Trailer wheel bearings have been checked and repacked. The trailer has been professionally gone thru with new wiring and lights. The boat comes with a custom high quality trailer (18' 6") which allows the Classic to be stored in most standard garages for easy storage and access. This beautiful example of a classic was stored in an environmentally controlled storage facility for over a decade, and was bought from an estate, brought to Colorado, gone thru and freshened and tuned. Design by Custom Craft and privately built in 1991, the boat and motor have less than 45 hrs on the meter. The twin engines make docking and maneuvering easy in tight spots - along with making the skipper look like a true professional! "Twin Spin" makes Riva owners envious and is now looking for a new home and custodian to take it into the future.Ĭlassic 1960 16' Design Woodie Runabout, with a NoSoak Fiberglass bottom, and powered by a refurbished classic 1940 Ford Flathead V8 Mini, 60 hp. Making this boat even rarer and more sought after are its powerful twin MCL 175hp engines, which make cruising at 30 knots a breeze and achieving 40+ knots with ease as the engines purr in synchronization. Since that time the boat has done less than 200 hours and has been kept and cared for as part of my collection. The work was commissioned and finished by Grand Craft in Holland, Michigan, one of the leading boat builders of mahogany boats in the USA with a reputation second to none. "Twin Spin" was completely restored in Holland, Michigan around 2006, where the bottom was encased with a West Bottom system along with all the other bright work, engines, etc., being brought up to show standard. They are all are still on the boat today. Some of the special order items from the factory which make this boat a standout are its full length instrument panel from port to starboard, with glove compartment and door, throttles together on port side of the steering wheel, hatch in the forward deck, amongst a number of other special order items as per the original equipment record from Chris-Craft. The boat is mostly original as per the original hull card. The price he paid in 1955 was around $9,000, which equates to the price of an average house, or four new Chevrolet Bel Airs at that time. Clayton Stubbs who was one of the wealthiest residents in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and could afford to purchase one of the first three Chris-Craft Continentals made with many special order items from the factory. "Twin Spin" was originally called "Allegro" by its initial purchaser, Dr. "Twin Spin" is hull #3 out of the 48 26-foot Continentals made by Chris-Craft in 1956 and only 82 of these big utilities ever made by Chris-Craft between 19.
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