New (old) Cigarette
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New (old) Cigarette
Thinking of purchasing a mid 70's Cigarette 35' Awesome or Mistress (still searching) I'm a sucker for a classic but am unsure what I might be getting myself into. Any words of wisdom?
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Buying a hull as old as you mentioned can be a very expensive way to get a 35' hull. It is just expensive and time consuming to adequately update all of the systems. I have a 35' Awesome that I was restoring, but I finally decided that the effort was going to more than the result justified. I ended up selling all the new components that I had purchased, cutting off seven feet from the stern, removing the deck and all interior components, building a new transom for an outboard, and building a 28' center console. Email me if you are interested in some pictures. Bob Newman. [email protected]
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Look in "Post your oldschool ride" page 120
1979 35 Mistress "Mint" everything new and gone through over the last three years - Mistress is original just as if it just rolled out of the Cigarette Factory on 188 St. in 1979 - If interested email Bob at: ([email protected])
1979 35 Mistress "Mint" everything new and gone through over the last three years - Mistress is original just as if it just rolled out of the Cigarette Factory on 188 St. in 1979 - If interested email Bob at: ([email protected])
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Buying a hull as old as you mentioned can be a very expensive way to get a 35' hull. It is just expensive and time consuming to adequately update all of the systems. I have a 35' Awesome that I was restoring, but I finally decided that the effort was going to more than the result justified. I ended up selling all the new components that I had purchased, cutting off seven feet from the stern, removing the deck and all interior components, building a new transom for an outboard, and building a 28' center console. Email me if you are interested in some pictures. Bob Newman. [email protected]
If you do anything with any boat with the idea that you are somehow saving money, I'd say take up a different hobby...
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Got to find the right boat to start with, or it is a waste of time and $$$, as for insurance, you need the right company. All in all I enjoy it and as for the $$$ you can't take it with you, so have fun.