Its contagious!

With my backlog of boat projects being plenty long, Ive decided that it might be best to start finishing some of them before I accumulate any more. That decision notwithstanding, Ive concluded that it shouldnt preclude me from "helping" my friends acquire vintage Correct Crafts of their own! My sister and her boyfriend are now the proud owners of this '69 Mustang:







Some of you may have noticed this boat recently on ebay, as it was relisted several times. I actually found this boat back in June when the second owner (who had owned it since '74) was selling it. His neighbor beat me to at that point, but an overabundance of his own projects (sounds familiar) kept him from doing much with it- and I recognized it when it came back up for sale. Its a bit of a project, but Im confident that it can be made seaworthy with a relatively small investment of time and money. Its a little rough around the edges (most notably it has some cracking below the waterline) but its mostly original- so I think it has great potential. Im excited to have it in the family!

Its a big yard.

Lots of used Correct Craft parts wrapped up under the X-Mas tree?

Waldo   

I hope they will join CCFan!

Chuck

very nice.

what kind of manifolds are those? and where can they be found? my starboard one is leaking where the two pieces bolt together at the rear.

Tim,

Very cool to see your whole family enjoying something together.

Now on the down side, which award will she get first ...

Nice find.


Dave

Tim,
That's way cool... Family fleet convoy to GL will be fun.....

Moj'

I see.......... While known by many different names, it appears the classic "get the sister and boyfriend to buy the boat I really want" ploy worked again. AKA, "My dad really wanted....", "It's just like the one we had growing up....", "My college buddy found this boat.....", "Didn't want to put hours on the new boat....", "The price was just too low to pass on...", etc, etc.   All often used and very legitimate excuses for justifying another Correct Craft purchase or at least getting a percentage of a good one.

And if you simply have to have it, but just can't come up with an excuse quickly enough, you might have to become somewhat Correct Crafty , to where you've no choice but to resort to the classic term I first heard from NautiqueFreak (Mike Thrower), where you're forced to temporarily "harbor a fugitive". That creative, but risky method must be used until which time you can come up with that legitimate excuse, or perceived "owner" as I've done several times. However, after quite a few years and a handful of suspicious boats, I finally pulled into the driveway with this newly acquired orphan and my wife just happened to be out in the yard and met me, slowly shaking her head but with a loving smile and simply said, "......and who does THIS ONE belong to?"   She'd been on to me for some time apparently.

Good job and a good find Tim.           

reidp wrote: I see.......... While known by many different names, it appears the classic "get the sister and boyfriend to buy the boat I really want" ploy worked again. AKA, "My dad really wanted....", "It's just like the one we had growing up....", "My college buddy found this boat.....", "Didn't want to put hours on the new boat....", "The price was just too low to pass on...", etc, etc.   All often used and very legitimate excuses for justifying another Correct Craft purchase or at least getting a percentage of a good one. And if you simply have to have it, but just can't come up with an excuse quickly enough, you might have to become somewhat Correct Crafty , to where you've no choice but to resort to the classic term I first heard from NautiqueFreak (Mike Thrower), where you're forced to temporarily "harbor a fugitive". That creative, but risky method must be used until which time you can come up with that legitimate excuse, or perceived "owner" as I've done several times. However, after quite a few years and a handful of suspicious boats, I finally pulled into the driveway with this newly acquired orphan and my wife just happened to be out in the yard and met me, slowly shaking her head but with a loving smile and simply said, "......and who does THIS ONE belong to?"   She'd been on to me for some time apparently. Good job and a good find Tim.

Funny! You'd think there would be enough boats lying around the TRBenj compound (heck, on lifts, at the ready, gassed up, fully maintained, turn-key) to loan to anyone in the family if needed. You're on the right track here Reid. Definitely a new level of Collect Crafting.

Harboring a fugitive. The best line ever.   Reid, I think your better half had you figured long before you think she did. Mine would laugh in my face if I tried that. She knows better.

Nice find Tim !!!

I wonder if the new Government Health Care Plan will have a provision to cure this contagious desease?

Curious,

Donald

I'm going to assume Tim is telling the truth and this really is his sister and her boyfriend's boat. But, as I learned from personal experience, the whole boyfriend/ girlfriend thing doesn't last forever, and doesn't necessarily end marriage, so...should that occur, who gets the boat? I lost a perfectly wonderful 89 SN that way!

I'd be happy to harbor that fugitive if she needs to stash it from him in the event of a split.

Same goes for any of you!

You guy's, make me laugh....

And Reidp you could of said to your wife,   it followed me home...
Or did you already used that one before.

The snow in the picture look's great too, it was 85 today..
Working on my winter tan...hehe

Dave

Divorce attorneys lurk here for a reason. They have no time to post these boats keep them busy. I would harbor a project boat that needs to be de-foamed. Probably the only part I could do. Looks like fun.

Waldo