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AVickers
07-31-2001, 02:34 PM
I just spoke to a guy today who said that Chris Craft made a boat that used a plug from a 20 or 22 Donzi... Had the Donzi hull with a more family-oriented Chris Craft top. Something about the OMC years?

Anybody heard of this?

EricG
07-31-2001, 04:01 PM
I've heard that there are some of the OMC era 18's that say "Donzi by Chris Craft" on the tag - but I can't think of a boat from that era that had a 24 degree hull and a "family" style deck.....hmmmm.

EG

olredalert
07-31-2001, 06:08 PM
Two of the 18s that I bought in 1971 for resale were powered by Volvo/Chris-Craft
LT-1 GM combos that I believe were rated at 350 horsepower,but they were still very much full fledged DONZIs!.......Just....forgetful....ol red!

RickR
07-31-2001, 09:26 PM
avickers
It's the other way around. OMC put a Donzi sticker on a Chris Craft. They had a "R" designation. They made an Donzi "R" 17,19,21,23 and 25 starting in 1989.

My 18 (Tim's, Genuine Trouble) was made in Chris Craft's Goshen,Inidana plant.

Voodoocanoe
07-31-2001, 10:14 PM
Could it be the Chris Craft XK-22 from the mid 70's ?