Name: 1939 Chris Craft 19ft Custom Runabout
SKU: 5138
Price: 70000.00 USD
Availability: InStock

1939 Chris Craft 19ft Custom Runabout

$89,900.00

1939 Chris Craft 19ft Custom Runabout

$89,900.00

1939 Chris Craft 19ft Custom Runabout.

The iconic custom runabout, also known as the Barrel Back, was produced from 1939 to 1942, with a total of 433 hulls produced. They represented the highest level of craftsmanship Chris Craft ever offered because it required skilled craftsmen to produce the full half circle transom shape. These boats were the inspiration for Carlo Riva and his legendary Ariston and Aquarama models.

This example was restored by some of the best craftsmen in northern California. It represents a late 1939 build with two-piece coverboards. Unique to this year is the one-piece instrument panel. This boat has the fold down Bugatti style windshields as used in 1939 and 1940.

The boat features correct pattern texture burgundy leather upholstery. It has a west system bottom, for no leak usability. Power is by a later period Chris Craft 158 hp MBL engine. The engine has been done to 1939 appearance including a model M serial plate. It comes on a refurbished tandem axle trailer.

Year: 1939
Builder: Chris Craft
Model: Custom Runabout
Length: 19ft
Engine: Chris Craft MBL 158 hp
Trailer: 1985 Tandem
Price: $89,900.00

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1957 Century 18ft Arabian

$55,000.00

1957 Century 18ft Arabian

$55,000.00

1957 Century 18ft Arabian.

The 1957 Arabian is perhaps one of the best-looking Arabian’s ever built. It is estimated that 41 were produced and we have only accounted for 10 over the last 25 years. These are very rare largely because the buying public was finding utility boats, like the Resorter and Coronado, to be more usable than the traditional cockpit designs. This boat was designed to go head to head with the Chris Craft Capri. The Arabian had a great advantage over the Capri in that it was available with far more horsepower.

This example comes with the 215 hp Ford Interceptor engine that performs well at high altitude here at Lake Tahoe. Sierra Boat did a complete restoration on this boat in the fall of 2004 and the boat has not been used since. The project started with a west system bottom for no soaking and fresh varnish all around. This boat has stunning blond Avidore decks offset by red African mahogany. The yellow and brown upholstery is the original styling and in excellent condition.

This is a great opportunity to buy a fully restored boat at a fraction of the cost of the restoration.

ID: CF5455JX
Year: 1957
Builder: Century
Model: Arabian
Length: 18ft
Engine: Ford Interceptor, 215 hp
Trailer: None
Price: $55,000.00

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1941 Gar Wood 25’6” Triple Cockpit Custom Runabout

$295,000.00

1941 Gar Wood 25’6” Triple Cockpit Custom Runabout

$295,000.00

This is a very rare 1941 Gar Wood 25’6’’ Triple Cockpit Custom Runabout.

Only 35 25-foot Custom Runabouts were ever built by Gar Wood during its 10-year production run from 1932-41. A mere sixteen are known to exist today. Considered by most to be the pinnacle of Gar Wood design, the 1941 models had the most bow flare, the barreled-cutwater design, high-crowned decks and the aft-raked transom, which added 6 inches of length and completed the radical streamlining of the 1941 lineup.

One of only two 25-foot 6-inch hulls built—both for 1941—it is the last of only five with the huge 316 HP, 894 CI Scripps model 302 V-12 engine. This engine was the top-of-the-line option for the 25-footers, and it pushed the boats to 50 MPH, making it what Gar Wood claimed to be the fastest stock runabout available at the time. It’s price when new in 1941 was a staggering $7,550.

The 1941 Gar Wood 25-foot 6-inch Custom Runabout featured rich heavy-grained pleated burgundy leather upholstery throughout, with comfortable seating for eight to 10 adult passengers. An abundance of the most beautiful streamlined chromed-brass hardware—which was a Gar Wood trademark—helped make the big, triple–cockpit Gar Woods the boat to own on Lake Tahoe. Though “Hae Dae III”—the name given to the boat by its original owner Herbert Day—was actually delivered new to Newport Beach, California, just after New Years in January 1941, by that summer, it was home at Tahoe, where it was raced in several of the Tahoe Yacht Club events. It won first place in the “Bang and Go Back” race and third place in the Lake Championship Free-For-All Race in both July and August 1941. Hae Dae III was the last 25’6’’ Custom Runabout shipped by Gar Wood.

Hae Dae III has only had four owners in its lifetime on Lake Tahoe. Tony Brown of Western Runabouts completed a significant preservation restoration in 2002. It has been awarded “Best Gar Wood of Show” at the prestigious Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance twice, in 2002 and 2004.

https://www.thatoldboat.com/Garwood/25-6-1941-Hae-Dae-III/

https://www.garwood.com/index.php/gar-wood-history/

ID: HAE DAE III
Year: 1941
Builder: Gar Wood
Model: Triple Cockpit Custom Runabout
Length: 25’6’’
Engine: Rebuilt Original Scripps 302 CI V-12
Trailer: None
Price: $295,000.00

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1951 Century 20ft Resorter

$28,000.00

1951 Century 20ft Resorter

$28,000.00

This is a 1951 Century 20ft Resorter.

Century only made 384 20ft Resorters from 1950 to 1954. This Resorter, Carla Marie, is in excellent condition. It is powered by a newly rebuilt Chris Craft MBL engine with 158 hp. The varnish on the deck and hull sides are in very good condition. The bottom is a fiberglass bottom and is in very good condition. The interior has been well maintained and is in very good condition as well.

The boat comes with a custom waterline cover, spare prop, anchor, and custom 1999 trailer.

This Century Resorter was in a slip at Sierra Boat for the past two summers. It is turn key, ready to be enjoyed!

https://savyboat.com/history-century-boats/