Last year March there was a post done, Top Gun Poster. In the post Partycove said his Sister bought a car at a dealership in St Louis and someone that worked there had one. Well I did some detective work and contacted him and he said he used to race Offshore boats and was in Key West and bought the poster and took it right home and framed it. When I asked if he would sell it to me he said he would think about it and let me know.
After about 8 months I called the dealership and he had left there and moved . Well found him again at Route 66 Chevrolet in Missouri. Called him and he said he had lost my number and would like to sell it to me . Received it Friday in a very nice frame and looks beautiful. I didn't realize it was 21"X32".
Tres confirmed in the other post that the boat in the poster is our boat. I guess the hatch was replaced when the tunnel rams where replaced with the 1471 BDS blowers.

I would like to thank Mr Cig for giving me his August 1989 Power Boat Magazine that had an article about the boat also. You Da Man Mark

I picked up a copy of the build sheet from Bud when I was at the new Cigarette plant last year for the Miami Boat Show.

I know there is an article in another magazine and I saw Brandon post a Hawk brochure with a picture of it in it. If anyone has any of these and will part with them I sure would appreciate it. This is my second Cigarette and I won't own anything else. I still have the Mistress if anyone is looking for a Beautiful 35'.

Doug

Pastrik Marina in East Chicago and the second is a picture Kaama took out on Lake Michigan last summer

Good stuff Doug!

How's the motors coming along? Have they done the preliminary dyno runs yet? You gonna make the Miami show?

Kurt

Not going to make it to the show this year and really going to miss seeing everyone and the show.
To many irons in the fire, lots of boating plans for the summer and putting the boat back to the condition that Tres had it when he kept it. First Poker Run is in May with Cignifigant Other and his Top Gun.
Motors are at Weco in Grand Rapids Mi. Game plan was to make a pull and find out where they are at , Change valve springs and then make some pulls to tune up and maybe turn up. . I rebuilt the carbs because they where a mess from sitting so long with fuel in them. Dave put it on the dyno and decided to peek under the valve covers and found a broken inner spring. Waiting now for the spring to be changed on both motors and away we go.

Sweet.

Good for you Doug.

First off Doug I would like to say that the 90mph Top Gun is my all time favorite boat they have ever done. So I love yours.


I would just like to know why the boat in the poster has a black stripe vs your red stripe outlining the center white bar. I've had that poster since SL sold me 2 of them when they were new. It may very well have been painted after the fact. There were a few of these built. I would just like to know.

Nice rig.

Very cool.

Doug: I could just get lost in the picture of your boat on Lake Mich.... It's great. You should get that one framed and on the wall too.

I'll vouch for how nice his 35 mistress is, and how much love he puts into his boats. The next owner of the mistress is going to receive a heck of a boat.

YES !!!! Cool boat Doug ... even if Brandon likes it !??!??!?!

[QUOTE=TwinStepGun]First off Doug I would like to say that the 90mph Top Gun is my all time favorite boat they have ever done. So I love yours.


I would just like to know why the boat in the poster has a black stripe vs your red stripe outlining the center white bar. I've had that poster since SL sold me 2 of them when they were new. It may very well have been painted after the fact. There were a few of these built. I would just like to know.



There has to be more than a few that were painted that way.