Biff

I have a friend that has an old Bertram Race boat that he may sell to me.
I have not seen it move in the last 20 years. I believe he said it was a 25 or 27 foot Baron.
It has twin inboards (Holman Moody motors). I believe they are 351 ci.

I will try to get some pics, but does anyone know anything about the value of the earlier Bertram's?
Anything I should look for? I would be getting it for almost nothing, so I am not too concerned with the risk of purchase.

Thanks

vintage chromoly

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Value depends on condition and completeness.

Holman and moody stuff is way up there on the "cool" scale!

Biff

I have to get over there and get some pics... Hopefully this weekend.

phragle

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Temecula?? Good friend of mine owns a place there called "the bike shop" Ahh the memories.... sitting at the light at the end of the 15n off ramp to winchester, I ended up with 6 guns pointed at my head, but thats a story for another day....

Biff

I drive by "The Bike Shop" everyday...I take the Winchester exit off the 15N everyday also. Temecula is nice, but boating out here sucks...I need to move.

J-Bonz

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Is today that day?

Biff

Pewaukee?? I used to commute from Waukegan IL to Madison weekly, the state troopers were brutal around Pewaukee/Waukasha. Love Wisconsin.

J-Bonz

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Yikes, I thought I have it bad commuting from pewaukee to south side of madison, stoooooughton. That had to be one heck of a commute. How long did u do the drive?

Biff

A little over a year. I was starting up a new Injection Molding plant in DeForest, just north of Madtown. Lots of fun memories.
This Bertram would be a fun project and would be a blast on Lake Michigan. I was reading in another post that the inboard Barons were not too plentiful.
I hope this thing is not too far gone.

lucky strike

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I think they made 11 of this model 28 Baron's
The volvo drive boats had the ford engines. 351's
The Merc outdrive boats had 6 cyl Chevy's

I had one years ago that a guy put 440 cubic inch Olds V-8's in it. With Mercs