Originally Posted by five cent worth (Post 2764080)

The question is "did Baja make the boat for the Euro market, or did they make it to be imported back to the states?"

Originally Posted by TEAMBAJA (Post 2763766)

. Funny how in those days one guy did a rendering like this, and took ALL the credit as the "Designer" while 10-20 other people did the detail work to figure things out, and got zero credit.

XT:mad:

Originally Posted by XT-Innovator (Post 2764025)

Wow, some of this is before my time when I started working for Baja in 1984.

In the mid-late 70's there was production of some Bajas in Arkansas, mostly the Cararra models, and some others became models for Concord Boats. In the mid-late 80's Baja was riding the "high horse" with max. production in Ohio, and a small (production only) site in Texas. Bev Carlisle even went down to be a superviser as she recalls. Get this! Aurthor Anderson was our accounting firm at that time and they really F***ed the Texas plant bad.

Things were great in the late 80s with a private Citation Jet to communicate, and a pilot that was a great guy. We even sponsered a car in NASCAR around that time. We also had purchased land in Florida, and started to develop it for a new plant. THEN the first Gulf War hit, and that was just as bad as things are now with boat building. We lost over 50% of our dealers that year, and had to borrow millions to get through that time period.

Business was slowly getting better, and it wasn't until late 1994 & cash flow was soft, then we asked the bank if we could skip a payment. Well that back-fired and the bank DEMANDED payment, and sold the note before we could come-up with the cash. There are more details to this, but that is how Brunswick came to own Baja. Doug Smith stayed on until 1999 as President under Brunswick, and they were good years up until he retired. I think the more recent history is better known, and I am getting tired of pecking at the keys.

XT:drink:

Originally Posted by Dock Holiday (Post 2764163)

Just guessing but I would assume they were under license to build them and sell to the European market.

Originally Posted by XT-Innovator (Post 2764177)

The guy that ran Baja Spain was pretty smooth, and I remember the office women going nuts every time he was over here.

XT:cool:

Originally Posted by XT-Innovator (Post 2764026)

And it's changed today how?:rolleyes:

But hey without the rendering the other 10 to 20 would not have a clue what they were working on.

It's still a nice looking boat.

Originally Posted by X-Driver (Post 2764182)

Dave- was the plant in Arkansas run by Neil Baker? Or had he gone on to Concord by then? I like this history stuff!