1978 Chris Craft Cutlass Dory
- Jeff Carroll
- Oct 25, 2024
- 1 min read
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This 1978 Chris Craft Cutlass Dory is a boat that is in my private collection, and is not for sale at this time. I have always liked these boats, and when this one became available, I jumped on it. The previous owner had hit something and bent the prop, strut, and shaft, so those will have to be replaced. Other than that, this boat seems to be in pretty good condition. We'll find out more as we start the restoration.
This boat has been sitting around our facility, waiting for us to have time to work on it. Today it got its first bath in about five years, and still looks pretty nice! We'll get to work on it next week and see where we stand.
The Chris Craft is pretty much finished at this point. It turned out great, and is a really fun boat. The final pieces were a new travel cover, and all new Isinglass in the enclosure. The canvas looks so good! Oh, and it got five new tires on the trailer yesterday, too. Wish I could keep this one, but it will be for sale soon.
Good test run today. Sill some work to do on the sensors for some of the gauges, but overall very successful run.
Most of the wood work is complete. The new dash pod is complete. Replacement gauges have been installed, but still need to be polished out. New Garmin chart plotter has been installed. Looking forward to a lake test in the next day or two!
Wood work is ongoing, but should be wrapped up tomorrow.
She's all cleaned up again. The carb was leaking fuel, even after the last rebuild, so we pulled it apart ourselves and have adjusted the floats a bit. We'll try it on the water next week and see how it does. Stay tuned for some woodworking pictures of the helm and around the sides and the stern. We'll make it pretty!