Odd ball 1960 correct craft

Dose the tach on your boat use a male or female threaded connector?? This one uses a male abut 3/4" dia

Big t wrote: Dose the tach on your boat use a male or female threaded connector?? This one uses a male abut 3/4" dia

You'll need to get closer on the thread size, pitch and where the male/female is. Do the same at the engine. Both 3/4-20 and 7/8-18 were common. I won't get to my Skipper panel till Memorial day.

Riley wrote: Interesting boat. It could be the very first fiberglass inboard Correct Craft made. I wonder what Art Cozier or Mr. Ralph would say about it? It is so unique it would be hard to forget.

Bruce,
Yes, we need to get Art and Ralph involved with this one.

As mentioned, I feel this was not a hull CC made. Tony stating it's a "compressed" glass and the brochure stating it's a "pressure molded" glass really points to an outside source. The equipment needed for that process is VERY expensive. (think plastic injection molding) If CC invested in it, they sure would have used it to make outer hulls.

I searched the web & could not find anything related to a boat mfg using pressure molding in the early 60's. I wonder if this was an early form of SMC process (Sheet molding compound, used to make PWC hulls & wakeboards, among many other things).

This is a great cliffhanger . . . to be continued!!

Big t wrote: The tach takes a female furl it has a male side coming out of the gauge the motor side is the same as a Chris craft cable ( easy to get) I have what's left of the original cable

Again, do you need the inner our outer cable or both? Since it sounds like you do not have a Chris gauge panel, do you want to take the chance or be sure and measure the threads? Please explain the "furl".

The standard cable has a female end ( motor side) and a male end (gauge side) this one takes a female end ( motor side) and a female (gauge side)

Now we really need to talk to Mr. Ralph!

62 wood wrote: Now we really need to talk to Mr. Ralph!

Since he's not a member, we need to forward the thread to Art! Does he use his real name on site?

I am the third owner of the boat. I don't bealve the first owner is with us any longer. The second owner is still on the same lake and I have talked to him the boat has always been on the same lake. Alot of the "old timers" that are still on the lake rember the boat from new. And the boat is back on the same lake that it was sold new origanly. That boat has the ugly duckling thing going on if you see it once you'll rember it for a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8122pbrainard wrote: I emailed and PM'd Art with a link to the thread.

You should get out of your Wisconsin rut,turn that truck around and go down to some event and meet him. Very interesting guy with alot of knowledge,much like yourself   

That would be cool the more info I can get on the boat the better I don't think this was a converted outboard because it dosent use a standard stuffing box. It is a fiberglass tube through the hull with a standard (nuckel?).

Big t wrote: I don't think this was a converted outboard because it dosent use a standard stuffing box. It is a fiberglass tube through the hull with a standard (nuckel?).

Tony,
When are you going to be able to get us pictures? The "nuckel" is confusing!

Big t wrote: The buckle I'm referring to is the stuffing holder on the shaft I know there is a tech term for it but it excapes me at the moment

You can call it a stuffing box or a packing gland.



I don't understand your comment regarding the fiberglass log ("tube") and it's influence with a conversion?

63 Skier wrote: I think meaning that the shaft tube was glassed in the original build so it wasn't an outboard first, then an inboard conversion.

David,
I'm not sure what Tony's thoughts are on this and it's the reason I asked him to clarify it.

Hulls typically do not come out of the mold with logs in place. Provisions for the log may be there but with most, the hole in the hull is cut and the log installed after it's out of the mold. When this installation happened is still up in the air! If the log wasn't installed, then it would be an outboard first as shown in the brochure and then it became an inboard!

You've definitely got my interest! Next time I go to the factory I will look in the 1959-60-61 files in Archives and see if I find anything similar so that I can show it to Mr. Ralph and get his comments. W.N. ("Walt Jr." was starting to get involved around that time, so will ask him also.

Someone please PM me if anything new shows up (i.e. - photos) as I don't get much time to read the site.

I have never heard anything at all about CC having purchased any hulls from any other manufacturer. That would have been very un-Meloon-like!

Art