Who’s restored cafe?
 

Who’s cafe? Beautiful restore job. Anyone know the details or have more pics?

ignore the engine hatch open. :eek:


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I also saw that in the video. Thats a good looking ride...

Carters powerboat or something like that specialize in cafe resto
look him up on facebook!

Just looked him up. WOW! he does some good work from the pictures. Just saw a Cafe that was sold on his page for $59k that was amazing...

Needs a smaller bungee cord to keep the hatch closed.RG.

Did he do that one?

I’m familiar with Carter and his work. Does some really amazing restores.

Not sure he did this one though. Interested in seeing more pics and details. Really good looking restore.

i was just giving his name as a reference of someone doing nice work on those, i hsve no clue wether carter did or not this boat, sorry for the confusion!:)

Don't think Carter did this one. He has done some Amazing ones tho.
He is building one right now- Somebody better hit him up if interested gonna be another Killer one.

He currently has a T/S in his shop that might be available for the right price ;)

Ok Im an a hole. Whats a T/S vs top gun? Whats the difference?

TS stands for Twin step which is the bottom configuration, Top Gun is the model name, early Top Guns had straight bottoms without steps, some also had notches in the last foot or so before the end of the transom. Cafe Racer is also the model name but were never offered with steps, some only a rare few were produced with a notch.

Thank you so much 1Zoom.

Boat was in Houston TX. That’s a wrap on it. Looks great. I went and looked at it to buy but it had a motor failure. They put a new motor in and it sold shortly after that. It’s got 540’s making about 600ea and bravo ones upgraded to xr’s. Cabin and cockpit are clean. I believe he had cockpit redone a few years back. Overall it’s a clean Cafe and the graphics on that wrap look great especially coming out of the inlet like that!
I have several pics of it I can post.

Carter’s is top notch for Cig restoration! (Just saying)

I know I`m supposed to ignore the open hatch but I can`t . Why is the hatch open at speed!?!:hitfan:

I think mine would rip off if I did that

You selling ?

im guessing it was broken and started flapping but the ram was still holding at some point. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Lucky that thing didn’t go flying off!

post em up. I’d like to see it.

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The amazing thing is they are running along like nothing is wrong, plus someone photographed it and let them go.

I’m thinking that once you are at that point in that inlet there isn’t much option.

Yes, there is a video of this Cafe running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxi0...ature=youtu.be it comes up at the 1:08 mark.

My guess is that he didn’t notice because of the chop he was getting into and possibly didn’t hear it because his hull was slapping. Lol

That's not an oversight, that's a "feature".
That is cold air directed forced induction for additional power and acceleration when going down hill.

Makes sense. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Really nicely redone. Needs a good detail
from the pics.

It was a really good looking Cafe. I almost bought it! Just needed some minor updates. Looks like the new owner is enjoying the hell out of it.

I can't believe that had stayed on the boat lol

I cringe every time I see that video.

That Top Gun getting stuffed makes me cringe more...

The guy has a '70 Plymouth Road Runner. He wanted an "Air Grabber" hatch cover to match his car!

I bet that cotter pin pulled out of the roller wheel and that puppy was just flapping in the wind! Makes me cringe thinking about how much of a beating those hinges are taking and the little bolts that hold them to the transom! Brutal.....

100% agree.

but the damn thing looks like it handled the beating. Who knows what happens up close. Screws and bolts stripped and bent? Or maybe nothing. Got beat up and kept on truckin!

cigarette!

Looks like the starboard motor died in that last hole but seems like he got it restarted.