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airjunky 05-15-2015 11:02 PM

Oddly , no tabs or nozzle trim control. It takes 2 454's and 2 pumps to hit 60 on a 26, that one at least doesnt have the "e" pump like most jet cruisers. Look for 45mph with the contemporary peanut &logs bbc ,990'sand some gils or 496 manis and a dial with at least a cable trim system should get you around 55 or so

h2oboater 05-15-2015 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by phughes69 (Post 4304785)
Holy crap. Twins in a 24x7 How tight of a squeeze is that?

It's the same 7' beam hull & it is a little tight but 302 Fords do fit.

h2oboater 05-15-2015 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CIG3 (Post 4304685)
Marc,

You beat me to the punch as usual. I was gonna say Cheeta. Looks just like the old Pacifer that Chuck Kimberline used to run with the single outboard. Good west coast boats. I believe they were out of Arizona

Andy here is a pic of Chucks boat.

jlenz88 05-19-2015 10:16 AM

Is cheetah a well built boat? If that is infact what it is? I did some searching and im not finding anything built by cheeta that looks like this.

Any Ideas on what someting like this might be worth?

GLENAMY 242SS 05-19-2015 10:32 AM

HIN ?
Quality?
Depends on who built it where it was built and what drugs were in vogue at the shop.
My 24' offshore was rock solid but I watched them build it with extra lay up, in Orange, CA. (1974)
Good Luck
PS I paid $ 12,000 cash 24' Cheetah Offshore/Hardin 454/MDS outdrive

h2oboater 05-19-2015 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by GLENAMY 242SS (Post 4306252)
HIN ?
Quality?
Depends on who built it where it was built and what drugs were in vogue at the shop.
My 24' offshore was rock solid but I watched them build it with extra lay up, in Orange, CA. (1974)
Good Luck
PS I paid $ 12,000 cash 24' Cheetah Offshore/Hardin 454/MDS outdrive

I believe Cheetah later became Panther,, here is there info from back in the later 70's.

DjMikeyC 06-13-2015 09:19 PM


Originally Posted by h2oboater (Post 4304677)
Looks Like my yellow & white Cheetah 24' jet boat I had & raced back in 1974-5 . It's the same hull as all the many other that copied the original a 24', 7' beam Magnum like this black & white one. As a pleasure jet boat mine was fun to run as it did around 55mph, but racing it in modified class back then not so much fun as ruff water killed it. I later pulled the jet drive & converted it to a IO set up much better feel & ride in choppy water.

h2oboater - Any more info you can give me on that 24-7 Magnum? My friend owns a 24-7 Magnum that was a jet drive and it was converted over to a Bravo drive, I believe his is a 73 or 74 model year.

Update: Just checked with him, my friends Magnum is a 1973...

h2oboater 06-14-2015 04:35 PM


Originally Posted by DjMikeyC (Post 4317300)
h2oboater - Any more info you can give me on that 24-7 Magnum? My friend owns a 24-7 Magnum that was a jet drive and it was converted over to a Bravo drive, I believe his is a 73 or 74 model year.

Update: Just checked with him, my friends Magnum is a 1973...

Do you have the hull Vin #,, I have my doubts that it is a Magnum. My two 27' 1973 Magnums have Vin hull # so if Magnum made a 7' beam 24' it would have one. Many have tagged there 24' hulls with Cigarette & Magnum decals.

Flyin-Bryan 06-14-2015 07:23 PM

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