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OK, I have a nice little 1983 Chris Craft Scorpion 169. It's in great
shape. Today, I saw a Sea Ray that looked identical with very few changes, Like the hull seemed identical, winshield identical. seat placement identical, the dash layout was almost the same with the same compliment of switch's and guiages. Both mercruiser 140. Sqim ladder was on the oposite side of mine, but thvents light fixtures lights bow railing were identical. I suppose what I'm saying is with exception of the color and the name on the side, you would swear it was the same boat! Is it? The question I'm asking is I'm wondering if various name brands will go to one certian hull maker, and buy their hull and equip it how they want to and market it under their name brand? Sort of like The same style Buick and Oldsmobile. the only thing different is the name and a few bells and whistles. I can see at the time when Sea Ray and Chris Craft were wanting to cater to bigger markets in huge hulls that they possibly didn't want to waste the manpower to make small craft, but did want to keep a place in the small craft market. so they buy generic hulls, or hulls created to their specs but have clues of coming from the same manufacturer. Could there be any truth to this? Or am I imagining things? THANKS! Tim |
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