Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
Absolutely, for the low low price of ten years of your life and $140,000 you can have a boat worth $100,000.
Not even close. An existing boat shop or a serious hobbyist with their own at home shop can make that into a spare time project. The shop owner just has his/her employees work on it in between customer jobs in the free time. It then becomes just the expense of the parts and materials.
Somebody will make a nice profit on this.
Worth noting that I don't believe it to be a Chris Craft. The engine compartment forward of the helm position was very rare. The port side helm position is even more rare. This could be a Gar Wood, circa 1930's. $140,000 would be really cheap fully restored.
The other possibility is a Higgins, since they built port side helm stations, but I haven't been able to find a Higgins with a forward engine compartment. Either way, it's a rare boat. If it's a Gar Wood, the left helm is an oddity. If it's a Higgins the forward engine is an oddity. I bet this thing restored would be a top dollar boat.