This may be one of my faves from now on. From Kent O. Smith.. I like the towel thing over the hatch. Dear god.. I am a gonner I am noticing different canvas things..
Keep’m come’n, the email has been lighting up with nice attachments. I have my blinders on and just look at the screen for a bit and I really don’t care what is going on in Libya. Here ya go. More goodness.
More from Kent. This is one we have seen before. And you know what. I will look at it again. A true Chris - Craft gal.
OK this one is from Brian Robinson.. His comment was about the seam width of the decks.. We have lost Brian to a higher power.. Brian.. I hate to tell you this. NO ONE CARES!
Nice bottom, no 5200 there!!
Ah, the benefit of grabbing your feed just the other day!
Matt, the seam comment was an inside thing between Texx and I.
HA, don’t try and dig out of it now..It just makes it worse.. They did look a tad large though. I hate those 1/8 seams.. nothing hotter than a 1/32 seam.. Now that is hot
Top Photo…
“Um, excuse me ma’am, I notice you’re wearing high heel shoes. Do you mind if I just roll you on to my fancy, terrycloth deck cover?”
“Perfect, now don’t move”
I don’t want to spoil the party with all the lovely babes today, but if there are any Chris-Craft Riviera fans watching, here’s the deal with the deck seams.
Based on our research, when the Rivieras were first introduced by Chris-Craft in 1949 the decks seams were produced with only one “Dead Seam” per plank, between the live seams where the planks were joined. We refer to these as Wide Seam boats. Some time in late 1951 the Riviera deck seam spacing changed when Chris-Craft began producing the boats with two “Dead Seams” per plank, between the live seams where the planks were joined. These are referred to as Narrow Seam boats. This created a noticable difference to the appearance of the Rivieras because of the many additional seams on the decks.
The photo that Brian sent us today shows a rare Wide Seam Riviera from 1949. The confusion between exactly when this change to the deck seams occurred (with the two versions of Riviera’s) comes from the fact that many of the Riviera photos used by Chris-Craft in the marketing literature from 1949 to 1954 was based on early production (Wide Seam) Riviera’s.
There is also some speculation that the seam width change may have been related to which Chris-Craft plant produced that particular year of Riviera, as they may not have all been produced in the Cadillac, Michigan plant. However this is being investigated further by the Post War Police.
OK – that was like a bad commercial in the middle of a good movie, but I had to get it off my chest. Now, “Please return to your regularly scheduled programming…”
By the way, if anyone has any other information or comments on the subject of Chris-Craft Riviera deck seams, we would love to hear them.
Oh and Sorry Matt for the technical interruption…
OH GOD, we have lost Texx…Texx.. please tell me this was Brian posting as you.. God Texx.. Please.. Deck seam width at a time like this. We are trying to save the planet.. DECK SEAMS!
Sorry, I had a deck seam moment. As for the subject of actual deck seam width (1/8″ seams vs 1/32″ seams) I won’t go there… I’ll have to leave that to a higher power.
Laurie says the pre war CC pick is faked, Good girls that year did not wear 2 piece swim wear, also she questions the 2 exhast pipes, hatch vents, step pad placement.