Thanks Tubs for the kind words.
I know what you mean about people choosing price over quality. I was a buyer for Gimbels department store in the 70-80’s and the first thing the customers looked at was the price tag. It was starting even back then. I even remember some older customers complaining about how come we didn’t sell anything made in the US any more. I listened, and brought in a few products made in US , put them on the selling floor, and no one bought them? Why, they were more expensive than the imports.
Back to the boat, I don’t know what it looked like when new, as I am the 3rd owner. Here are a few pictures of what it looked like when I got it last August. I’m sure that the Lone Star purists will say it’s not an original color combination which I robbed from the new Chris Crafts, but I liked it.
I’m also surprised that the early 60’s Evinrude guys didn’t zing me on the wrong Polychromatic Blue for the motor. Funny story on that one, I ordered a bunch Polychromatic Blue spray cans, and got a darker shade than the correct Poly blue. When I started spraying it on, I actually liked it better than the correct blue. I then
found an original 64 catalog (below), and it matched the color of I guess a preproduction ad motor? I said ……ok I’m now vindicated.
Bob D
