Info | Help ....1973 Cigarette 36...

MF · 03-26-2005, 10:50 AM

Hi. I was thinking if anybody has got any info on the cigarette 36 Wide Body, years 1972 - 1973. Just purchased a boat in very poor condition and need a little advice...Will post pics soon...
The documents that went with the boat says lenght over all 10.90 mt, beam 2.90 mt, year 1973, Builder Cigarette Racing Team USA.

I think it is a Cigarette 36 , in Italy there aren't a lot of these boats and so it is not easy for me to restore it.

It seems the boat had twin 260 hp mercuisers staggered but someone cut the deck to make a more spacious cabin and put the two motors side by side. Boat had TRS, one had been stolen. Trim tabs are very heavy Kiekhafer with two pistons.
Now i am taking out all the wood that they used to construct the "new" deck and it seems that the old boat is still there..

Any info will help, Thanks

375stinger · 03-26-2005, 02:31 PM

ur right that is msot definately a 36 widebody. i dont knwo a lot about those boats, but im sure its an awesome rough water boat wiht it being that wide. Id definately change the configuration bakc to how it was. Are you sure the 260s were staggered? You are probably not going to be happy wiht 260s in a boat that big wiht that wide of a beam. You woudl prob be better off getting some N/A 502s wiht good exhaust(around 450-500 horsepower each), and youd ahve a reliable 60 mph boat. Im guessing you wouldnt want to have some really high output blown 260s, because not a lot of places would be able ot work on them aorudn there. Hope that helps. If you need anymore pics i can post some.

RebarBox · 03-26-2005, 08:29 PM

I always thought that Cig didn't make a 36 wide body until the late seventies - early eighties. The only 36 in 73/74 range was the Awesome.

I could very well be wrong though.

Staggered 260's.....

Wouldn't guess from the factory like that.

MF · 04-05-2005, 12:37 PM

The only pics i found are on Site and two on thunderboat alley.....No pics of inside at all...If you have something of any kind about this kind of boat plase POST ......

by the way i'll start cutting woods this week and then will post the pics...thanks in advance for all the infos

Chatim Racing · 04-06-2005, 10:04 AM

MF:

Here's the only pictures I can find quickly...

It sounds like you are the lucky owner of a former 36 Cigarette race boat...like the kind Dr. Bob Magoon raced and won the Championship in '73. I am thinking this because you said it was formerly a staggered boat that was converted. Not many boats were built in '73 with a staggered setup unless they were race boats. The hull id numbers on the transon should tell you which 36 it is too. If you do a search in the "General Boating Discussion" look for a thread called "Back in the days" - there are more 36 Cigarettes in there that I posted...

Show us some pictures of your boat...would love to see it.

stinger312 · 04-06-2005, 02:54 PM

Art "snapper" Norris

MF · 04-28-2005, 12:04 PM

ok....wood has gone and i cheked motors....Twin 454 Ci 330 Hp Can Be ? Don't know why the papers say 260 hp.......is the block the same ?
Ok ...so....here is a photo with the modified wood deck.......I know it is a little ugly so.....i didn't want to post but here it is...

MF · 04-28-2005, 12:11 PM

another one.......

.....will post pictures of the cutting when i change format ( now they are too big......) ....Can't believe they cut the boat to make something like that.......

MF · 04-28-2005, 12:28 PM

....Still in need of information... Any info or pics will help....Thanks....

Sean · 04-28-2005, 12:48 PM

the hull may very well be a cigarette hull or knockoff of the the 36...check the HIN; is should start with CRT. If it is, that's the good news...the bad news, is that the deck is definitely NOT Cigarette...possibly an add-on to give more headroom, etc, but definitely not from the Cigarette factory.