TOPIC: I may have finally found a Cutter Jet De Ville

I've been looking a long time, but I finally found one ( By Accident ) and am trying to negotiate purchase. Any other Cutter guys out there, I sure would like to hear your restoration stories.

Bart_59_Dodge wrote:

I've been looking a long time, but I finally found one ( By Accident ) and am trying to negotiate purchase. Any other Cutter guys out there, I sure would like to hear your restoration stories.

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Sooooooooooooooooo how big an outboard can you hang off one of these? Keeping vintage correct of course.

Bigger and faster isn't always better, performance can depend on hull design and motor weight.

Well the Jet DeVille is listed from '58 to '60; Max HP rating increased from 60 to 70 HP for '59-'60, with only a change in weight, not dimensions? The different length for '60 is probably a change in measuring (along the gunwales rather than centerline).

Biggest HP you can get and stay period correct would be a '60 Evinrude/Johnson 75 HP; 1958 to 1960 Mercury 75/78/78A/700/800 60 to 80 HP; 1958 to 1960 Scott Flying Scott 60 HP. Of course you can venture in either direction a year or two, or employ other tactics like switching motor covers, wraps, faceplates, etc.

Looks like the 1960 Evinrude Lark 40 HP was on there a long time - might be simplest just to upgrade to a 1960 Evinrude 75 HP and keep the same throttle/shift controls and look (but would need a different wiring harness).

Thank you Andy for the response. That was exactly the information I was seeking.

At the moment i run a 18hp fastwinn but next year i should have rebuilt a 40hp lark just to give the boat a little more speed

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That 40 should push her along nicely.

Bob

I'm curious to see what happens with cleaning up the top, how blue it becomes again.

Nice boat!

I actually have been playing with paint and rebadging to match my '59 Dodge. Just for fun.

Just got a call from the current owner. Transaction takes place at noon tomorrow. By Friday afternoon it's MINE !!!!!!!!!

That will be one heck of a combo. I'm sure you will post finished photos of the two together when the boat is done. Congratulations on the boat. And I love the car!

Not knowing how to read the ID tag, I'm guessing that the 60 in the sequence means that it is a 1960.

Not knowing how to read the ID tag, I'm guessing that the 60 in the sequence means that it is a 1960. SN 100-160-B12

That would be it! And yes, you're correct, it's a 1960. I have a bunch of Cutter hull numbers saved at home, so I'll have to check to see how yours fits in. I know they changed the pattern for the first and third sections at one point in 1960, so I don't remember where your sequence number is. The B throws me.

Did Owens make a model like the cutter jet de ville I have one in my yard that looks like the cutter catalog 1959

Thanks, I look forward to seeing where this boat falls into the sequencing.


Sunline Fan wrote:

That would be it! And yes, you're correct, it's a 1960. I have a bunch of Cutter hull numbers saved at home, so I'll have to check to see how yours fits in. I know they changed the pattern for the first and third sections at one point in 1960, so I don't remember where your sequence number is. The B throws me.

You may be interested in this thread. www.fiberglassics.com/glassic-forums/home/main-forum/what-have-i-got-here-owens


featherhead wrote:

Did Owens make a model like the cutter jet de ville I have one in my yard that looks like the cutter catalog 1959

Bart_59_Dodge wrote:

Thanks, I look forward to seeing where this boat falls into the sequencing.


Sunline Fan wrote:

That would be it! And yes, you're correct, it's a 1960. I have a bunch of Cutter hull numbers saved at home, so I'll have to check to see how yours fits in. I know they changed the pattern for the first and third sections at one point in 1960, so I don't remember where your sequence number is. The B throws me.

I only have two boats from 1960, and both were later. I'm pretty sure this later designation meant those were built in May and June of 1960, and yours was built in January 1960.

That said, your boat is a 100 series model, which I think is the Jet Deville. The 110 series is the Como, which are both the '60s I have recorded.

The only thing I can think of is the B was for something special, like a show boat. The other Comos had numbers in the 1700s at the end.

This one did come with the canopy top. The original owner contacted me and told me they found it. I'm picking it up along with the title tomorrow. I wonder if the B is for the top option?

The "B" might mean "Bimini Top." I guess I was right in my original "SWAG" of your ID.

StevieB

StevieB wrote:

The "B" might mean "Bimini Top." I guess I was right in my original "SWAG" of your ID.

StevieB

Did they call them "Bimini Tops" back in the day?

Cleaning and Power Washing the hull.

not exactly the same but here is mine trying to replace the transom

not exactly the same but here is my 58 cutter. trying to replace the transom at the moment.