"The Dealer"
 

Does anyone have any photos of the "The Dealer" boats from the mid 90's? More specifically, the 38' Top Gun. Any help would be appreciated.

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Here's the 47 Apache

i have the 92 tg dealer boat. it looks like the one bigus posted but the nose stripe is painted white. it may be the same boat as in the photo and someone added the white later on, not sure but it looks like the same boat. trs and 600 hawks.

MAN THAT'S GREAT!!!!!! THANK YOU!!! :party-smiley-048: The Top Gun is what I was looking for! By chance, do you have any photos of the interior? Or any other exterior shots? The more that I can get, the better.

I purchased an 87 Cafe Racer and I'm completely re-doing it inside and out. My vision was to do it like the Dealer boat; as I always loved that boat. I found it to be very classy.

Post some pics. I would love to see some current ones :)

Check out the 1986 Poker Run Video, which has a 38 TopGun "The Dealer" , see the other poker run videos on my Youtube channel.
Enjoy !!

Videos include -
Ralph Martin
Noval Stahly (R.I.P)
Tod Owen
Craig Barrie
Mickey Mills
Big Phil
Charlie Marks
Darby
Bart
BAM


Intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqYchlf3834
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bStdp5-ypBY
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQU6p...eature=related
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=493iv...eature=related
Part 4 Awards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adu_L...eature=related
Part 5 Recap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zia_...eature=related

Thank you. Unfortunately I'm looking for the Red one. Do you have any YouTube videos from the early to mid 90's?

The videos were a trip down memory lane. Love everyone wearing ski goggles!

Those are GREAT videos..thanks for the link.

Somethings never change I see:drink:

Very cool vids!

I'd love to see more poker run vids from the old days!

Thanks for posting:drink:

Thanks!
 

Great footage, thanks for posting!!

Awsome Videos!!

Watching the second video makes me cringe a little. Can you imagine running through the everglades S turns (looks like the entrance just before you get toKey Largo) at 45-50 mph running 3 wide now? Stu would have a melt down!:eek::drink:

23 years later Gilberts and the Tiki bar looks exactly the same!!

And I LOVE how the guy running the fountain is wearing a Cigarette hat:evilb::drink:

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing.

Wonder why they dont rebuild Faro Blanco ???

That marina was awsome and now its only ruins.

Thanks ..... The good Ole' days

That was our old boat as well. It had the white stripe on it when we owned it. The previous owner colored in the stripe. It still had the Dealer paperwork & coozies in it when we bought it from Martin. You can barely see the "everglades racing" sticker on the side of this pic.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3875/cockpitl.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/3374/92topgun2.jpg

The Dealer
 

Here's the '86 Dealer

Beautiful paint work there:drink:

yup, that's the boat we now own. belee- did you commission dollar offshore or phil to sell the boat for you back in 2003ish? that carpet looked like it saw a few good days on the water by the way it was beaten down:) the boat has been getting updates for the past 7 years. everything is either new or replaced other than the paint which is next. the lettering and logos were resprayed but the red neads to be done. it now has a pair of 572 cu. in. 5 liter whipple 1050's with konrads. the boat has only seen the water one time for a quick shake down run and we saw 102 mph on gps. it should be ready for the water in another week or two.

Man, I'd seriously LOVE to see some recent pictures of her. I absolutely loved that boat. I was going to sell my 28 and take over the Red boat as my own, repower & refurbish it, and run it another 10 years. In the end I decided to get rid of them both, and get a T/S.

I'm not "exactly" sure how the deal between Phil & Doller was set up, but I'm pretty sure Phil had Doller sell it for him, and it was 03. I only saw it once after that at Shooters one evening. The guy was really nice that owned it then.

Yes, that carpet had definitely seen it's share of feet! I had the boat for almost 10 years, and had SO much fun with her. The boat was really ready for a Winter at the spa, and I was excited to do it. I actually wanted to turn it into a #6 boat, and put some Zul's in her. Those Hawks were the worst part of her, so I couldn't wait to jerk them out & burn them, haha. That particular pad under the carpet was still the softest one I've ever felt compared to any others, even AFTER it was in need of a replacement. My T/S had the pad as well, but wasn't near as soft. I loved the dash & throttles on that boat. Everything about it just fit so well.

I think about that boat literally all the time, and never thought I'd see or hear about it again. I'm so glad to hear it's in great hands. If you have ANY pictures of the progress you've made, could I see them? That would really bring the memories back. :sport009:

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4425/dashside.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9631/92topgun.jpg

Here's how the carpet got it's "shape". They were always the feet of great looking girls for the most part. The girls always loooved that boat! :drink:

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/60/brandon3c.jpg

Thats a great looking boat, the classic ones are timeless and beautiful :)

Thanks for sharing the vid's Greg !

blee- i will get some newer pics posted of the cig soon. if you ever make it to upstate ny you are more than welcome on the old cig or the ol. the seasons are short here but the great lakes are a wonderful place to boat. kevin

Amen to that, Great to see it in good hands!!
Jr.

I sure appreciate that Kevin. I'd love to see her again sometime, especially being updated to current specs. I won't turn down that OL ride either! :drink:

heres a few recent pics

more..

WOW, f'n nice Cig92.

nice

WOW!!!

Boat looks GREAT!

Is this the same boat?

yep- that's the boat when we first got it and kept it in ft lauderdale. not sure who the ladies on the boat are but the two guys are friends of mine and stored the boat for me when it was down there, so in return they used and maintained the boat. there is still lots of work to be done with the boat. the new swim platform is going on this week and the hatch should be finished as well. will keep you posted.

This boat certainly had a lot of fans. I purchased an 87 Cafe Racer. Currently, the entire boat is being redone to look like the original Dealer boat.......all red with gold, no white stripes. The interior is being redone as well, white with red. Putting a new twist on an old favorite.

Very nice!

FANTASTIC!! Man, that brings a tear to my eye. I told my folks over the weekend that I finally ran across the boat, and that it was being completely redone. They were thrilled, and I can't wait to send them these pictures. I can't tell you how happy I am to know it's not rotting away in some field out there. Thanks a TON for the pictures, and for bringing her back to todays' standards. :ernaehrung004: