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06-27-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Panther

Chief is still around....not building boats for the time being unless you call them but they're still around. ..

Frank - there is no hope in dope! Chief is R.I.P as far as building boats. Bobby (THE KING!) may be doing restorations and such but Chief is no longer building boats.

06-27-2008, 10:37 AM

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Magnum will be around as long as their is money in Russia, China and the middle east. Thats their market, not here

06-27-2008, 10:39 AM

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06-27-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by five cent worth

Here is an '08 28 deck boat on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Boats...3286.m14.l1318

Looks like the Nordic 27 Lightning.

Yep, I knew they were still around. They started actually doing something other than white gel since moving West I think.

I believe the similarity to a Conquest is "stunning"

06-27-2008, 10:53 AM

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Magnum will be around as long as their is money in Russia, China and the middle east. Thats their market, not here

Yeah Magnum is still ballin out of control. They are just so super custom that only a few get built a year. http://www.magnummarine.com/news/news_fr.html

When I talked to Craig Barrie in Jacksonville he said they are still doing Dragon's for overseas customers.

What about Cougar?

Warlock? Cary?

06-27-2008, 11:01 AM

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Or for the ultra high performance crowd............ Webbcraft

06-27-2008, 11:07 AM

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Yeah Magnum is still ballin out of control. They are just so super custom that only a few get built a year. http://www.magnummarine.com/news/news_fr.html

I knew they were building yachts but hen I think of magnum i think about the Go fast style.

06-27-2008, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveP

Bobby (THE KING!) may be doing restorations and such but Chief is no longer building boats.

Dave you are correct, they are not building boats.

If someone had a strong enough interest to have one of those boats (whether it be chief or not) you could have one built.