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Thanks to the Water Wonderland chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society for inviting us to share our Chris-Craft Land Cruiser as part of their display at the Grand Rapids boat show. Henry, the youngest member of our crew … Continue reading →

We’ve been busy working in the shop and haven’t taken much time to keep our project gallery up to date lately.  We just added an album for a 1962 Chris-Craft 18′ Sea Skiff that is in the shop for extensive … Continue reading →

As you may have read in a previous post, we were fortunate enough to find a rare 1954 Chris-Craft Land Cruiser available for sale in the fall of 2010.  Chris-Craft offered these trailers as kits for one year only.  The … Continue reading →

Once again the Century Boat Club hosted another great show in Manistee on September 10.  We had the privilege of bringing a freshly restored 1966 Century Coronado to the show for a customer and were honored to receive the Best Coronado award.

Goose, a 1957 Chris-Craft 23′ Continental, was awarded two awards at the Hessel Boat show this past weekend.  She received not only Best in Class, but also was recognized as Third Best in Show. You can read more about the … Continue reading →

Congratulations are again in order to Mark and Deb Leonard whose 1959 Century Coronado was awarded Best in Show at the Boats at the Barns event hosted by the Gilmore Car Museum on August 6.  To see more photos of this … Continue reading →

This past weekend we attended the Bay Harbor vintage car and boat festival with the owners of the 1957 23′ Chris-Craft Continental that we recently restored.  Goose was recognized as the Best Utility at the show.   You can see … Continue reading →

Earlier this month we took this beautiful 23′ Continental out for a water test before delivering the boat to its owner.  The boat received a complete restoration in our shop, yet it remains a very original boat.  It has been … Continue reading →

We recently finished the replacement of the cover boards on a rare 1939 Chris-Craft 19′ custom, also known as a 19′ barrel back.  This process involves starting with square 2″ thick pieces of lumber and transforming them into the flowing … Continue reading →

At The Wooden Runabout Co., our interest in Chris-Craft is not strictly limited to objects that are designed to float.  We were recently fortunate enough to aquire a rare 1954 Chris-Craft Land Cruiser.  Chris-Craft built these kit travel trailers for … Continue reading →