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Chris-Craft Corporation Cavalier Division
Chris-Craft Corporation Sea Skiff Division
Pompano Beach, Florida
Chris-Craft Outboard Motors
2000 Beverly
Grand Rapids, MI
From 1949 to 1953, Chris-Craft produced a line of outboard motors in a Grand Rapids, Michigan plant. Production ended after a threat of a suit from Kiekhaefer Corp. for patent infringement. The outboard motor operation was later taken up by the Oliver Farm Equipment Company. In 1952, Chris Craft created the Kit Boat Division to offer a low-cost DIY option to customers. Other divisions included the Cavalier Division for plywood hull models, Sea Skiff Division for lapstrake hull boats, and Roamer Division steel and aluminum cruisers.
In 1960, Chris-Craft Corporation was purchased by Baldwin-Montrose Chemical, Inc and reorganized as Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. Then in 1968, NAFI Corporation, an automotive supplier, acquired the company from Baldwin-Montrose (New York Times, Jan. 23, 1970).
Chris Craft Model Information
1956 Chris-Craft inboard boat models
1957 Chris-Craft inboard boat models
1958 Chris-Craft inboard boat models
1959 to 1960 Chris-Craft inboard boat models
1961 Chris-Craft inboard boat models
1962 Chris-Craft inboard boat models
1965 to 1969 Chris Craft Corsair outboard boat models
1971 Chris Craft outboard boat models
Cavalier Model Information
- '''Sea Skiff Model Information'''
1957 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff inboard boat models
1958 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff inboard boat models
1959 to 1960 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff inboard boat models
1961 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff inboard boat models
1962 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff inboard boat models
1950 Info:
1950 Chris Craft Kit Boat Ad
1951 Info:
1950 Chris-Craft Kit Boats and Outboards Ad
1956 Info:
1956 Chris-Craft Kit Boats Ad
1957 Info:
1957 Chris Craft Ad
1958 Info:
1958 Magazine Advertisement
1958 Chris-Craft Boat Kits Ad
1959 Info:
1959 Chris-Craft ad
Year Unknown Info:
Chris-Craft Land Cruiser Trailer Brochure, page 1
Chris-Craft Land Cruiser Trailer Brochure, page 2
Chris-Craft Land Cruiser Trailer Brochure, page 3
Chris-Craft Land Cruiser Trailer Brochure, page 4
Chris-Craft Land Cruiser Trailer Brochure, page 5
1961 Information
1961 Chris-Craft Cavalier Ad
1961 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff Ad
23' Chris-Craft Cavalier in a 1961 article
1964 Information
1964 Chris-Craft Corsair XL-155 Sunlounger
Relevant Links:
http://www.chris-craft.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Chris Craft Wiki
