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Chris-Craft: The Essential Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Jerry Conrad
Publisher: Mariners' Museum
Category: Book
Buy New: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 55842
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 721
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.2 x 2.1
ISBN: 0917376536
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8231
EAN: 9780917376535
ASIN: 0917376536
Publication Date: June 2003
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Product Description
Chris-Craft: The Essential Guide, provides full specifications for every pleasure craft ever built by the legendary Chris-Craft Corporation. This book provides comprehensive, at-a-glance summaries of these marvelous crafts. Illustrated with more than 700 black-and-white photographs, many never before published; this reference work will be a fundamental addition to the libraries of Chris-Craft and powerboat enthusiasts.
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Basic information October 15, 2007
This book contains information on every Chris Craft built. whith a picture and model info. It does not provide in depth information just a page of specs on each boat. Overall a great reference guide to early Chris Crafts.
 Excellent, a true "guide" book September 10, 2007
Very few missing pictures, most are original promotion pics, some artists renderings. Very complete data, when available. A must have for buying from classifieds or ID your finds in the boatyards. I found my 1965 Challenger 36' in it. It is very popular at the marina too, every one wants to look at it to find their first Chris Craft. Does not cover the modern line of vessels.
 Disappointing March 9, 2007
Quite disappointing: just one B&W picture and a little bit of informations for every boat. Money almost wasted.
The Essential "Essential" !! January 29, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful must-have for the Chris Craft enthusiast. Mr Conrad has contributed a great asset!I have a well worn copy in my restoration shop for reviewing those exacting details and assisting customers determine 1) what boat they actually have and 2) how it was originally equipped. there is one page per boat, with one black/white exterior photo for each (and a few "photo not available"). details include length/model name, years built, quantity built, hull number ranges (by year), paint and upholstery colors, hull construction (ex: mahogany plank, plywood), engines offered, beam, weight, and more. you won't find interior photos and details of accessories. the greatest feature for me is the hull number cross-reference index: look up the length, then find the hull number series to determine on which page the boat is detailed. combine with the restoration books by trefethen (a great read!) and danenberg for a successful project.
Very Comprehensive Overview April 23, 2003
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought a 1963 Chris Craft Corsair and wanted to find what model the boat was. This book had my boat and also the over 700 other models produced from the beggining to the late 1970's. I was very impressed with the detail of each listing, including how many hulls built and a photo of each model.This work is a detailed and almost astounding reference work for Chris Craft and antique boat enthusiasts and will not disappoint.
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