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That's gotta be rare. Very cool.

Help me out here but if that was properly restored, would it be worth big bucks or is it just another boat with classic appeal to powerboat fans? I.E. Sentimental value and pride of ownership.

RR

there were made only 11 of them with the inboards if i am right,high value in my opinion ,if i did not have the banana i would go for it.
it doesn't become more classic then this !

----There have been many guesses as to how many 28 Barons were built. I have been following them since 1970 when a friend who lived near me on Cape Cod got a brand new one, and I can say with conviction that there were more than eleven Barons built. I know of more than eleven that I can count right now. Not that the #s are high. Probably more like 25 or so, and that's not counting any of the ones supposedly sent overseas. If I wasn't knee deep in projects I would be making a call right now about this one.......Bill S

Back in the mid 70's there were 4 of these Barons on lake St Clair, The Grinder, Super Moth, Killer & Sitting Duck,, again just on our lake alone. Last year @ the OFF reunion @ Lake Dora I talked to Sammy James about the 28' Barons as he worked at Bertram back then & said around 30 were made. Here are some pic's of Bertrams that I have pic's of. There also was a company called Outlaw Marine [white hull] that made a knock off Baron here is a pic of it. Olredalert & I found & bought the Super Moth Baron a few years ago, but we knew the right thing to do was returned it back to the family that raced it in the 70's, it's now in restoration. They are a very cool classic worth restoring.

Cool boat. Not worth 12 grand.

I think 38Banana is getting the 38' Raceboats mixed up with the Barons. I believe only 11 38' Raceboats were built.

I heard 17-18 from Kurt that has Needle nose 2

hi sorry,maybe a misunderstanding i dont know witch 38 race boats you are talking about,what i want to say is if i did not had the 38 banana already as a project i would have like to buy the bertram, beautiful lines !
my english is maybe not always 100% clear,it is not my native language.

The Killer Bertram was Sandy Black's pink race boat, but it was Phil Lewis's original NEEDLE NOSE Bertram. Unfortunately the Killer Bertram & many Magnums were lost in the fire @ Emerald City Harbor around 1975

Here are a few more photos of the 28 Bertram - before and after it was sold to Ken Black for his wife Sandy, and painted Pink and renamed KILLER !

WOW! Phil...

I had a red 28' Baron... 440 Oldsmobile engines.... Thanks Malcolm.. Only he would do that Phil... lol
....Thanks Phil for the introduction to offshore racing.

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----Soooo,,,Lucky S,,,What ever happened to this Baron pictured??? By the way, love the tow vehicle!!!......Bill S

Bill,
What's another project . . Just do it!

Mario

I sold it to a guy in Connecticut.

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I thought I heard that Galen from Speed masters Inc. has a 28' Baron. My buddy that has 38' competition Copper Kettle, Sandy Satullo's boat told me.

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Hull is perfect ? WOW
I would hate to rough

I was just there yesterday, if he does I have never seen it. I think at one point he did say something about one. I have to talk with him next week, Ill ask.

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The sitten duck 2 sat on 9 mile in a back yard for years,my friend bought it and restored it,,,i would have bought it but i had a 27 mag sport,ha,46 yrs later i have another 27 sport,hmmmmm

Hello all. Wannabe dude what's up. There where 12 - 15 B38s built, and 6 or 7 of the sport version with port windows and galley entrance. I have only two photos of the sport version that nobody seems to know about.
same deck and hull but 5 seater. My hull is #7, all glass layup like the Goodwrench boat. Don Onkin stated all Kevlar 44 hulls had issues, so he went back the the glass hull and had best luck with it. No delamination issues do to dry layup. Mine weighs 8,214 Lbs wet, no core under deck so light layup. NNIII is strong as ever and sleeping in garage ready for next event. who hoo. And yes Galen @ speedmasters still has his 28 Beron complete. he owned it more than 30 years. and yes it is for sale. #2 mercruiser drives small blocks.
Kurt

here is one i just saw in mt clemens mi sorry wont post pic,it has side windows and is a blank hull,its a 38 project

----If the boat you saw is on North River Road, its not a 38 Bertram.......Bill S

Right you are Bill it's a 38' Excalibur that's been stripped & left uncovered for years. You would have to be mad @ your money to start that restoration project.

I stand corrected. Galen states Volvo drives modified for racing.

That is just such a Classic picture of the Good Old Days.

Always thought that was Soo Cool putting the Blue tinted glass in the windshield frame.

That 28 Cig. was gorgeous

That windshield came with the boat when it was new. The boat is a 1976..... Red,White & Blue.