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Old 07-10-2016, 09:06 AM
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I'm looking at a 1990 predator marine mongoose 244 but never heard of them if anyone has any helpful info that would be great
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Old 07-10-2016, 09:15 AM
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Bob Metzler bought out Jim Klym, notorious builder of " Klem Gems " (Magnum splashes), and Predator was born.

MIC: PRD Status: Inactive
Company: PREDATOR MARINE Company Official: METZLER, R
Parent Company: Parent MIC:
Address: 16834 CHESTERFIELD City: E. DETROIT
State: MI Zip: 48021
Country: Phone: 3137730035
Fax: In Business: Thursday, September 22, 1988
Out of Business: Friday, December 12, 1997 Date Modified: Monday, November 02, 1998
Type: Inboards, Cabin Cruisers
Inboard/Outboard, Sterndrive, Inboard/Outdrive



See also: Lake St Clair Magnums, Aero, Lancer, Marine Dynamics, Klym, Klem, Clem

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Are the hulls any good anything I should know about them
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Originally Posted by Svtchris
Are the hulls any good anything I should know about them
You should spend your morning using the search function for the terms I added in my last reply and then consider a survey before plunking down money.
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Originally Posted by Svtchris
Are the hulls any good anything I should know about them
I have a guy with one on a local lake here, saw it for the first time yesterday. Nice looking boat in the water. Maybe a bit more crude and spartan (by design) than the likes of my formula. Like more of an all business purpose built race boat?
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I'm guessing you're talking about the one in Grosse Ile... You may also want to check for Aero on CL, there's a red and white one in White Lake. Same hull, different name, has a trailer, looks to be well cared for. There's also a 265 Seebold Eagle in Lake Orion for $10.9k.

I'll say this- those Klem splashes were hit and miss on build quality, and I don't think all of them were "arrow straight" hulls. The 24 was an Excalibur splash, I think. Sold as Cheetah, Panther, Aero, etc. Similar to Pantera, P&D, Jaws, etc. in hull design.

Edit- h2oboater is online and should be along shortly to school the unitiated on the intricacies of the Klem Gems.

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Originally Posted by Speedracer29
I'm guessing you're talking about the one in Grosse Ile... You may also want to check for Aero on CL, there's a red and white one in White Lake. Same hull, different name, has a trailer, looks to be well cared for. There's also a 265 Seebold Eagle in Lake Orion for $10.9k.

I'll say this- those Klem splashes were hit and miss on build quality, and I don't think all of them were "arrow straight" hulls.
True that, i have seen really good ones and really bad ones. Seems Klym also got a lot of his rigging hardware from home depot lol
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Originally Posted by glassdave
True that, i have seen really good ones and really bad ones. Seems Klym also got a lot of his rigging hardware from home depot lol
Dave SO TRUE !! Mark
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