TOPIC: not sure where to start

Free boats are not free! We all know that.

Here's my story.

I bought an 83 bayliner bass boat this spring - 16ft - came with a box of parts the guy said was - or could be - a Chrysler 85 hp engine.

I immediately sold the engine & started using a 15hp tiller outboard I had.

I've been trolling Craigslist now since March & finally found it! 1969 Johnson 85hp engine - runs great with controls - $50 please get it out of my garage.

I sent a text.

he sent back several pictures of a complete (not disassembled) Johnson V4 with controls & cover. Yes $50 please get it out of my garage.

Over the next hour he sent me a bunch of pics of this 1956 boat with a 1956 engine too. Free if I want it - with title.

Hard to pass it up! I attach my 5x8 utility trailer & head out (2 hour drive).

I get there & they guys wife is so excited I'm taking the boat & engines she refuses to take more than $30 for all of it. & then she hands me the title.

Turns out - her father had recently passed away & this was his boat & his engine. He spent much of his retirement rebuilding outboards. They assured me that both engines ran nicely though the Johnson had not been started in 2 years & the other one (the 1956 - don't know what it is)ran this summer.

so I load a 14ft boat into my 8ft trailer & smile my entire drive home - getting home late I didn't have time to unload or play - I will do that tonight.

Worst case is I have a few spare parts!

& for the record - yes I scour Craigslist 5 times a day & occasionally this kind of deal does come up - but they are usually gone in minutes not hours. Gotta put in the time!

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It appears that you got yourself a Cutter Jet Deville, or a variant of one. The VIN should be stamped into one of the cast handles on the transom. Steering looks one-to-one ratio. Will be fun wrestling that wheel at speed.
Larry

cool...how about more pics of that awesome cutter looking boat!!!

The title says it's a "Flagship" & is 14ft long.

Nothing else. I will take better pictures this evening when I get home from work. Though it is snowing - & its now sitting in a utility trailer till I figure out what the heck to do with it.

Great find! The motor looks great!

brassmonkey,

WELL, you COULD bring that boat to me & I'll dispose of it for you.
(LOL.)

Doggone PURTY hull. - NEVER seen one of those & glass finned boats are almost never found in south TX = They were literally worn out & JUNKED decades ago, due to our LONG, LONG boating season.
(There are a few tin finned hulls around here however. = MINE is a 1958-59 TEXAS MAID OSPREY, on a KING FISH, San Antonio-built, trailer & I was delighted to find it sitting "unloved" out in a pasture.- When repainted/reupholstered, I'll power it with a 1958 Johnson SUPER QUIET 35HP.)

yours, satx

If the title says Flagship, then it probably is an Owens:

www.fiberglassics.com/library/Owens

Owens bought Cutter, then both Owens and Cutter boats were basically the same design. 1956 is likely not correct, more like 1958 or 1959. The motor looks to be a 1956 Evinrude 30 hp with 6 volt electric start.

Very cool history!

The title says 1956 Flagship - she is 14ft long. The Cutter history there said there were lots of people making boats all using the same basic pirate mold though.

This one seems a little too old & a little too small for what I read there - Flagship was the engine manufacturer for inboards.

In any case - thank you for looking - I have placed this engine & boat up for sale $350 with title & without trailer as-is where is.

I would prefer to trade for cool stuff - honestly - I just went there looking for an engine for my fishing boat & came home with this gem so there was no intention to keep it or restore it.

If anyone in central Illinois wants it send me a message - I love to trade, barter & deal so make me an offer (you guys all know what I have in it so not really fair)

Brassmonkey,
Great of you to save this boat to be loved by someone again!

Why not post it in the Glassifieds?

(They frown on direct sales in the forum)

Will do - wasn't really trying to sell it here - more just mentioning it wont be a project I keep.