87 Hawk Kevlar
 

I am with my buddy bringing a hawk Kevlar to Lake of the Ozarks. Does anybody know how you can tell if it is a Kevlar and how many were made that year.CRT38144A787

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IIRC, from my years of reading info here on OSO, I believe it was just the decks that were kevlar, and you should be able to tell in the unfinished for portion of the cabin. The kevlar would be a different color, but I would not know from experience. Im sure someone on here with first hand knowledge will chime in.

The hullsides are as well. You can look in the cabin. If it's Kevlar it will be a gold in color. I'll see if I can find a pic of my old TG...

Look at this thread for kevlar pics...
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https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...evlar-not.html

Pretty sure that boat is Kevlar. I’ve seen it listed a few times over the years and saw it at competition marine in Missouri years ago

Gold in color, I might have a pic of mine..

Thanks guys, we got back to the lake late last night everything went well. Were there a lot of these hawk Kevlar boats made or is it a rarity. He is looking forward to running with everybody next summer it’s kind of a neat old boat.

Was that boat originally from LOTO ? Seems like I have seen it here before, like when it was new?

I'm not sure where it was new, this guy has had it for 18 yrs in Louisiana.

All I remember was seeing it in Poker Runs America Mag back in 99 or 2000... Pretty sure it was owned by Don Ory from Louisiana back then... You could try asking Tres. I think I remember hearing there was some sort of family connection..

Jr.

buddy ory owned the his wife sold it after his passing. the guy you bought it from has had it for the past 8ish years. was well taken care of. the matching f350 is still riding around here also also.

I went with the friend of mine that bought the boat, and he is not on OSO yet. Met the guy he bought it from, great guy and very knowledgeable about the mechanics of the boat. I am just looking for some Cig history of the Hawk KV's for him. He also is a good mechanic and will take good care of it, so hopefully this classic will stay on the water for many more years!

I read somewhere that Hawk owned Cigarette at one time, it this why you refer to it as such ?? does it have Hawk engines in it ?

I may be mistaken but I thought it still had the Hawk flame arrestors on it but they are not the original Hawk motors, they are 600 cid tall blocks now, so it may not have been Hawk powered, hard to tell.

That Cig is definitely Kevlar. I was in the boat approx 20 years ago, with Buddy, when the cabin was still gutted.

I was wondering why it does not have the old cig cabin design, who ever did the cabin did a nice job.

[QUOTE=dave krehbiel;4758508]I was wondering why it does not have the old cig cabin design, who ever did the cabin did a nice job.[/QUOTE

Cabin Pics?

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That is the old cabin design. They changed it in the early 90's...

craig Barrie Owned hawk and was running cigarette right before don got killed. That’s why there was so many hawk editions and hawk motors in cigarettes during that era. When don died Craig ended up owning cigarette in some fashion for a short while before it changed hands a billion times. Lol.


regarding Kevlar cigs, there was a BUNCH built in the 80’s into the 90’s. Anything with over 600hp out the factory pretty much was a Kevlar boat.

Now, the carbon fiber boats were more visual than functional. The carbon fiber was laid into the engine compartment over the stringers and in the bull head joints for a little extra strength and a lot of cool factor.