Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
I have stained and grouted the seat. The latest purchase is a Beugler Pinstriping Tool. Before, I would have to tape and then hand paint every stripe. With the Beugler, I can use a straight edge and apply the paint quite quickly. After adding most of the trim, I placed the windshield and am now trying to decide if I …
As you can see from this old brochure, I found a picture of the Gage-Hacker. So, I just had to change her to replicate the original seats. I’m adding in the mahogany which will have the grout lines. It’s quite challenging to line up the grout lines in the front of the boat versus the back of the boat with …
After looking at the couple of pictures I do have of this Gage Hacker, I have decided to go for the the same look on the seats. This look will require more work but just wait. Rolling the front two seats just sets them off and is one more WOW in my book. Sometimes you just need to keep going …
So, I started removing the many layers of paint. I use a heat gun to remove the many, many layers of paint. After removing the layers of paint, I start to see an image in the underlying coats of paint; something in red and it definitely showed marine at the end. Removing the paint from the top deck was especially …
Here she is…my Gage-Hacker! She was used by Lake Patrol on Lake Geneva. Can you believe someone took this beautiful boat and painted her?! Not only was she painted white and red, but she had been painted several times. The paint was probably a quarter of an inch thick. At some point in time, they added driving lights to both …
Gage-Hacker built about 25 boats of the 22-footer between 1961 and 1967. Most of them are still in use on Lake Geneva today and many of them are still in the hands of the original purchasers. Five of the 26-foot boats were built. Each was unique in some way. One of them had twin engines and was built more heavy …
Gage-Hacker only had two models of boats in early 1958. The Gage-Hacker 22’s length was 22‘6“, the beam was 7‘5“, freeboard forward was 37”, freeboard aft was 25”, draft was 24” and built with a V8 to 240 HP with a fuel capacity of 40 gallons. The Gage-Hacker 26’s length was 25‘10“, the beam was 8‘3“, freeboard forward was 42”, …