Prior to Street’s passing in 2017, he was known as the only original Cobra owner left, having purchased the boat new in 1955 at the age of 21. This boat is believed to come about as a collaboration between Jim Street and his friend, George Barris. This 1955 Chris-Craft 21’ Black Cobra is perhaps the first-and-only true vintage Hot Rod boat in the classic-boating hobby. This boat needs nothing currently except for love and care and routine maintenance.
It has always been trailered since I owned it. The boat came from Lake Lanier in SC originally and I used the boat on Lake Keowee in SC mostly and spent several weeks on Lake Webb in Maine 2 different times. Carries up to 5 people and I love skiing behind it. It is a beautiful very functional craft that is great for family activities with the open back which makes it a great watersport boat for skiing, tubing, etc. My estimate is that it has probably has less than 200 hours use since the 1990 restoration. It ran perfectly and is now back in our garage in NC. In 2021 my daughter wanted to use it as part of her wedding so the varnish was redone (14 coats) and the upholstery was redone and I pulled it 1100 miles to Maine for the 3 weeks we were there.
We used this boat approx 2-3 weeks a year until about 1995 and then was used very little for the next 26 years but was kept in our garage under cover. New upholstery and complete new varnish in 2021. In addition a center mount auto bilge pump was installed. The chrome which is complete was re-chromed professionally the same year. The engine was completely rebuilt with new crankshaft, pistons, gaskets, seals, etc and modernized with the addition of a 12 volt electrical system, oil filter, oil pressure safety switch, electric fuel pump. This boat "Putt Putt"was purchased by me in 1990 and went through an extensive restoration at that time that included a complete new West System Epoxy encapsulated marine plywood bottom to make it lighter and non-soak so it could be trailered easily. To our knowledge, the boat has had two previous owners on Lake Tahoe since it was moved from Seattle. We purchased the boat 19 years ago in 2004 and have always kept the boat at Lake Tahoe.
16 ft new wood runabout full#
Life jackets, dock lines and a full custom-made cover are included. All gauges are correct and working, there are (2) working fire extinguishers, one modern and the other period correct. The engine currently has about 150 to 200 hours on it since the rebuild. The boat has the original 6v electrical system, a refurbished fuel tank and all chrome hardware is in excellent condition. The boat was refurbished in 2015 with a rebuilt 95hp Model K Hercules engine along with a new fiberglass bottom, new pigskin color upholstery, sides refastened with new stain and varnish on all wood. The boat was built using the finest Philippine mahogany and the graceful lines have made the “Barrel Back” a much-desired Chris Craft model for generations of wooden boat enthusiasts. Commonly referred to as a “Barrel Back” because the boat’s semi-circle transom looks like a floating barrel in the water when viewed from the stern. Chris Craft Deluxe Runabout, delivered to Seattle Washington in July of 1940., Chris Craft built only 425 17ft.
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