1988 28 for sale?
 

Anyone know more about this one? http://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/3431472708.html

Sure looks nice.

I drove to Maryland to years ago to get an 88 28 Pantera.

I am interested and am thinking about making a drive.

Doesn't look like a cig more like a pantera??
Brett

Not a cig...........that is for sure .

I agree, looks to be just another "Wanna-Be a CIG"...but it appears to be in nice shape whatever it is.

Dave

What he said!

Last I knew Cig didn't make them in 88. It was my understanding they quit a few years before this.

Hopefully someone with a little more knowledge than me will speak up and verify.

Buck

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I'm often in Baltimore, I can preview for you. I've owned 5 Cigarettes including two 28's. The pictures are kind of vague but it does look more like a Pantera.

By the way, my navigator, Willie, has a 28 Cig for sale in New York around New Rochelle.

find out where it is, i might be able to look at it for you as well.

I'm on board with it not being a Cig. I've studied the picture hard against pics of mine. The lines of the boat are just different. The sides of a 28 Cig are a little shorter in height than that boat.

I wish I could see a more clear pic of the bow to see if it has a spine running down the length of it. If it was a Cig it would have the spine. Can't tell for sure from the pics, but it doesn't look like it has one.

Buck

86 was the last year for the 28 with the exception of one special one built in 97

I know the "special" one you speak of.

I sent the number in the ad a text asking if I could get a Hull# to verify the make of the boat. Told him I had suspicions that it may be a Pantera or something different. He quickly replied that a Pantera has a flat windshield not a pointed one. I replied nicely saying that all the Panteras I had been in had pointed fairings like the one in the pic, could I get a hull # to verify?

He was VERY nice in his replies and said he didn't have the number handy but would be happy to get it for me tomorrow. He did say he had an appointment to show it this weekend and that he had lots of interest in the boat.

I didn't want to piss him off anymore and tell him I didn't think Cig made a 28 in 1988. He was nice enough to answer me and I didn't want to ruin it.

Buck

Dont think it is a Pantera, I have an 88 and it is different then that one. The deck on that one at the transom is raised a Pantera is not it is flat just above the rub rail.

Thats a steal this one wont be on the market long.

The 28 Cig giveaway is the littleoutwards dimple just below the rub rail, no other boat has that that I have seen...

maybe its a 28 Saber..?

not a cig, pantera or saber.

Saber never had a V wind screen.

I would say its a fake of something. Because a seller should know that its a pantera, saber, powerplay....

Seller told me he would get me a Hull # a few days ago. Sent him a text reminding him about it. Still no reply. He had several replies to me saying why he knew it was a Cig. All of them were shot down quickly with my replies.

I may call him and remind him m

Buck

webbcraft??

I can say for sure its not a Cig...

Agreed

My mom's good friend bobby betts owned this boat for years, obviously he or someone before him was trying to pass this boat off as a cig. I have a very good friend with a 79 28 cig and he said his deck is different also. Either way I know for sure that bobby took great care of this boat and know matter what it is, it weems to be a potentially good deal to someone.

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So if its not a Cig what is it?

He forwarded me a bunch of photos also, I literally live ten minutes from this boat so I was gonna go take a look next weekend, but it looks like it needs some serious tlc.

Those 320hp mercury racings are sweet.

Try to get the hin but I don't think it is a cig.
Brett

I've tried.....multiple times. He will not respond to me. Text messages, emails, and phone calls have all been ignored. This tells me one of three things. 1 he's a VERY busy man and the sale of this boat is not a huge priority for him. 2 the boat has sold and he doesn't have the time to reply to everyone bothering him about it. 3 the boat isn't a Cig (I know it isn't) and he doesn't care to admit it to a potential buyer with any kind of knowledge about boats for fear of being wrong.

Side note....if the boat has sold the ad would likely be deleted.

Buck

He responded to me on every question that I had and me and my friend chris who owns a cigarette are going to look at it next weekend, where then I can look at the hid for myself. Then the cat is out of the bag. This guy may not even know he doesn't have a cig? I can tell you that the owners before him definitely boasted that this boat was the real mccoy. If its not and its a saber, isn't a saber a good boat also?

how would someone not know what brand of boat they own? Doesn't it say it on the title/registration?

Not a saber either... Now that I see closer pics

It`s a...
 

Here's my 28. Compare the two.

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Buck

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Nice looking 28 Buck! Cool fairing.

Thank you for the kind words. Unfortunately I can't take credit for the fairing or anything else on her. The man that redid her several years ago deserves the credit. (He's a member here). I just get the privilege of owning her for the time being.

EDIT.....Are you the guy that recently redid a 28 and made it into a single.

Buck

Great looking boat!! How many 28's are at Gloc?
Brett

Thank you.

Two that I know of. Mine and Nickoteen's are the most common.

It's my understanding that there are a couple more in the lake area that don't see regular use. I couldn't reply accurately on that number.

Rebarbox or a couple others might be able to answer that better than me.

Buck

28 Single
 

Buck -

Yes, I'm the guy who redid a 28 into a single supercharged big block with an XR/Imco on a standoff box.

Awesome! Thought that was you. Enjoyed reading about it. I hope you have great success in your racing campaign. Thanks again.

Buck

I talked to this guy today, title says cig but he hasnt gotten back to me since I asked for the first 3 digits of the HIN