1962 Chris Craft Cavalier
$3,000
Length: 18' "
Beam: ' "
Draft: ' "
Hull Material: wood
Condition: needs some care
Engine Make: REBUILT 350 Chevy
Horsepower: 0
Engine Count: 1
Drive Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Gas
Engine Hours: 300
With Trailer: No
Location: Ketchum, Idaho
Category: Classic Power
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1962 Chris Craft Cavalier. 18 foot plywood inboard, 350 Chevy. For sale by owner. This boat has been our family ski boat and general pleasure craft for 50 years. In that time the boat has always been used on the same lake, parked at our private dock, and stored winters indoors. At the 7,000 foot elevation where we keep the boat it runs flat out at about 4400 RPM. I have no idea what speed that is and maximum speed depends on choice of prop. The prop now on the boat was chosen for water skiing, not for speed. I would not run such a boat, or any boat, at full throttle for very long anyway. The original Chevy 283 has been replaced with a rebuilt 350, retaining everything from the old engine except the long block. The boat shows 898 hours on the instrument those are the total hours for both the original engine and the newer engine combined. The original engine was replaced at about 600 hours. The ignition has been upgraded with a Pertronix Ignitor II, Flame Thrower epoxy filled coil, and Taylor 8 mm wires. The carburetor is a Carter AFB, my best guess is 480 CFM. The carburetor has been jetted for high altitude. I tried to fit an Edelbrock 600 due to its similarity to the AFB and found the venturi spacing on the manifold to be too closely spaced to match, so the Carter is a smaller bodied carb. The boat is ready to run with current Idaho tags as-is but it is in need of … CONTINUE READING HERE
