clinton River in Harrison Township MI and winter stored out of the water in the same boat well. the aft deck has EZ2CY enclosure three bentwood loveseats coffee table and wet bar with refrigerator ice maker and liquor storage. In 1978 the hard top of the vessel was extended. the boat was named Tamba. Forward Guest Stateroom with Upper and Lower Bunks Forward Guest Head Mid-Cabin Stateroom with Offset Upper and Lower Berths Full Galley with Convertible Dinette Open Salon with Sleeper Sofa Twin Easy Chairs Entertainment Center and Refrigerated Wine Storage Master Aft Cabin with Two Full Size Berths and Private Head with Shower Galley Dinette seats four and sleeps two. In 2000 the vessel was awarded the Popular Choice award at the Wallaceburg Antique Motor and Boat Outing. It is important to note that this vessel has never left the fresh water of the Great Lakes and is in the condition that is today due to the its continued care and maintenance and indoor storage. U-Shaped Galley Solid Surface Counter Top Stainless Steel Double Sink Full Size Refrigerator/Freezer Three-Burner Range with Oven Built-in Microwave Oven Bridge Deck Enclosed Centerline Helm Station Aft Deck Lounge with EZ2CY Enclosure Comfortable Seating with Three Bentwood Love Seats and Large Coffee Table Wet Bar with Ice Make and Refrigerator Provide Refreshment Wing Doors to Side Decks Steps Aft to Swim Platform Electronics & Navigation Raytheon 398 GPS & Loran Raytheon 601 Chart Plotter Raytheon R40 Radar Raytheon 202 VHF Radio Raytheon 650 Auto Pilot Danforth Compass Original Gauges Deck & Hull Teak Deck Stainless Steel Bow Rail Fender Racks Teak Deck Lockers with Cushioned Seats Swim Platform Mechanical & Electrical Recent surveys available. the boat is still summer and winter stored in the same Clinton River Boat House as it has been since 1978 keeping it in its pristine condition. Whether you are planning a day on water or a weekend getaway this 50' Constellation is ready to accommodate with three staterooms. Clemens MI area who renamed the boat Arrivederci. the vessel proved to be very convenient while anchoring off shore for long periods of time with its 32 volt systems large water and holding tanks and 10 kilowatt generator. the center stateroom has offset upper and lower berths. This beautiful 50' motor yacht is exceptionally well maintained and ready to cruise. the current owner has used the vessel for vacationing and entertaining with his family and friends in Lakes Huron St. There are two easy chairs a sleeper sofa with coffee table entertainment center and even refrigerated wine storage. Clair and Erie. the aft head compartment has large shower stall. Disclaimer the Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. When not in use the vessel was summer and winter stored in a covered boat well on the Clinton River in Harrison Township MI. This Chris-Craft was re-fitted in 1996 with twin Crusader 454XL engines and is equipped with Groco oil change system Velvet Drive transmission and new four-blade propellers. He was a business man in the flower bulb business from Mt. 1960 Chris-Craft Constellation-Great Condition Location: Harrison Township MI US (LOCATION: Harrison Township MI) This 50' Chris-Craft Constellation is a fresh water time machine with classic features and drop-dead good looks...
