Just purchased a 29' Mirage..Comments???
 

Hello All,

Well I sold my Chris Craft 260 Stinger and up-graded to a 1980 low hours 29' Mirage. I don't know much about Mirage,..I've been told it's a similar hull as the Cigarette hull of that year....comments anyone? Good or bad....let's hear what you guys have to say.. :D

Dave-

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yup similar to dem there cigar boats :D Pics ... please!? :evilb:

Congrats :drink:

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a friend of mine has one. built about the same quality as the Chris. has a bit less cabin and cockpit space than the 260 and i believe a foot narrower. for that you pick up some speed and some ruff water capability. what kind of water do you run in? i like the layout of my friends mirage and it has classic looks. pretty solid boat but i liked my 260 stinger better, slower but i liked all the room i had on it. what kinda power is in it? :cool:

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Great Boat Raced One For 5 years Loves The Rough Water Also Had A 36 Mirage Another Good Ride ///You Cant Go Wrong With That Boat //What Kind Of Power/ Drives ??

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The Boat has no Engines or Drives....I will post pics in a bit. Suggestions on engines,...I'll probably stay with carburated. It had Bravo 1's in it...I might go Bravo XR if I can find a good deal. The boat is clean, clean, clean though.

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AWSOME boat love the rough...they were built in the late 70's early 80s in Miami...if i'm not mistaken it was built by a latin guy..but forgot his name right now but i'm sure Charlie and the old school guys will give you all that 411.....congrats go with big power

mike

A few Pic's
 

Here are a few pics

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Good boat.........Jerry Jacoby had a 76 called J.J.s Joint.................mark........

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did you buy that one of e-bay ? if you did you got a STEAL

Mike

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Sweet! Three man Bolster, and still have a cabin.
Play on Saturday, race on Sunday!

Nice looking boat. - Congrats!

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:D never thought about it like that

mike

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It would be an easy way to sell the idea to my wife :evilb:

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Mike,... I did buy the one of Ebay. I did an off-line deal and think I got a great boat for the money. The owner seems like a very solid guy..... I need to get a trailer purchased... I know of a manufacture in DE,... that's where the boat is at.

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Do a search for post from a guy that goes by Albofaz. If it's the south Florida Mirage he probably had something to do with building it.

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That Was Arnolds Boat From Arnolds Yacht Basin In NJ It Had Twin 280 Trs Packages In It ///Its A real Clean Boat And You Got A Good deal And The Owner Of Mirage Was Cortez Nice Guy Meet Up With Him A Few Times Back In The Mid 80sWhen We Had A 32 Built ARMED AND DANGEROUS Which Was A Real fast Boat

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Check this thread for some info...
your boat was mentioned here too.
I was also just reading in another thread of some 383 small blocks that bam has for sale. could be a good package.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=133712

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Thanks for all the great info guys. I was a bit leary about buying this boat, but from what I have heard sounds like shes a good one! So Litespeed....there were 280's in there huh. SBC's...Should I just build a couple of hot 383's for her? The guy I bought it from thought it may have been set up for BB's...? Hmmmm

Dave-

****Just saw your post Stormrider......Were thinking the same :D :D :D *****

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there is one for sale in the misc v classifieds....it is the same hull as your small blocks 383's or 400 they are so cheap to build and easy to get 500 hoarse out of.....plus they are easy on drives and lighter....sorry i suck at typing........anyway sweet boat i looked at two of those almost bought one but stumbled into my mag....good luck sweet boat, they ride nicehttp://www.offshoreonly.com/esvon/page-10594.html

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dave i'd still like to see the other 29 that was for sale on LI. its like15 mins from my office.
Keep us posted on the progess and decisions you make.

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Stormrider
You asked in the other thread if a Mirage was a better boat than a cig or magnum. I've had all three, and raced all three brands. I believe they are all built very well. If you look at a 28 cig ss next to a 10 meter mirage they look almost the same. The mirage is a little larger all the way around.


Boostedscrab
Best of luck with it. I have been out in often when Arnie Jr owned. it ran about 65 mph with the stock 280,s & trs drives. Great ocean boat !
The centers for drives when it was new I believe were cut on 32 inches for the small blocks.

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Own with a friend

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more

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I had a 79 with 280 TRS,bought it from Steve Johnson I think was his name,at the time,maybe 85,he owned Eagle boat trailers. Great boat,it was well set up and the motors were slightly built up,ran 73 I think,it was faster than two other 29s in town with big blocks. If I can find the pics I will post them.Classic boat with Cigarette like lines and build quality,you should have fun with it. Dave B

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29mirage.... Thanks for the pics. I like the staggered engine conversion. Are your drives on 32" centers?

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Bobby Saccenti & Willie Diaz

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Well I must say im knew to the website.... but I can assure you if there is one boat I know everything about it will have to be EVERY SINGLE MIRAGE BOAT built in the late 70's and early 80's, the reason being that the man that owned and built MIRAGE BOATS is my Father. On that note I must say it is an excellent boat!!!

Jose Cortes

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Welcome to OSO!
Very nice boats - It's inline for what I'm shopping for, classic old school!!
Your Dad built a helluva boat - and now you owe us picture's of the old day's - you may want to take it to the "Classic Offshore" thread - that's where us die-hards hang out (now that we have it :D )

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Welcome Jose, Kenny Black's LI'L Rhino was one of the baddest Mirage's back in the day:drink:

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Thanks! Stay tuned, I will hook you guys up with some nice pics of THE REAL MIRAGE BOATS. not these cheap imitations going around today.

J. Cortes

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nice one that ran real well

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Anyone know this boat?
You think this is a good deal?
http://www.boattraderonline.com/cadd...9/79683529.htm

http://images.traderonline.com/img/6...79683529_9.jpg

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Looks pretty good to me!

What kind of weight are you dealing with in these 29's??

I'd start looking at them, as long as it doesn't involve also upgrading my tow vehicle.

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That was one strong race boat (Wolverine) in its heyday. I saw it run on Barnegat Bay, I was very impressed.

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here ya go

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Jose, is it true that the Velocity 30' came from the Mirage 29'? What did your dad think about this when it happened? Ed

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Thats is true, the owner of Velocity purchased a 29' hull and deck from my father. He then copied it and sold it as a 30' Velocity!

J.Cortes

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I believe I've seen it for sale a few years ago for alot more money.

Pops57, I have a bunch of pictures posted on the site of Mirages I've found here: http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...7&postcount=58
Except for the green one, which is the west coast mirage

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i looked at this boat i wish i would of bought it, 18,000 would have taken it two years ago this guy bought it ran it a bit and now is selling it................stable fast ride

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this boat is listed on OSO.
34.9???.... that would make one hell of a price reduction.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/esvon/page-10594.html

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Pops57 - Can you explain your quote about the cheap imitations? Are there 'knock-off' Mirages out there?