First posting here. Hello. Name is Tom. I'm from Michigan near lake saint Clair. I finally found a Baron and bought it! The owner said supposedly the owner of Baron co owned the boat. I don't see a hull I'd no.. does anyone know how to tell out if the 14 which one this is? It has a TRS drive that looks like it's been on since 1978. Lol.

My Baron is red. Red n white striped seats. One thing that stands out is the dash has a cutout for an old school cassette. It's been covered. It also has a 6" by 6 " square piece I found wood attached to the underside of the front section. I don't know why it's there. Kinda weird. No purpose. Maybe used a base to cover a hole on top? I don't know. The motor is black and has a small flame arrestor. Common looks like. Hydraulic trim tabs that work well. Trim takes forever to go down. Probably 35 seconds to bury it. Comes up a little faster but not fast. It had a red trailer with long board bunks.

I heard the First Baron was blue and white. It was ran on Reed lake on its maiden voyage. They built 13 more and the company stopped. 2 guys bought the mold and made a powerplay 185xlt. They got sued from Florida comoany.over the name. Then they called it power quest. Cut up the mold a few years later.
I think that's how it goes. Anyone know the Owner of Baron co. Can I contact him ?

Did they put any hull numbers on the 14 Barons? Where is it located. Did the owners boat have a hull number on it? Did the first one have a hull number on it? It would be interesting to find out. The guy I got it from said he bought it off a guy named Joel. But that was 9 yrs ago.. I'd have to dig deeper to go back in time ownership. I don't know Joel or how long he owned it or whom he bought it off if. Maybe someone here knows more.

Did they put any hull numbers on the 14 Barons? Where is it located. Did the owners boat have a hull number on it? Did the first one have a hull number on it? It would be interesting to find out. The guy I got it from said he bought it off a guy named Joel. But that was 9 yrs ago.. I'd have to dig deeper to go back in time ownership. I don't know Joel or how long he owned it or whom he bought it off if. Maybe someone here knows more.

Try pm’ing or emailing Baronmarine on here. If I remember rightly from on of his old threads he worked there as a kid and even restored one also...

https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...ronmarine.html

didnt he have the first one? blue with a surface drive. friend of mine knew him and told me he thought that one was the first built.

Didn't TommyMonza's family start Baron Marine?

https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...ommymonza.html
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A little more history by Tommy here in this thread:

From the archives

Congrats on your new to you Baron. I saw this a couple of weeks ago, but was on vacation. There was a red & white one for sale on craigslist over in Detroit since last year. I thought that one was a 260 with some work & a alpha. Had some different high back seats & thru prop. That 280 trs boat was I think the 2nd or 3rd one. That package was used to quick finish it for a show when there was not any 260 / alpha packages available. That is the only one. I'm sure that drive was painted white down the road some time. Ours is one of the last ones, I bought it from Tommymonza back in 1985, his brother Dave that built them lives right down the road from me. I have not seen him in a number years. Ours has a 383 ci with a surface drive I bought from Saber Marine that was on there first red 28'. Our also has been completely taken apart down to a row boat. All new stringers, transom, more bulkheads, floors, fuel tank & interior. The deck is back on it & that is all the farther I have got. Have not worked on it in the last 5 or 6 years. The motor is at Chief being rebuilt, the plan is getting it back together by next year, there is not much more to do. Oh & Tmonza is still around in Fla again, beach bum text me at 3am this morning! I'll shoot him a text that this is on here.

Todd